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0_o !!! 60mph !! first gear!!! dnt beleive it !!!

Started by Slashexe, January 20, 2005, 04:37:23 PM

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mjm

Quote from: gs500fromnbAlso stock gearing on the GS will not allow it to go much faster than 125-130 mph regardless of power... at stock power I have yet to have hit the revlimiter on 6th and neither does anyone I know.. so im just guessing how fast the bike would be going at the limiter.

Unless they added a limiter to the F models, there GS 500 has no limiter.

gs500fromnb

I mean the revlimiter on 6th... im not sure if it has one on 6th gear but i've hit it in fifth.
Danny

2003 Gs500

gsJack

Not aware of any gearing changes on the GSs over the years.  Here is the theoretical speed at redline from the first Cycle mag test in 89.  About 140 mph in 6th at redline.

Gear:    Ratio:        Theo top @ 11K rpm redline:
1st    2.461 (32/13)   48 mph
2nd    1.777 (32/18)   67
3rd    1.380 (29/21)   86
4th    1.125 (27/24)   106
5th     .961 (25/26)   124
6th     .851 (23/27)   140
Primary reduction:  2.714 (76/28)
Final reduction:    2.437 (39/16)   110 link 520 chain

gsJack

LOL, the 8 followed by a ) got replaced by a smiley in 2 different places?

Piper5177

The gears are long enough to do it, but the motor doesn't have the power to overcome the drag at that speed.  BTW, the older bikes (02 and lower) don't have a TPS or the same ignition as the newer bikes...so no rev limiter in any gear.  I didn't even know the F models have em.

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