Allen, My standard of performance is the vehicle I'm in the most; that is, 13 ton bus powered by a 275hp turbodiesel. Snappy acceleration and "Awesome!!!11!" levels are easily attained when your normal vehicle can only attain .2g acceleration in a straight line, .3 down a hill. :D
My long time driving small displacement cars with a stick makes downshifting to pass quite a natural reaction; going another gear won't hurt, or be weird. I'll be sure to report on things, as well as getting some "reproducible" readings on acceleration performance and the like. -Kurt On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Mine is a 92, I guess it is a matter of opinion and how you like to > ride. I for one would like to know you're thoughts on the change, so > post a report once you switch the gears. Personally I have considered > trying a 14 tooth to get better roll on power. I find myself keeping > it in lower gears so that I can get snappier acceleration especially > when there is traffic. Besides @ 70 MPH you can't hear the engine over > the wind so the 5K RPM wouldn't bother me. > > On 9/15/10, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have played with that site before.17 tooth countersprocket is a 12% >> decrease in RPM, 6 teeth off the driven sprocket is a 16% decrease in RPM. >> >> Bike is a '93 750, 15/38 stock tooth count. >> >> On Sep 15, 2010 2:52 PM, "Allen" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> What year is your NH? Adding two teeth to the countershaft sprocket is >> like taking away 6 teeth from the driven sprocket. Using the last gen >> NH transmission gearing you would drop rpm by 500 @ 60 MPH. That would >> put the bike way below it's torque curve for any kind of decent >> acceleration. I would imagine downshifting to 3rd would be necessary >> to pass a slow vehicle with any authority. Try playing with >> http://www.gearingcommander.com/ before hand, I personally think these >> inline 4 bikes don't make enough torque for that big of a gearing >> change. From what I have heard a 16 tooth is fine if you do alot of >> highway miles. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sep 15, 1:36 pm, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I have plans to go to a 17 to... >>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:31 PM, [email protected] >> >>> >>> >>> >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > I noticed a drop in mpg when i went from a 30 to a 32 rea... >> >>> > From: "Mack Swanson" <[email protected]> >>> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Fuel Mileage >>> >>> > i u... >>> > For more options, visit this group athttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >>> >>> > -- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Nighthawk Mo... >>> > For more options, visit this group athttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - >>> >>> - Show quoted text - >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Love... >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
