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Old 06-20-2013, 06:25 AM
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I have a 2000 cbr 600f4. Man I love this bike. I need a right side orange fairing so if you are selling let me know but that is not why I am here. My bike 1st gear is awful. It goes like 0 to 5mph in 1st gear and to make a turn at a intersection I need to quickly jump to second. This upsets me because a friends r6 2009 goes like 0 to 70 in 1st. Why do I need to go up to 3rd gear to do 70 and why is my 1st gear basically trash? Need help
 
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Old 06-20-2013, 07:23 AM
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What size sporckets are you running? A crazy big rear might act like that.
 
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Old 06-20-2013, 08:34 AM
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Agree with 74demon - sounds like someone has been playing with the gearing.
Either down at the front or up at the back - worst case they may have done both.

Try running beside your mate at 30mph on his speedo and see if your speedo matches his.
 
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Old 06-28-2013, 06:09 AM
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Sorry been trying to get everything plated and buying gear. (REALLY EXPENSIVE) both worth it for the ride. I am in another state and way to far from my friend. Is there another way to find out the problem. Well not really a problem but I want my first to go longer than just 10mph. How do you find out the size of my sprockets?
 
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Old 06-28-2013, 06:18 AM
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Just count teeth.
It might even be stamped on it.
 
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Old 06-28-2013, 06:49 AM
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After you count the teeth on each sprocket you can find out what the stock size is on the Gearing Commander website. Just load your bike's data from the drop-down menu and it will tell you.
 
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Old 06-28-2013, 09:55 AM
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Do you have or can you borrow a gps/navigation unit ?

Check your speedo against the gps/navigation unit.
 
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