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changing gearing for woods riding please help
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[QUOTE="JasonJ, post: 618533, member: 23758"] Yeah I change my front sprockts, I have a 15, a 14, and a 13. Ive been running the 13 T on the front and it dose not appear to be wearing any faster than the 14 wich I use alot too. Dropping a tooth in the front is like adding 4 in the back but its alot faster to do than removing the wheel to change rear sprockets thats why I do the fronts, they are cheaper too. I use the 13 in tight woods and Paragon so I keep it on most of the time, 1st gear is a put put gear that helps keep the bike and clutch cool in tight slow group riding, second is great for about 80% of woods riding. The 14 makes 1st more usable on my WR but leaves an uncomfortable space between 1st and 2nd that requires more shifting between the two in the woods. the 15 T makes first more like 2nd with the 13 T but the gap between 1st and 2nd is now like skipping a gear when shifting in the woods unless you wind the motor up alot and using 1st in tight woods and rocks with the 15T gives you arm pump from feathering the clutch but the bike dose 105 MPH in 5th :) . Some say putting a smaller front sprocket on increases the sheeth resistance wich it true to a point, I guese the smaller radius adds more drive resistance and works the chain harder by the % differance of the diameter, but IMHO its not worth worrying about. There is a 12 T that I have herd of available for the WR YZ to make it more of a better woods bike and I have herd thats as small as you would want to go. Also, a bigger rear sprocket besieds being more expensive and harder to install will be heavier and have a larger radius, the weight may not seem like alot to you when you first think of it but the rear sprocket is unsuspended Rotating mass and thats the worst kind you can have so the mass becomes multiplied by the speed and the factor that its spinning at the end of you swing arm and you now have more to consider as well as the weight of the extra chain links wich are for the most part also unsuspended rotating mass. [/QUOTE]
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