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Gearing

  • lowflying
    lowflying
    10 years ago

    I'm finding the gearing on my '14 Sportster 72 to be needlessly high. I mostly blast around the suburbs and rarely drone on the highway so lower gearing would be great. Is it possible to go down a tooth on the front sprocket or does this belt drive setup make that impossible?

    Probably a question that has been covered before but this is my first hog so I'm still trying to figure things out...

    Cheers.

  • brash
    brash
    10 years ago
    Chuck an 883 front sprocket on or just ride a gear lower.

    27 tooth front have it frying tyre/wheelies :)
  • lowflying
    lowflying
    10 years ago

    883 sprocket a good suggestion.

    Riding a gear lower also a good suggestion, although as I'm finding first gear a bit too high, I'm finding it a bid hard to ride a gear lower than first!

  • lowflying
    lowflying
    10 years ago

    So, from my manual it seems my front sprocket is 30 teeth and the 883 is 29. Brash, you mentioned 27?

  • brash
    brash
    10 years ago
    91-03 883 sporties were 27 tooth.

    04-10 they went 28, 2011 to current went 29 tooth.