What kind of gearing are people using?
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Hey guys, quick question. What kind of gearing are people using. More so track orientated and slight blast in the curves. And also from experience the dampening on the rear shock itself, how many turns from full hard do you guys find to be the sweet spot, in regard to not being to soft or hard? Thanks guys!! PFA
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Shock I have no answer at this time, I’m still trying to find it myself. Butfor the track I went -1/+1. +2 in my opinion was great coming out of turns but once you hit a long straight you might get walked down easily. The +1 kinda kept me in the game on straights but kinda wild coming out of turns
Yeah cheers Jay, our local track straight aren’t very long. I’ll show a map of the track when I get some time
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Oh man, I love it. I’d stay +1 in the rear here, if you had more twisties Id use +2 to get from one corner to the next faster
Yeah cheers Jay, got a pic of your CBR?
Sure
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No track riding for me, but -1 +2 for mine is a blast on the back roads coming out of corners!
Does it come up pretty quick being +2?
It comes up pretty effortless 1-3, and a from 9000RPM full throttle it will lift in 4th. Speedo is out by 21% based on radar testing, but a Speedohealer or SpeedoDRD will fix that pretty quick
Yes sick, thanks Watson. Legend
I wear a technic suit for track and as for suspension get it tuned by a pro. The !!sweet spot!! Is different for every rider. Depending on they’re weight. If you get to do a track day they typically have a suspension guy there. Here in the midwest i run with stt and the guy charges like $60 bucks and if you have any issues that day he will tweek it for free
Yeah I’m in Australia, we have a guy here too. Bout $50 aud to get it done. Might have to
Best $50 you can spend if you really want to get fast in the corners
Most of it is confidence too. Was really confident on my first bike on the track and in the curves, got a new bike almost crashed it never been since..
Tires? Could be part of the problem as well.
I almost crashed because I target fixated for a split second haha
And then again on the track overcooked the hairpin and for some reason jumped on the rear brake and locked up. Haha
That sucks man. Glad you didn’t get hurt
-1/+1 but the best answer to your overall question is really a combination of seat time and rider preference.. loaded sag is much more of a theoretical topic without physical rider data to consider along with it.
Yeah alright, cheers Tyler!
Any reason why you didn’t go +2? Is it the previous comment of losing top end
With the 520 conversion, diablo 3s, and quick action throttle I’m running, for me it was more about control. Top end was never a huge concern bc outright speed comes in the corners.. and it isn’t much between the 2 either way.
Check out gearingcommander.com when you get a chance, it should help.
Thanks man.
-2f,+1r. But, you need more rpm. This puts a bit of stress on the chain and trans, but it works really really well. Sets the swing arm at 11″, and really digs on corner exits. As far as the rear end goes. 3mm shim, place that on top of the shock, get a hrc/lees rear link, go full stiff.