rodburner wrote:
MrFlynn wrote:
The gutlessness is kind of annoying but I can live with that I suppose. What I can't live with is not being able to drive it other then around town because it barley pushes 55mph. So driving on the freeway is out of the question. Which means I wouldn't be able to take it to my camping spot or any good hunting or fishing spots.etc etc I guess what I'm truly after is finding a way to get rid of the incredibly low gearing
How many more fishing and hunting spots will you find while driving those 35 mph back roads that lead to your old favorite spot at the end of the freeway? I saw way cooler places on my Honda 100 than I did on my GS1100...
Xr or xl100?
You can swap in a 5 speed that is i think 14% o/d.
Get bigger tires. Hunt down a 3.42 diff and get better gearing but then you dont have the power to maintain speed up a hill on the highway...
You can meet in the middle of power and gears and get an isuzu 2.6 or 2.3 4 cyl and 5 speed trans. With a 2.6 you have to get the carb'd intake and a few parts from the 2.3 because a 2.6 is efi. That way you have about 45 more hp reliably and a 5 speed. So when you finally find a 3.42 diff you will be all set. Easier swap than a v6 or v8. It more or less just bolts in.
I have a fairly mild 4.3 in mine with a s10 5 speed. Stock 4.10 4x4 gearing in back. Gearing was barely better than stock with the 5th. So i have 30x9 rear tires now for gearing and grip. It still isnt "ideal" im around 70 at 3000rpm vs 55 before. Stock tires were about 24.5 so i have 5.5 more inches of rear tire to get where i am.
The tires equate to a gear change from 4.1 to 3.35... + 5th gear. Giving some margin for eerrr and saying stock is 25 still only lands at 3.42. Takes a lot of tire to gain usable ratio im on 30s in back with no lift i wouldnt go bigger.
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