Well Stumpi,
Um - Me - with riding gear, plus the rack and the bag with
my Seafoam - theres at least 320 pounds on the bike....
-Joey
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Stumpi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Cruising rpms for me are between 4000-5500 higher than 40mph. Between
> 3000-4000 lower than that but I'm rarely doing less than 40 when not
> in traffic.
>
> Guess there is a little more of me than you Joey. My 6th gear feels
> like it's lugging if I'm anywhere below 60. It is barley able to
> accelerate at all in 6th past 70mph. Though I've noticed the chain is
> kinking a little and probably causing a bit of drag at those speeds.
> Since I'm fairly sure it's the original chain it's getting changed
> soon. I figured on changing the gearing a little, perhaps get it to
> turn at 5400 instead of 5000 at 70mph.
>
> There is a wonder tool I discovered while researching all this a week
> or two ago. http://www.gearingcommander.com/ My stock specs on my 82
> 450SC are as follows if your interested:
> PDR:2.690 Tire:130\90\16 MPRPM:9500 FDR:17\36 CPitch:0.625 CLinks:106
> 1st:2957\1000 2nd:1947\1000 3rd:1545\1000 4th:1280\1000 5th:1074\1000
> 6th:867\1000
>
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