Gearing Calculator Tool

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Originally Posted by sec518

It says 167.808 mph at the top of 5th... I dont think thats correct either. Cool idea tho

the data for your bike model might be incorrect in my file, maybe I have your max RPM for that bike wrong, you can change it in the form, I know the calc tool works perfect though, I used it to calc gearings on a few of my bikes, and they come out spot on.

Sooo...what is the "optimal" set-up???

First Gear, your FINAL RATIO being around 34 is the sickness, I gear all my bikes to hit that sweet spot, some people like different things, but that's where I dial in my bikes at. Basically the FINAL RATIO is the number of crank revolutions per wheel revolutions, you get all your bikes running the same final ratio, they will all feel pretty much the same in a slow idle wheelie!
I also use the tool to figure out my max speed ability in each gear as well, it's important to make sure you max RPM is correct in the form to be able to calculate this, I basically took all the information to make the bike database for this tool from service manuals and from the web.