on/off road gearing?

[treefrog]

Well I finally got my 99 WR plated and just started hitting the streets. My gearing is stock 14:50 and it is screaming pretty good in 5th gear around 45mph. Has anyone else found a happy medium for on off road? I was going to drop a tooth in the front but wanted to get some input first. Does it make a difference if dropping a tooth front or rear? I planned to try a 13 up front and see what that does but don't want to buy anything till I get a couple opinions first. Thanks

[FORMA MOTO]

Going to a 13 will make it worse

14/50 is the best gearing for dual sport, unless you don't climb; then you can go 14/46

Edited June 11, 2014 by TheKoolAidMadeMeSick

[miweber929]

+1 up front, -1 on the rear, works like a charm on my 450.

Mike

[bobpara]

I had an old DR 350 and I think the engine is just a whole bunch different, heavier flywheels, etc

You could LUG that thing like no tomorrow. I geared it TALLER than stock and it worked really nice in the woods

and it had a higher top speed on the Hiway

 

It didn't work out quite the same with the WR

The engine is a slightly detuned YZ, and as such is much more high strung and MX oriented

I doesnt like to lug, plain and simple

so if you gear it any taller instead of lugging over those roots and rocks, it just simply stalled when I geared the WR taller

 

Went back to 14/50 and made the clutch pull much softer (replaced 3 or the springs with 250 springs) and started to use clutch more

 

With 14/50 i can hit almost 90 MPH on the hiway.....how fast do you want to go !! ??

[treefrog]

It will haul ass. It just seemed like it is reving pretty high at 45 already. If I can run 60 and it doesn't sound like it's going to explode I would be happy. I guess I have to realize that it is a "dirt bike" and not a street bike. Just seems like the thing is SCREAMING at on road speeds.

[MANIAC998]

We run 15/50 on our bikes down in Baja. Most of us have Rekluse's, so with an auto-clutch, 1st gear isn't much of an issue as the clutch will slip enough to compensate for the tall 1st.

[hp22402]

It will haul ass. It just seemed like it is reving pretty high at 45 already. If I can run 60 and it doesn't sound like it's going to explode I would be happy. I guess I have to realize that it is a "dirt bike" and not a street bike. Just seems like the thing is SCREAMING at on road speeds.

Same here. Running 13-50 was thinking 13-46 but that may be too much off the back. Plenty of throttle left but the engine seems high in the rpm's. Looking for suggestions as well.