I have a 17 tooth front sprocket, stock rear sprocket. If you live in a land of hills, don't go that high, stick with 16.
I have noticed that I downshift to accelerate when cruising a lot more than I did before, but it's not "UGH SO SLOW"; I just like shifting, and now it feels like it actually *does* something when I downshift. 55mph for me is hovering right around 3k-3100 RPM, and my otherwise rather stockish bike doesn't seem to have any issues accelerating from that speed (even with 230# me up on it + school bag). It does complain starting on hills, I have to feather throttle to keep from stalling more than the stock setup required. The ~3600 RPM the stock setup turns at 55 now nets a cruising speed of ~60mph. My mileage went up ~3 points, right about 10% bump for an approximately 12% drop in RPM. Mileage is all mixed, 40/60 city/highway. When I go gentle on it now I can rub up against 50mpg, my more normal mileage is ~44. -Kurt On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > On a 91+ NH 750. I know that some of you have put a larger counter shaft > sprocket to get better gas mileage or highway cruising RPM. Is 17 teeth > too much? How much does it affect the bikes acceleration? What is the bikes > new cruising speed? With a 15 tooth I think about 50-55 MPH feels best its > not lugging nor straining. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
