I'm looking to get a bit more top end from the old girl...so that she isn't as buzzy at higher speeds.
At first I thought about going 14/47...that's only 3 teeth on the rear and shouldn't make that much difference. I remember trying 14/42 with my old '01 but it was awful; add a passenger and it was a slug climbing hills.
Then, I remembered that I have a 15T front that I order long ago but never used...
14/47 = .297
15/50 = .3
That's pretty close either way.
In a month or so, I'll be due for a new chain and sprockets anyway, so I thought I poll the studio audience and get their impressions/advice.
I do "mostly" hills and fire roads....no highway at all...some in-town.
Would I be better off going with the 15 tooth front, while keeping stock rear OR stick with stock front and smaller rear?
Is it less work for the engine to have a smaller front? Larger?
Having a larger front will decrease chain wear (ever so slightly)...
I plan on using steel sprockets and X or O-ring chain.
Opinions?
At first I thought about going 14/47...that's only 3 teeth on the rear and shouldn't make that much difference. I remember trying 14/42 with my old '01 but it was awful; add a passenger and it was a slug climbing hills.
Then, I remembered that I have a 15T front that I order long ago but never used...
14/47 = .297
15/50 = .3
That's pretty close either way.
In a month or so, I'll be due for a new chain and sprockets anyway, so I thought I poll the studio audience and get their impressions/advice.
I do "mostly" hills and fire roads....no highway at all...some in-town.
Would I be better off going with the 15 tooth front, while keeping stock rear OR stick with stock front and smaller rear?
Is it less work for the engine to have a smaller front? Larger?
Having a larger front will decrease chain wear (ever so slightly)...
I plan on using steel sprockets and X or O-ring chain.
Opinions?