Replace final drive for touring?

[rustybronco]

Then I take it you believe hderic, Daniel, Eric, 67fire ect had nothing to do with himself getting booted off the GSR multiple times and eventually banned?

[Nessism]

Then I take it you believe hderic, Daniel, Eric, 67fire ect had nothing to do with himself getting booted off the GSR multiple times and eventually banned?

No kidding. Frank doesn't boot people for good behavior. He does it for REPEATEDLY poor behavior. I have some unsolicited personal emails from the guy insulting me if you need some further evidence of what kind of guy Eric is.

[koolaid_kid]

I am not sure which I find more sad, that he offended so many members for so long or that he does not realize he did it. IDK.

[LarryJ]

I think that you guys should just let Eric go, & get back to the original topic of dropping revs for touring.

[Nessism]

I think that you guys should just let Eric go, & get back to the original topic of dropping revs for touring.

So true!

I installed one of those later 1100 final drive units on my first 850 and it had a noticeable effect of dropping rpm's. The bike lost some acceleration, but the cruise rpm's dropped down to what I thought was a very nice middle ground. A 6th gear would have been better, that way acceleration through the gears wouldn't have suffered by jacking the rear end ratio, but overall it was a nice improvement.

[quexpress]

FYI:

As per different threads on the Volusia forum, the following Suzukis have a final drive of 2.666:1

Intruder VS1400
Intruder VL1500
Volusia C90

www.volusiariders.com

[LarryJ]

I would love to drop the highway revs on my GK. Am putting a 17" rear wheel on next tire change. That'll help about 3-4%. Should help handling too. I think the 1100 has enough torque that acceleration won't be affected much at all.