gearing/tire question/preference

[Ian400ex]

Alright, I like torque more than top speed. I'm currently running a 13t sprocket with 20in tires. Is there any difference between that and say a 14t sprocket with 18 in tires?

(lol 13t and 18in :D but shifting would be dumb)

Are they going to have same results? I know the 20in tires would already be better for trails.

[honda400ex2003]

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

check it out. it would be pretty close to the same 14/18 is lower than the 13/20 by a bit though. lol steve

[Ian400ex]

Originally posted by honda400ex2003
http://home.earthlink.net/~gellett/400ex.htm

check it out. it would be pretty close to the same 14/18 is lower than the 13/20 by a bit though. lol steve

Steve you always send me that, can I get another mod to ban Steve please? :devil: (kidding ofc! ;))

[honda400ex2003]

here we go again lol ill send it to you on messenger again if you prefer lol. let me switch windows and ill hook you up. lol steve

[slightlybent47]

I guess you’ll have to ban me as well, I post that link all the time also. lol http://www.smilieshq.com/smilies/scared0016.gif (http://www.smilieshq.com)

[honda400ex2003]

i remember when i gave you that link on here lol steve

[slightlybent47]

What’s up there Steve?
I hope you aren’t having the heat we are down here, the heat index has been 105-115 every day for the last few weeks. Good news is we can ride all winter without getting frost bite.

[honda400ex2003]

it has been 80-90s for a week or so with no less than 75% humidity. most of the time it is upwards of 90%. it has been a killer to work outside in it i know that. i got sunburned again today since it was too hot to wanna wear sunscreen. just brutal. lol thanks for asking. ian wont mind us terrorizing his thread he already asked me on messenger about it lol. at least it is not as hot as you have. steve

[Ian400ex]

Originally posted by slightlybent47
I guess you’ll have to ban me as well, I post that link all the time also. lol http://www.smilieshq.com/smilies/scared0016.gif (http://www.smilieshq.com)
haha

[honda400ex2003]

Originally posted by slightlybent47
I guess you’ll have to ban me as well, I post that link all the time also. lol http://www.smilieshq.com/smilies/scared0016.gif (http://www.smilieshq.com)

you still beat me to posting it too sometimes lol as soon as i see you have posted it, i say to myself, dang i shouldnt have given him that link lol :p steve

[slightlybent47]

Haha! Yeah I’ve been doing that on purpose. Hehe!!!

It’s a great link, though I wonder, didn’t they change the gearing on the ex somewhere and if so that means the calculator would only work for carton years.

[honda400ex2003]

yup it would be different for the 05+ ones. they will be slightly slower than what the list says supposedly. most of them are faster though with some mods to them as are the older ones. lol steve

[slightlybent47]

Ok that’s good to know, I’ll have to pay attention to the year when I suggest the link.
That also would explain a few things, as mine is an 07 and I didn’t seem to have the same results.

That must be why I keep looking for 6th gear!!!

[Ian400ex]

Originally posted by slightlybent47
Ok that’s good to know, I’ll have to pay attention to the year when I suggest the link.
That also would explain a few things, as mine is an 07 and I didn’t seem to have the same results.

That must be why I keep looking for 6th gear!!!

15/38
14/39

and me 13/39 "spoiled" as Steve says it.

[slightlybent47]

I’m running a 14/36 with 18’s now and still looking for more top end.
Next chain and sprocket set I get I may try a 15/37 combo and see if I can get just a smidge more top end without loosening to much low end.

[Ian400ex]

Originally posted by slightlybent47
I’m running a 14/36 with 18’s now and still looking for more top end.
Next chain and sprocket set I get I may try a 15/37 combo and see if I can get just a smidge more top end without loosening to much low end.
If I can go 60, that's fine. The rest can be alllll torque.

[slightlybent47]

Yeah I’m with you on the torque, there is very few spots on the tracks I run on that have any sections that I top out on. I wish there was a way to may a six speed ex, You can leave the first five as they are but have a 6th gear for the top end. Now that would be a fast ex.

I really need to keep the low end, because the tracks I ride have big jumps with very short runways and that torque helps get me over them.

[Ian400ex]

Yea

[JOHNDOE83]

Just keep in mind that calculator works, but without enough power to pull the gearing and tire size, even 15/37 might not pull through the whole RPM range, giving you less or the same top speed or even only 1 or 2 mph more but not what that gearing could actually do.