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Questions about chain conversion and gearing
03/05/09 at 07:52:45

While going through the site I found this awesome writeup about a chain conversion:

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1174239333

At first I was wondering why anyone would want to do that as I wasnt thinking about gearing. Then when I thought about it and saw the chart:

It hit me

Well my question is, why would anyone want anything besides the 12-38 setup? Looks like the best setup by the chart. So what are the pro's and con's of the different setups?

I may want to do this

For $100 it cant hurt much!

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Questions about chain conversion and gearing Reply #1 - 03/05/09 at 08:00:58 yep 5th gear speed great. The trade off is how slow can you go in 1st.
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Mortation Full Member Offline Posts: 205	Re: Questions about chain conversion and gearing Reply #2 - 03/05/09 at 08:02:41 verslagen1 wrote on 03/05/09 at 08:00:58: yep 5th gear speed great. The trade off is how slow can you go in 1st. Oh crap good point. Another thing I didnt think of is I have an 88, so only 4 gears
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Questions about chain conversion and gearing Reply #3 - 03/05/09 at 08:03:43 end result the same.
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Mortation Full Member Offline Posts: 205	Re: Questions about chain conversion and gearing Reply #4 - 03/05/09 at 08:08:12 verslagen1 wrote on 03/05/09 at 08:03:43: end result the same. Cool. Maybe I will do this in early June before bike week. I got a growing list of other stuff to keep me busy for now
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6056 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: Questions about chain conversion and gearing Reply #5 - 03/05/09 at 16:31:12 remember your speedo/odometer will be off apx. 10% to the slow/less mileage side
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Mortation Full Member Offline Posts: 205	Re: Questions about chain conversion and gearing Reply #6 - 03/05/09 at 16:53:35 thumperclone wrote on 03/05/09 at 16:31:12: remember your speedo/odometer will be off apx. 10% to the slow/less mileage side True. Wonder if I could go with something aftermarket and calibrate it. Good incentive to ditch the tank and put something bigger on...
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Reply #7 - 03/05/09 at 16:54:47

Mortation wrote on 03/05/09 at 16:53:35:

thumperclone wrote on 03/05/09 at 16:31:12:

remember your speedo/odometer will be off apx. 10% to the slow/less mileage side

True. Wonder if I could go with something aftermarket and calibrate it. Good incentive to ditch the tank and put something bigger on...

Maybe something like this:
http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=product/product_id=258/cate...

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