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Hey Blade, i trust your judgement (well more than Monty anyhowBlade wrote:Enjoy it Cornish and completely understand your logic but I guarantee you will change the sprocketsit's not a MOD it's a necessity
Cheers Rocket, decsion made then, i'll get them donerocket wrote:Regarding the sprockets I agree with blade it's not that your going to find some magic midrange. It's the the fact that you enter round about's slow ish corners in first gear and trying to smoothy put the power down with a 180ish bhp is a bit unsettling. With the gearing change it alows you to use 2nd and drive round and out which makes the whole process more enjoyable. I was hardly out of second in Derbyshire yesterday. If I had the orginal gearing I would have been up and down The traction control light was dancing enough in 2nd
Try it by all means but I quickly changed after not much time on the bike and glad I did
Seeing as it's a new tax year tomorrow I think he is allowed to make another...Cornish wrote:Cheers Rocket, decsion made then, i'll get them donerocket wrote:Regarding the sprockets I agree with blade it's not that your going to find some magic midrange. It's the the fact that you enter round about's slow ish corners in first gear and trying to smoothy put the power down with a 180ish bhp is a bit unsettling. With the gearing change it alows you to use 2nd and drive round and out which makes the whole process more enjoyable. I was hardly out of second in Derbyshire yesterday. If I had the orginal gearing I would have been up and down The traction control light was dancing enough in 2nd
Try it by all means but I quickly changed after not much time on the bike and glad I did![]()
Blade, you're only allowed one modification recommendation per month to me though
Err, Cav, for goodness sakes dont tempt him pleaseCav wrote:Seeing as it's a new tax year tomorrow I think he is allowed to make another...Cornish wrote:Cheers Rocket, decsion made then, i'll get them donerocket wrote:Regarding the sprockets I agree with blade it's not that your going to find some magic midrange. It's the the fact that you enter round about's slow ish corners in first gear and trying to smoothy put the power down with a 180ish bhp is a bit unsettling. With the gearing change it alows you to use 2nd and drive round and out which makes the whole process more enjoyable. I was hardly out of second in Derbyshire yesterday. If I had the orginal gearing I would have been up and down The traction control light was dancing enough in 2nd
Try it by all means but I quickly changed after not much time on the bike and glad I did![]()
Blade, you're only allowed one modification recommendation per month to me though
Blade as I say friend good sound advice as always buddy. Thanks as I've given them the go ahead to sort it.Blade wrote:I ve changed the gears on other bikes on so called advice and regretted it. The zx10r is different as it is massively over geared in first to allow the next 5 ratios to be stacked close together for superstock racers who want a close ratio box.
By all means try OEM first I'm just confident you will want to change that's all I'm saying. The tall first gear is an issue on the road and the sprocket change is an easy fix. Perkles and Rocket followed my advice and are both happy.
As you say simple DIY job although you may need an impact gun for thr front sprocket which is on very tight as both me and Rocket found out.
Yeah that about that yet no time as work mental. Anyway all sorted and arrived Wednesday hopefully now...resultBlade wrote:Can you not get the train up Cornish and rag her back at warp speed