CB1 gearing

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pikey
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CB1 gearing

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Hi can anyone tell me, were you get the smaller rear sprockets from caurrently running 42 but do 50 miles aday on the motorway so need to change the gearing slightly.

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Re: CB1 gearing

Post by Mansie »

It makes sense to go from 42 to 40 teeth, or even 38. Aaron who used to ride a CB1 had 37 teeth on the rear sprocket. You can buy them from Wemoto, they have special CB1 / 400 section
http://shop.wemoto.com/index.dyn?oid=25311
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Re: CB1 gearing

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yeap thats what i did,only lost 500rpm top end,but quicker accelation which i think is better but that me.

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