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Re: [ST] chain + sprockets
- Subject: Re: [ST] chain + sprockets
- From: Colt45 <colt4530@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:42:19 -0400
I'm running 17/45. The bike will wheelie with abandon. Last weekend I
rode it to Barber Motorsports Park to see the museum and got 50.3
miles/U.S. gallon and 70 mph on the Interstate.
Mike Bostock wrote:
>
>Ergo you will not notice any significant change in MPG.
>
>18/45 certainly suits my normal riding roads much better and I would
>suggest it is the optimal ratio for the bike. I always maintained
>that Triumph went down the 19/43 route for the US market thinking
>that you guys spend all your time on the Freeway ;-P Any serious
>mountain work benefits from 18/45 as you can then sometimes actually
>get out of 2nd!!!
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John Albright
'02 RS
'00 748
Chattanooga
C-RATs
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