Cortez
Junior Member
Hello everyone!
Excuse the wrong subforum if I posted in the wrong section, but I wasn't sure
where to go with this.
I was wondering.. in this day and age where everyone is going for shorter
gearing to get better acceleration.. has anyone went the other way?
I've done +1 on the front sprocket on my Kawasaki ER6F/650R and the
change was perhaps a bit more then I wanted, but it made the speedo
GPS accurate at virtually all speeds, however, the result was that I still
had indicated (for example) 60mph at 4500 revs and I was actually going
faster all the time then before, but the speedo was more accurate.. so I was
thinking, maybe I'll do the rear sprocket on this bike, and at least SEE the
difference I made.
The question is.. what to do.
I'm aware of the gearing commander web site, and I'm looking at -1 or -2
at the rear sprocket, both giving a rather small difference.
I'm just looking for lower cruising revs.
The bike will likely be ridden at 75mph when touring, and this would probably
return somewhat better MPG figures.
...and if I'm reading the gearing commander web site correctly, the -1 at
the back, while not a big difference (in 6th gear especially) should prolong
the life of the chain.
Any thoughts?
Or should I just go +1 at the front and forget everything else?
Stock is 16/46, if the gearing commander web site is correct and the
FZ6n has the same gearing as the FZ6S.
Thanks!
Excuse the wrong subforum if I posted in the wrong section, but I wasn't sure
where to go with this.
I was wondering.. in this day and age where everyone is going for shorter
gearing to get better acceleration.. has anyone went the other way?
I've done +1 on the front sprocket on my Kawasaki ER6F/650R and the
change was perhaps a bit more then I wanted, but it made the speedo
GPS accurate at virtually all speeds, however, the result was that I still
had indicated (for example) 60mph at 4500 revs and I was actually going
faster all the time then before, but the speedo was more accurate.. so I was
thinking, maybe I'll do the rear sprocket on this bike, and at least SEE the
difference I made.
The question is.. what to do.
I'm aware of the gearing commander web site, and I'm looking at -1 or -2
at the rear sprocket, both giving a rather small difference.
I'm just looking for lower cruising revs.
The bike will likely be ridden at 75mph when touring, and this would probably
return somewhat better MPG figures.
...and if I'm reading the gearing commander web site correctly, the -1 at
the back, while not a big difference (in 6th gear especially) should prolong
the life of the chain.
Any thoughts?
Or should I just go +1 at the front and forget everything else?
Stock is 16/46, if the gearing commander web site is correct and the
FZ6n has the same gearing as the FZ6S.
Thanks!