I changed my rear sprocket from 41 to 37 but now i cant get over 108 mph on 6th gear and in wont rev over 8000rpm on 6th, yet on 5th gear i get 105 mph on 8000 rpm and still reach the redline at 107mph, also get a speedoDRD H3 installed
A lot of folks change the gearing, normally increasing the front sprocket by a tooth or two. Mostly it seems to lower the rpm at freeway speeds & make the bike seem calmer. I thought about it, but have stayed with the stock gearing because I do not spend much time above 70-75 mph & normally not much over 65 in reality. Most of my riding is on small technical twisties & the stock set up works fine. First gear is a bit short, but occasionally I have to even use first in the back upon itself hairpin turn.
You're power limited. As well, when gearing becomes "aggressively" tall it's not unusual for vehicles to have a higher top speed in a lower gear than top, with older Corvettes being one example.
Get all the mods (intake, header, exhaust, tune) and look into getting a custom cam. Oyabun used to sell cams but I hear he stopped during COVID so I'm going to have Dan Crower make set to different spec that he normally sells. The engine runs out of power after ~7500 RPM on the stock cam which suck for high speed runs.
Another boy racer!! Just buy a bike with a higher factory top speed for F@!#%$;'s sake!!
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