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Old November 5th, 2014, 09:25 AM   #57
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Originally Posted by wardie View Post
When I bought the bike I switched from 14/45 to 15/41 because I did more highway traveling than anything else and wanted gas mileage and lower revs at 70 mph. The 15/41 is fine accelerates well but I find I cannot max out RPM in 6th gear GPS'd at 93 mph. Think the 15/43 might have been best all arounder gearing.
A stock bike can't max out 6th (125 mph lol) with regular sprockets either, or 5th @ 111 mph. 93 gps'd is not too far off. My older pregen is 91 mph 4th with 15/42, no lead vehicle cutting the wind.
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