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Re: 17 tooth front cog



At 07:41 AM 3/10/2000 +1100, Soosalu, Grant wrote:
>For those who are interested in such things.... I've just had the 19 tooth
>front sprocket replaced with a 17 tooth baby on my '00 ST and the
>acceleration is much crisper! It's also much more "torquee" away from the
>lights (ie. don't need as much revs). Of course the top speed and fuel
>consumption will probably both suffer by approx. 2/19 ie. ~10%, however I'm
>not too fussed about this. I'd much rather have better acceleration since I
>rarely ride over 200km/h anyway... (not to mention she now pulls mono's much
>more readily :-))

With an 18 tooth on the stock 99 ST (I think), I can't decide which is more
insane: going to a 17 tooth for less than 3 seconds 0-60, or going to a 19 
tooth for more than 140 mph top end.

But then again, I am the biggest wuss driver on the list.


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