Looking to movehouse, and travel will go up to over 1600 miles per month on the commute, most of which is on a long empty motorway. Current gearing (standard) is really short, and using the gearing calculator, putting a 16 tooth on the front should give me about another 5mph at the same revs I generally sit at. Its also roughly the same if you put a 2 teeth down on the rear
Has anyone done either of the above.
I've just found that the difference between what speeds I'm doing, and increasing engine revs in top by 500rpm, gives me a 9mpg difference in economy (with a tailwind I may add) which can be the difference between a 2 or 3 day fillup for me.
Thing is, its not exactly got much grunt in top gear, and whilst that doesn't bother me in the slightest for what I use it for, I'm wondering if the gearing change has that much difference on power usability.
Also hoping it'll help with the slower speed filtering, having to knock between 2nd and 3rd is annoying, where as a longer gearing means 2nd should be sufficient.
So, anyone changed their gearing on the the diddy 650, how's it ride?