fz6xlr8r
Senior Member
Okay, has anyone changed their chain and sprockets yet? The reason I brought this subject up is because for onething, even thou I've ridden bikes for over 17 years off and on, most of my bikes were shaft driven and I never changed anything on the drivetrain on any of them. I know my stuff on cars and have plenty of experience with doing performance mods to them. I just never messed with any of my bikes. Well, now I've decided that sence I do most of my riding in traffic about 90% of the time, I hardly ever need to use
6th gear because I'm usually only going 50MPH or under, I would like to gear my bike down and try to get a little more lowend performance out of it. I've found some aftermarket chain and sprocket kits for the FZ6 but I have no idea whitch one does what, how much reduction each gear offers. I see that they offer 520/530 pitch and different numbers of teeth but what would work best for my needs? I know fewer the teeth, lower the gear but what does pitch have to do with anything? I know the pitch of a boat prop determines how a boat plains out, does the pitch of the sprocket help flatten or fatten the torque curve? If anybody can give me the lowdown on this stuff I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks, Roger
6th gear because I'm usually only going 50MPH or under, I would like to gear my bike down and try to get a little more lowend performance out of it. I've found some aftermarket chain and sprocket kits for the FZ6 but I have no idea whitch one does what, how much reduction each gear offers. I see that they offer 520/530 pitch and different numbers of teeth but what would work best for my needs? I know fewer the teeth, lower the gear but what does pitch have to do with anything? I know the pitch of a boat prop determines how a boat plains out, does the pitch of the sprocket help flatten or fatten the torque curve? If anybody can give me the lowdown on this stuff I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks, Roger