Re: [ST] chain + sprockets

[Colt45 <colt4530@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm running 17/45.  The bike will wheelie with abandon.  Last weekend I 
rode it to Barber Motorsports Park to see the museum and got 50.3 
miles/U.S. gallon and 70 mph on the Interstate.

Mike Bostock wrote:

>
>Ergo you will not notice any significant change in MPG.
>
>18/45 certainly suits my normal riding roads much better and I would
>suggest it is the optimal ratio for the bike.  I always maintained
>that Triumph went down the 19/43 route for the US market thinking
>that you guys spend all your time on the Freeway ;-P  Any serious
>mountain work benefits from 18/45 as you can then sometimes actually
>get out of 2nd!!!
>
>
>  
>

- -- 
John Albright
'02 RS
'00 748
Chattanooga
C-RATs


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