Hello a lot
Hello a lot
Big fat steve here, got my first firestorm a few weeks back and can't stop smiling. Have just ordered a 44 tooth rear sprocket to go with the 15 tooth front to save on a bit of front tyre wear.
Well done max, at least we now know it will go, from someone who has done the 15/44 gearing. That must have speeded up the steering by pushing the wheel forward as far as it would go in the swingarmMax wrote:I got mine to sweeze on OK, its was tight fit but it went onsirch345 wrote:You may need a longer chain Beenz![]()
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perhaps my chains just shaggedsirch345 wrote:Well done max, at least we now know it will go, from someone who has done the 15/44 gearing. That must have speeded up the steering by pushing the wheel forward as far as it would go in the swingarmMax wrote:I got mine to sweeze on OK, its was tight fit but it went onsirch345 wrote:You may need a longer chain Beenz![]()
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Max wrote:perhaps my chains just shaggedsirch345 wrote:Well done max, at least we now know it will go, from someone who has done the 15/44 gearing. That must have speeded up the steering by pushing the wheel forward as far as it would go in the swingarmMax wrote:
I got mine to sweeze on OK, its was tight fit but it went on![]()
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That sounds ace, did you get the bigger sprocket to fit with the standard chainbeenz wrote:Just ridden it with the 15 / 44 gearing and i have done an accidental wee.
It accelerates like something mad and sounds like a four stroke motocrosser. Must get me a speedo healer as it tells even bigger fibs now.
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I reckon that after manual tensioners and a visit to Roger chopping the gearing was the best thing I've done to the bike.beenz wrote:Yes, standard chain works fine and it reduces the wheelbase by about 15mm. It goes straight upto 10,000 revs in 6th which is a genuine 153mph and cruises at a genuine 100mph at a little over 6,000rpm, bloody brilliant.
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Well that's two of you thats got the 15/44 gearing to fit with a standard chain so thats handy to knowbeenz wrote:Yes, standard chain works fine and it reduces the wheelbase by about 15mm. It goes straight upto 10,000 revs in 6th which is a genuine 153mph and cruises at a genuine 100mph at a little over 6,000rpm, bloody brilliant.
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