FCB tech ?'s

16/33 i think for gearing. it will depend on how fast you are though. but a stocker can and should pull 16/33. also, i find it depends on where youre comfortable with making speed. since nhis is kinda technical and small, i personally like more grunt, especially out of the final corner and t2, going up the hill, out of the bowl etc. to me i like to gear for drive out of those corners as opposed to trying to make top speed at the stripe.

i ran a 2-1 mac style setup for the first few years. made by tom at delux works in california. he doesnt do them anymore. it seemed to make good power, but the real plus is that it was nice and quiet.



jc


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wow. chris said he used to run 16/33 i think but hardly ever touched 5th at nhis. just for a quick second. but thats the gearing he ran at daytona unless there was a tailwind. but yeah, thats what i run. i cant believe you can run that gearing especially with being able to, probably im guessing, pull another 2k on the clock. that thing i bet feels like it pulls stumps! i just set up my gearing for 16/33 which is one tooth shorter in the rear than what i was running. it might be a little long for louden, but im hoping its good for summit. i did order a 34 and also have a 17 front and a 36 rear. but that gearing seems to get me off the line pretty good, and im hoping it'll not seem so short for summit. (which i feel like my gearing is a little)



jc


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you know, now that i think about it, youre gearing is probably pretty close. since you can rev an extra 2k, and its giving you plenty of ooomph out of the corners. remember im running a stocker.



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i bet craigs bike will pull 12k. 95-10 is stocker redline. i think chris could pull 12 on his. i think his limiter might have been set at 115. but im not sure on any of that. i want to know more. ill count sprockets at the fat house this week.

jc

jc


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id just get 5th into t3. but id always run out of gear on the front straight. i was always looking for 6th gear. it was worse with my old gearing. ive run 3 different combos at nhis. the last one seemed the best but still off. 17/34. since i just bought gearing i asked chris alot about it. he said 90% of those big gear packs you buy are useless. he has always claimed to pretty much run the same gearing at every track with very minimal changes. now im not saying thats the best, or anything like that, but im not planning on changing my gearing dramatically from track to track if i find something good. any other opinions?



jc


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oh yeah, rosko, i talked to chris tonight. he has slippers and pvl plates. drop him an email.



jc


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i lost my free dyno connection. damned ross! my bikes a stocker but i built the frame with the intention of doing a lw/v1 motor one day. chris ran daytona gearing at nhis and still managed a uscra championship. and that was when it was hard to win at louden! and that was with a "4 speed". itd be alot like zach winning fcb on that pos he was riding though. i think put him on just about anyhting half way decent and hes the kind of guy who can do well. im sure weight makes a huge difference. think pedrosa is running the same gearing as hayden? anyway, late for work....ill count teeth this week. i have chris' bike at my shop. i agree with everyone.


jc


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Edited by - joe c on Apr 04 2007 08:38:12 AM

dude, that sounds perfect to me! youll probably chase your tail until you get everything freshened. its tough to diagnose shit when there are things in question. especially if you havent seen it for 40 years in a row like other guys here. (frank) i dont think you really need to be worried about being fast enough. ya seem to have that covered!



jc


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sprocket specialists to get sprockerts. they have a website. the 350 sprockets will fit the 360, but i have no idea what else. there are part numbys on the sprocket site. maybe you can cross em.



jc


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yeah, its kind of its own early version of a stepped header!

jc

jc


aaron, send my wheel.

need to press a stem from a 69 lower clamp. with the internal steering dampener. how the hell does this thing come out?? anyone?

jc