gearing

[siggy konowaluk]

if i put 18 inch wheels on my quad how many teeth will i have to drop to put it back to stock gearing?

[honda400ex2003]

either go to a 16 tooth front or a 36 rear. then you should be set.

http://home.earthlink.net/~gellett/400ex.htm

steve

[siggy konowaluk]

ok ill try that

[honda400ex2003]

gen rule of thumb for me is 2" is one tooth eithe way in the front or 2 in the back. lol. so if you went to 22" you would go to a 14 or a 40. The front is much easier to do though at that point. lol. with the 16 i suggest getting a different case guard that will work with the 16. I have a pro design one that i ground down a bit to fit since the stocker does not work with the 16 on it if that is the route you want to go. steve

[slightlybent47]

I run the stock front and a 36 in the back but I still think I could go to a 35 in back. This past weekend I put the stock 20’s on just to see what it would do and I liked it. It did take some of the low end out and didn’t pull as hard though. But the bad thing is that I forgot that I put tire snot in them and at about 50 mph it started shaking so bad I thought I was in a nasty woop section but I was on flat ground.lol!!!
I did like the higher profile tire on the deep sandy track though.

I wish that they would come out with a mx version that didn’t have the reverse and had a six speed gear box. That’s the only place that the 450’s get me is on the top end, and not that I run out of power but I run out of gears. I cant tell you how many times I have tried hitting that phantom sixth gear and it not be there.lol!!