Street riding with a geared bike

[PhearCVBz]

Hey guys...my bike is 2 down 10 up, and I'm not sure how great it will be on the street....I have ridden it a few times like that, but not enough to know what it tach's at highway speeds in 6th gear (at least I didn't pay much attention to it). I don't want to be redlining the rotten thing just cruising around down.

Just curious what setups you use/see on the street? What is recommended? The bike is setup as a stunt bike, so I'd still like a good setup on there to learn the slow stuff, but I also want to be able to go out and cruise with buddies on their stock bikes.

Thanks for the info.

-Josh

[pavementeater]

well Josh, first of all your bike is -1 +10 i'm pretty sure... secondly you'll have to ride around in 6th even on the street and not highway. I find myself wanting to keep shifting but can't cause i'm already in 6th. lol

you'll be fine on the interstate, for me it vibrates a little too much. But still workable. I think my max speed is about 130'ish with my 900 -1 +10.

on my ZX(-1 +6) I keep up with traffic on the interstate and my speedo reads about 105mph. haha..

just gotta take it for a ride and check it out. I almost want 2 rims with different setups, incase we wanna take long road trips. I also would need a mint gas tank.

~J

[PhearCVBz]

Yeah I was off....it is actually -2 +10. I'm dumb....you know more about my bike than I do....hahaha.....well you were closer at least.

I was thinking the same thing as you....with a different sprocket on my other rim, and a different chain to fit without having to mess around too much. However I did want to sorta run the same thing as much as possible to get used to it....We'll have to see.

I plan on doing a lot of street riding this year and I don't wanna be taching 10k doing 65mph...ya know....lol.

Winter is bumming me out cause I can't answer these questions myself by going out and trying the bike out.....damnit.

-Josh

[MikeM]

Your not gonna have fun on the streets like that. And your friends are gonna be pissed that they can only go 70.
However, if you have another sprocket(small), carrier, and 2 master links on the chain
you can switch them in 5 minutes

I was doing that for a while, then I got lazy and bought a backup bike

[pavementeater]

so yours is -2 afterall.. that's cool.

yea, i'm actually making my 6R streetable this year I think. and my 900 can stay geared up my ass...

we'll have to rock a ton of street footage for sure this summer.
If you look in the Stuntdelicous DVD, all of me, James, and Mike is pretty much street footage. :fiddy:

sickness!
~J

[PhearCVBz]

Your not gonna have fun on the streets like that. And your friends are gonna be pissed that they can only go 70.
However, if you have another sprocket(small), carrier, and 2 master links on the chain
you can switch them in 5 minutes

I was doing that for a while, then I got lazy and bought a backup bike

so you think a stock sprocket on the front and the +10 in the back will be alright for street riding? Obviously better than the -2. That is a good idea. Thanks.

Jared....we are gonna rock the streets 24/7 this summer...haha :comedy:

[MikeM]

so you think a stock sprocket on the front and the +10 in the back will be alright for street riding? Obviously better than the -2. That is a good idea. Thanks.

Jared....we are gonna rock the streets 24/7 this summer...haha :comedy:

No I meant change the rear sprocket. If you have al the materials, it only takes 5 minutes to do. Just lay the bike on its side.

[PhearCVBz]

No I meant change the rear sprocket. If you have al the materials, it only takes 5 minutes to do. Just lay the bike on its side.

hahaha, duh......sorry I'm used to things with 4 wheels......

exactly the reason for the stupid questions.

Thanks man.

-Josh

[korno]

when i rock the streets (the once in a great while i do) i ride -2/+22 dont go fast but then again i really dont care

[pavementeater]

hahaha, duh......sorry I'm used to things with 4 wheels......

exactly the reason for the stupid questions.

Thanks man.

-Josh

I actually thought he was talking about the front sprocket as well. lol :Eeek:

[trick]

yo cant have your cake and eat it to
to be honest if ir lerning u need to have to bikes because your stunter is ganna be a crunchy and no one wil wanna ride with your oil blowen ass anyway

[PhearCVBz]

yo cant have your cake and eat it to
to be honest if ir lerning u need to have to bikes because your stunter is ganna be a crunchy and no one wil wanna ride with your oil blowen ass anyway

yeah my bike is already crunchy....and i know how that saying goes....kinda sucks....too poor right now to have another bike.....

i'm not so concerened with going fast....i mean, I like it and all, but I can live without it. My main concern is cruizing at about 70-80mph, I don't want the bike taching like crazy.....guess I'll have to mess around with some different setups this summer....I was just curious what a good mix of the two was....

thanks everybody

[-Eric-]

on a 929 +10 and stock in the front is pretty much the perfect compromise. good for slow shit, and enough gear for the eway. and second gear has enough motor brake for eway shit. on other bike's speedos its about 150mph 6th gear rev limiter.

[Ash]

-1 +7 on a 929 and they cann't catch me boy! :pimp:

[Jbizzle]

-1 in front =+22 on the back ...i just cant do 150 ...but the bike is still good for riding

[MikeM]

My main concern is cruizing at about 70-80mph, I don't want the bike taching like crazy........I was just curious what a good mix of the two was....


If there was a good mix, everybody would have it. But like Trick said, you cant have the best of both worlds. I used to rock -1 +10, for a long time.But even that sucked on the streets, and when I got my slow shit down, I wanted a bigger sprocket for idle tricks. Kind of reminds me of dual sport dirt bikes, sucks at both ends.

[devilstoy]

Hey guys...my bike is 2 down 10 up, and I'm not sure how great it will be on the street....I have ridden it a few times like that, but not enough to know what it tach's at highway speeds in 6th gear (at least I didn't pay much attention to it). I don't want to be redlining the rotten thing just cruising around down.

Just curious what setups you use/see on the street? What is recommended? The bike is setup as a stunt bike, so I'd still like a good setup on there to learn the slow stuff, but I also want to be able to go out and cruise with buddies on their stock bikes.

Thanks for the info.

-Josh
i have the same gearing on an f4i its not to bad but it sux if your with a bunch of stock geared bikes and as long your not into doing 100 mile trips on the highways youll be ok

[120clown]

im -1 and +10 i dont fuck with any hiway i just rock the parking lots i could cruse normal roads but i just dont like the hiway with my bike it just seems like it is wineing the piss out of my bike at 70mph lol :D

[Iantice]

yeah my bike is already crunchy....and i know how that saying goes....kinda sucks....too poor right now to have another bike.....

i'm not so concerened with going fast....i mean, I like it and all, but I can live without it. My main concern is cruizing at about 70-80mph, I don't want the bike taching like crazy.....guess I'll have to mess around with some different setups this summer....I was just curious what a good mix of the two was....

thanks everybody
Too poor, just get it the old fashion way............














Steal it :shoot: :D

[clunk387]

i was guna go thrusts pro stunt set up -1 +22 but mite just go street stunt settings

[Niner]

Didn't want to read the whole post, but I have -1 +7 on my 98 900rr. I can keep up with anybody on the street, but can still rock slow as hell wheelies. Won't be doing high chair 12's without a hand brake, but so what?

[pavementeater]

-1 in front =+22 on the back ...i just cant do 150 ...but the bike is still good for riding


:rotfl: :rotfl: Jesus. can u reach 70mph?? :fiddy:

[pavementeater]

Won't be doing high chair 12's without a hand brake, but so what?

why the fuck not?

[mofat01]

I had -1 +10 on my 900rr and I still could get to 100mph. I liked it. Got the same setup for my 636 project. Just haven't got it together yet.

[Niner]

why the fuck not?
Lack of compression braking.........and lack of skill. :hyper:

[crazy900RR]

-1+17 is not the way to go, I removed all of my guages, but I figured I was running about 70-80 at 11000rmp in 6th on my 900RR

[Mafia]

I have a street bike thats only down one on the counter, and it revs pretty hard on the highway

[tray]

-1 +9 rides fine for me on the street. The bike will do just over 100 but thats cool, most the guys I ride with are geared up too so no one gets pissed that they have to wait...:spin:

[DetroitStyle]

I run from the cops too much to gear my shit..... I need my 175mph....

[NastySVC]

Hey guys...my bike is 2 down 10 up, and I'm not sure how great it will be on the street....I have ridden it a few times like that, but not enough to know what it tach's at highway speeds in 6th gear (at least I didn't pay much attention to it). I don't want to be redlining the rotten thing just cruising around down.

Just curious what setups you use/see on the street? What is recommended? The bike is setup as a stunt bike, so I'd still like a good setup on there to learn the slow stuff, but I also want to be able to go out and cruise with buddies on their stock bikes.

Thanks for the info.

-Josh

i was 20 up on the 900 and that sh*t sucked for street you would be going a 140 on the speedo but erally 80 and it sounded like my sh*t was about to blow..haha