Aus spec carb slide has 5 holes!
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RE: Aus spec carb slide has 5 holes!
NoelKLX said "Icurrently have a 13/35T sprocket mix on the bike but want to replace the 13T with a 14T to give me a more comfortable cruising speed"
- Are you talking about a KLX250 or 300?? The standard rear sprocket is a 42. A 35 would be a midget and the bike to high geared.It would beincapapable of pulling top gear.
If you mean 45, then 14 would give higher top speed. a 15/45 would revert to standard gearing.
Contrary to everything that appears in this forum, lowering the gearing does not give the bike any more torque.
In trail riding it is matter of compromise. On my modified 250/300, I run 13/47. I find that I need a fairly low 2nd gear if I am to make slippery hill climbs OK. 1st is too low and can cause wheelspin. Any hill that requires some momentum is best taken in 2nd gear. I save the low 1st gear for very tight and slow stuff.
The bike is hopeless on the highway, but I trailer it to my ride spots.
- Are you talking about a KLX250 or 300?? The standard rear sprocket is a 42. A 35 would be a midget and the bike to high geared.It would beincapapable of pulling top gear.
If you mean 45, then 14 would give higher top speed. a 15/45 would revert to standard gearing.
Contrary to everything that appears in this forum, lowering the gearing does not give the bike any more torque.
In trail riding it is matter of compromise. On my modified 250/300, I run 13/47. I find that I need a fairly low 2nd gear if I am to make slippery hill climbs OK. 1st is too low and can cause wheelspin. Any hill that requires some momentum is best taken in 2nd gear. I save the low 1st gear for very tight and slow stuff.
The bike is hopeless on the highway, but I trailer it to my ride spots.
#22
RE: Aus spec carb slide has 5 holes!
ORIGINAL: The Mekon
NoelKLX said "Icurrently have a 13/35T sprocket mix on the bike but want to replace the 13T with a 14T to give me a more comfortable cruising speed"
- Are you talking about a KLX250 or 300?? The standard rear sprocket is a 42. A 35 would be a midget and the bike to high geared.It would beincapapable of pulling top gear.
If you mean 45, then 14 would give higher top speed. a 15/45 would revert to standard gearing.
Contrary to everything that appears in this forum, lowering the gearing does not give the bike any more torque.
In trail riding it is matter of compromise. On my modified 250/300, I run 13/47. I find that I need a fairly low 2nd gear if I am to make slippery hill climbs OK. 1st is too low and can cause wheelspin. Any hill that requires some momentum is best taken in 2nd gear. I save the low 1st gear for very tight and slow stuff.
The bike is hopeless on the highway, but I trailer it to my ride spots.
NoelKLX said "Icurrently have a 13/35T sprocket mix on the bike but want to replace the 13T with a 14T to give me a more comfortable cruising speed"
- Are you talking about a KLX250 or 300?? The standard rear sprocket is a 42. A 35 would be a midget and the bike to high geared.It would beincapapable of pulling top gear.
If you mean 45, then 14 would give higher top speed. a 15/45 would revert to standard gearing.
Contrary to everything that appears in this forum, lowering the gearing does not give the bike any more torque.
In trail riding it is matter of compromise. On my modified 250/300, I run 13/47. I find that I need a fairly low 2nd gear if I am to make slippery hill climbs OK. 1st is too low and can cause wheelspin. Any hill that requires some momentum is best taken in 2nd gear. I save the low 1st gear for very tight and slow stuff.
The bike is hopeless on the highway, but I trailer it to my ride spots.
Noel
#25
Awesome thanks...
Just bought my 06 klx250 on the weekend and and juicing her up as soon as possible.
(got stuck trying to fit the 13t sprocket...sigh mine must have been been put on by a team of ninja or something.)
Just bought my 06 klx250 on the weekend and and juicing her up as soon as possible.
(got stuck trying to fit the 13t sprocket...sigh mine must have been been put on by a team of ninja or something.)
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