Gearing questions
 

How much does a Ten with standard sprockets rev at 100 km/h in fifth gear?

I bought my Ten last year second hand and from day one I felt it was very high geared. At 100 km/h GPS speed the rev counter says around 4000 rev/min in fifth gear. Is that standard ot have the previous owner changed sprockets to less teeth rear and/or more teeth in front?

Compared to other bikes I have owned 4000 revs at 100 km/h seems little.
I have owned a Transalp 600 that reved 4600-4700 at 100 km/h and a Honda Dominator 650 that reved approx the same 4600-4700 at 100 km/h.
Even the Triumph Tiger 955 revved at 4200-4300 at 100 km/h.

How much will changing the front to 14 or the rear to 47 change the rev at for example 100 km/h?

Iv'e just bought a 14tooth front for my X. Based on calculations of around 93%.. easy math suggests that is should rev around the same at 93klm as it does at 100.. ie with a 14 your revs at any speed should be around 7% higher (in theory).

I run 15/48 on my XTR... makes it a little smoother as it gets the revs above the
bad vibration zone around 4000..

Can anyone tell me hove much your engine revs at 100 km/h - and with what gearing that is?

standard gearing 100km/h =4000rpm,

Have a play with this...

http://www.gearingcommander.com/

You can model all the possible gearing permutations you might want to try.

Thanks Bart20170 and Pleiades.

So the next question must be why Yamaha choose to made the XT bikes with this high gearing? As I mentioned in the opening post I have owned bikes with similar power namely a Honda Dominator 650 and a Honda Transalp 600 and both of those reved around 4600-4700 when holding a speed of 100 km/h.
The XT bikes does also have only 5 gears and the usable rev range isnt exactly broad.

A 14 in front or a 48 rear will make the bike rev at approx 4250 at 100 km/h - a very easy calculation tells me...and maybe first gear ridiclousely low? Hmm....confused now....:icon_confused:

1st gear is a bit high for river crossing / real tight trails that require 1st to be used. The lower over all gearing is a benifit..
I think a 50tooth rear would suit me for some of the terrain I ride at times
& the bike would be doing around 4500rpm @ 100kph...
Have not been able to find a 50 tooth rear... So will go with 14/48 which is about the same as 15/51 would be...
Also the Rekluse clutch likes the lower gearing , clutch lock up is quicker..





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4500 rpm at the speed of 100 km/h in 5th gear seems much more natural to me on this bike than 4000 rpm does....in theory at least - but I am just an simple amateur then.....

Lots of my road bikes have sat around 4k rpm@ 100kph in top. Nothing wrong with those revs out on the open road but saying that I'm about to gear mine down purely to give it a bit more punch under acceleration.
If I was setting off on a long tar road ride i.e. thousands of k's, I would use standard gearing 15/45 but carry a 14 tooth front as well.

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