I have a 929 as my daily rider, but I also stunt it from time to time. I have stock gearing, specifically the 16t front sprocket. My question is would it be better to get a 14t front sprocket... Or a 15t?

 

Depends on what you really plan on doing with your bike the majority of the time ... (as I'm sure you already know all this but ...) you'll encounter more wear on your bikes motor and chain with the lower toothed front sprockets (bigger rear sprockets are easier on a chain but cost more money), and you'll burn a lil more gas with a 14 & 15 tooth sprocket than you would stock ... it's all up to you if you think that would be a worthy trade off from stock gearing ...

Since front sprockets are so cheap, (and if you wanna find out what the results would feel like for yourself and if you wanna stick with it) just get one of the front sprockets you talked about there and ride with it for a lil while .... worst case scenario you don't like it, you take it off, and resell it and maybe lose a few dollars just to find out whether ya like it or not .... or you like it and keep it ...

 

thanks, i figured im just gonna go with a 15t. its just -1 tooth and it will give me enough oomph to do the occasional wheelie all while keeping relativley good gas milage and gear ratio.

 

Excellent Idea .... on the next chain/sprocket change i would go +3 on the rear (just like -1 on the front) .... a bigger rear sprocket gives the chain a lil extra life compared to a smaller front, with the same added gearing you want ...

 

If you get a +3 rear sprocket, can you still use your factory chain? If so, how much would it pull the rear wheel into the swingarm?

 

.... As long as you get the same pitch sprocket as your chain (i.e a 520 sprocket for a 520 chain if you did the conversion ... or a 530 sprocket for a stock chain) ... it would move your rear axle forward about half an inch ...

 

You really don't need to change anything to wheelie that bike, you really won't notice it that much, I did the same thing to my gixxer 1000 kinda felt dissapointed!