Hey Guys,

What size are stock sprockets?? I went to the big track at Willow and I was always in 2nd, 3rd, 4th. I would hit 5th every once in a while at the end of the main straight, but only for a sec. I am not AMA fast, but still I feel like I should be using all my gears on the fastest track on the west coast. I have 46 rear and 16 front. Is that stock? Should I go to 48-15?? The interesting thing is, even with that gearing, I out accelerate my friend on his ZX-6RR. Anyway, some help would be nice!

-Josh

 

keep riding untill your AMA fast...
alot of people like -1 up front + 2 or +3 in rear
i dunno im not AMA fast enough to decide
jk ask around im sure someone will give you there input but its still your ride so whatever works for ya!

 

Yes, 16/46 is stock. The key to gearing is changing the gears so that at the longest stretch of track you are topping out in 6th gear and no more. many people run -1/+2 (15/48). However, that may not be ideal for the track you are at... its not cheap but ideally you would want a couple different sprocket sets to play around with to find the best set-up for the track you are at. If you don't want to deal with all the testing here's what most would recommend. Start out by just changing out one sprocket, either -1 in the front or +2 in the rear. see how that goes. If you still feel you need more then swap out the other sprocket. Good luck!

 

what is AMA?

 

AMA is the superbike racing circuit

 

i thought it was american motorcycle association...