ericb269

I was in the process of buying a 520 convesion when the salesman at kneedraggers said that the best gearing for my hawk is to go one down in the front and 3 up in the rear??? What will my top speed be if I do this. He told me that it would change my ration to 2.87 but I have no idea how to determine top speed.

drew_c14

there is a spreadsheet floating around here somewhere....

I'll check my computer, but try doing a search for it on the site.

drew_c14

https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...ht=spreadsheet

try this

I'm down 1 in the front, stock in the rear, and haven't seen above 150. A combination of not enough road and not enough ***** I guess. Plus I can't imagine it will push much past that anyway.

trinc

a bunch of us run -1/+2. it's good for the moutain roads but those that do a lot of highway miles don't like the rpm increase. so it depends on how/where you ride. if you do change the gearing you'll need a speedohealer to correct for the gearing change.

looks like i stopped just in time : )




tim

E.Marquez

Drop one in the front and leave it. still usable on the slab to get to where you need to, but lowers the gearing enough to make exiting corners a bunch more fun.

Top speed?? Well unless it's modified motor making a bunch more HP then stock,, My speedohealer corrected speedometer and GPS say, 148 is all it's gona do give or take some wind with the 15/41 gearing.. Your results will differ


I may try the added 43 in back, just to do it.. but I do not imagine I'll like it much... To many HY miles at 70~80 MPH between turns in TX

ericb269

man this forum rocks thanxs for all your help guys. I like long trips on my bike so I dont want to jack up my gearing I will drop one in the front and go from there.

mikstr

I have tried many combos over the years (16/43, 15/41, 15/43, 15/42). I am currrently running 15/42 but will be going back to 15/43 next chain and sprocket change. I do a lot of highway miles and do not find the last two set-ups (in the list above) to be disruptive.

cheers

Little_Horse

pretty trick Tim with the whole 666 thing there. Im surprised your bike didn't explode.

FL02SupaHawk996

I've run the 15/43 too and would recommend 16/43 which probably feels a lot like 15/42 others are running...

The 15/43 is just too buzzy for me...RC