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Transmission k5 six speed

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Motorrad:

--- Quote from: L.W. on March 25, 2011, 02:46:23 PM ---GREETINGs, Will it does not hurt to DREAM... thanks for the INFO....L.W. :-(

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Thats the way we discover new things... thinking outside the box...   Now go look at other bikes and find a a tranny ratio that will work..

Or go amd make a custom tranny (make one for me to test for you also)

Marco810:
6speed might be the difference from bogging/reving in a corner im thinking... its all about having the optimal gear ratio throughout the acceleration band, but weather or not the rider could keep it in the right gear at the right time...

slow600:
for me, i would just rather have a taller fifth. has anyone else made an overdrive fifth other than stewart?

Dutch-K5 Fan:
As far I know(and many of us), only stewart has made a longer 5th gear.
The KLX650 has a different first and third gear ratio.
Maybe in the future some day I wanne make a taller 5th, don't wait on me.

Dutchie

Polar-Bus:
Me personally don't see the need for a six speed in the case of the KX500. (especially given the ratio breakdown that motorrad specified) . There is no advantage to a "close ratio" gearbox with a big bore 2 stroke. "maybe" in the case of a KX500 woods bike, but that type of application is really a mismatch to what the KX500 was intended for.  If your "bogging" a KX500 there is something seriously wrong either with your engine or your gear selection skills. If Kawasaki truly saw an advantage with a six speed, it would have been used at least on their factory desert race bikes.

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