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Can I swap a 4 speed gearbox for a 5 speed? (Read 118 times)
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Can I swap a 4 speed gearbox for a 5 speed?
05/05/12 at 12:51:42
Hi, I have brought LS650 to replace my current LS400. Both appear to be same in spec except the bore and stroke. The 400 has a 5 speed and the 650 has a 4 speed. can the transmission be swapped?
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05/06/12 at 22:16:34
I don't understand the huge draw of the Savage 5 speed over the 4 speed. There is essentially no difference in the gear ratios of the first gears or of the fourth/fifth gears of the respective units. Is it just bragging rights that it is a five speed and that a four speed sounds like old technology?
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05/06/12 at 22:23:26
IIRC, the 4 speed has a slightly taller high gear,,
I find myself shifting to 6th anyway.
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05/06/12 at 23:30:38
Hi thanks for your response. The real reason I want to keep my transmission is because the engine number is on the lower part of the engine, and in New Zealand you pay more for a bike over 400cc. Went you go for a WOF in this country the chassis number and the engine number is taken. I will have to re register this as a new bike. Which also means new number plate.$$$$
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Well,, that explains a lot, I can sure understand trying to keep it papered as a 400,
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prsavage wrote
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I don't understand the huge draw of the Savage 5 speed over the 4 speed. There is essentially no difference in the gear ratios of the first gears or of the fourth/fifth gears of the respective units. Is it just bragging rights that it is a five speed and that a four speed sounds like old technology?
The ratios on the 5 speed are closer together between gears than the 4 speed. The real question is which is more useful in your style of riding.
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