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Been thinking about how my bike might feel with a little bit taller gearing. Anyone ride a 17-18 and gone down to a 49? Ride mostly MX, pretty light dude (130ish before gear) and I just feel like maybe this bike would benefit from the taller gearing? Mostly just to drag out the top end power/over rev a little bit for big hits or when I don't shift on a short straight. I've got plenty of grunt out of corners so I'm not too worried about low end loss
Why do you feel like you need to lower the final drive ratio? Are you in between gears at the tracks you ride at? Do you feel like you have to shift too much?
For motocross, the stock final drive ratio should be as low as you need to go. If you're doing desert racing or GNCC, you may want to lower the final drive so that you can go faster.
I personally choose to go higher in the final drive if i feel like i'm between gears too often around the track.
That all having been said, you can get cheap steel rear sprockets for 20$ and try it out.
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