- Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:58 pm
#14
Having had mostly old british bikes I always found them way undergeared and to do any kind of speed the engine would be screaming its nuts off, so putting a bigger sprocket on was a must plus the engines seemed to last a little longer. On trying a 2003 500 bullet out I found the same thing, you where looking for another gear. I tried one at Haywards in Cambridge that had an 18 tooth sprocket on it as oppossed to the standard 17 tooth but I found that it could still do with another tooth being added. My bullet 500 is now fitted with a 19 tooth gearbox sprocket and the only alteration that has been done to the bike is the addition of a sensable exhaust system, less restrictive airfilter and a bigger jets in the carb. I still find it pulls very well in all the gears, I am 12st, with my clobber on. Just thought some of you might be interested.
Having had mostly old british bikes I always found them way undergeared and to do any kind of speed the engine would be screaming its nuts off, so putting a bigger sprocket on was a must plus the engines seemed to last a little longer. On trying a 2003 500 bullet out I found the same thing, you where looking for another gear. I tried one at Haywards in Cambridge that had an 18 tooth sprocket on it as oppossed to the standard 17 tooth but I found that it could still do with another tooth being added. My bullet 500 is now fitted with a 19 tooth gearbox sprocket and the only alteration that has been done to the bike is the addition of a sensable exhaust system, less restrictive airfilter and a bigger jets in the carb. I still find it pulls very well in all the gears, I am 12st, with my clobber on. Just thought some of you might be interested.