if you get the head too youll save alot of money down the road when you want a little more power. then i would go with one up in the front and one to two in the back. for more open tracks id go with a 35.
TB88 - gearing
im buying a TB88 with a carb and cam, what should i do as far as gearing goes? id like to keep a decent amount of bottom end power, as well as use 1st and 2nd instead of having it useless.. im around 190#s
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kk im not getting the head - going up teeth provides quicker accel, why would i need more with an 88? i was thinking of going down 3-5 teeth on the rear, depending how the power feels (i havent ridden an 88 yet)
that would make sense.. is anyone running this set up? how is the kit with stock gearing
hows 3 down on the rear sound? would like to change 1 sprocket for now, to save $
sorry forgot to mention up or down in the back
down for sure. go with a 35 and a stock front for now then
down for sure. go with a 35 and a stock front for now then
Its cheaper to go up on the front. Go to a 15/37 and I think you will like that, thats what I ran on mine when I was running the stock head, worked very well.
Is there somewhere on the net where I can find out what gearing does what? Like 1 up in front. Or 2 down in the rear. I have no clue on what gearing does what. I will be getting the TB 88 with head sooner or later. I ultimately want to take off fast and have a high top speed. So I want to figure out what gearing does what.
You can't have the BEST of both worlds in gearing. The higher the front sprocket is the more top speed you will get and the lower rear sprocket you have the higher top speed, and vice versa. Hopefully that is what you wanted to know! :wink:
Also one tooth on the front sprocket is equal to 2.3 teeth on the rear sprocket. (I believe)
Also one tooth on the front sprocket is equal to 2.3 teeth on the rear sprocket. (I believe)
yeah its actually a bit higher....closer to 3 teeth per 1 in the front.
its way hard to wheelie though, i cant keep my bike going slow enough to ride a 1st gear. any way you go youll be fine, just dont go drastic unless you know what your doing.cyclerider57 said:I have it with the head. I also installed one on my brothers with head. His still has stock gearing and it is a wheelie machine. Can hardly keep the front down.
G
Five-o. I know what you mean. The front comes up so easy, but can't ride them for crap because they rev up to fast. I think the best wheelie motor and gearing is totally stock. Going up one in the front doesn't have a set number of what it is like going down in the rear. It can be anything from 2 teeth -3 teeth. The normal number is very close to "going up one in the front is like going down 2.5 in the rear." It all depends on what sizes you are talking about. The bigger both sprockets the larger the difference between going down one in the front. There is a chart for gearing on this site. All you do is take the rear sprocket devided by your front one. Line up your sizes (front across top and rear down the side). The closer your number to 1 the higher top speed you will have. Hope it helps.
http://www.tsrsoftware.com/sprocket-ratio-chart.htm
http://www.tsrsoftware.com/sprocket-ratio-chart.htm
O.k. Tell me if this is right, If i go like stock in the rear (37) and like 18 up front, the 88 will not rev out so fast like you guys say it does. The bike will probibly take off the same but will have a much higher top speed.
G
First, I don't know if they even make an 18 front. I don't think an 88 kit would have enough power to pull that gearing. By that I mean that you would bog very bad from a start. You would have top speed, but you would have no low end torque for out of corners. I wouldn't go that high. Maybe a 16 in front if you want a lot of top speed but for that you will LOSE low end torque no doubt about it.fiddycrazy said:O.k. Tell me if this is right, If i go like stock in the rear (37) and like 18 up front, the 88 will not rev out so fast like you guys say it does. The bike will probibly take off the same but will have a much higher top speed.
Ohh o.k. I did'nt know that it would make that much of a difference.
Right now I'm running stock gearing with my TB88 and it works for me just fine. If anything go up 1 tooth to a 15, that will stretch the ratio out just fine.
At my altitude 15/35 is useless with an 88 kit thats
what all of our 106 and 124 bikes up here are geared. Not sure what the power loss is from sea level to here but i'm sure it's around 15-20%
At my altitude 15/35 is useless with an 88 kit thats
what all of our 106 and 124 bikes up here are geared. Not sure what the power loss is from sea level to here but i'm sure it's around 15-20%
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