Just wondering what people here have their EXs geared at. I have a '01 that's at stock right now. My buddy has a '03 that he just went +1T up front to 16(?), and he says he loves it. He felt that the low gears were too torquey. Has anyone else changed their gearing much, if so, any thoughts?

Thanks in advance...

 

I went down to 14t, its the best $6.99 you can spend. it depends on what king of riding you do?

kc

 

Too Torquey?? I dunno about that. If you ride trails at all, the stock gearing is a great set-up. If you are riding in the dunes, and want to be able to wind out 5th gear, you'd want to drop down to a 14 up front. I run a 14 just about all of the time. But since I've put my piston and cam in, I'm thinking about going back to the 15 tooth up front. 16 will give you top speed, which is fine for riding on gravel roads, but torque is a good thing. Makes riding wheelies really easy.

 

You ride in the sand? Use a 14 if you are in the sand. my 2cents

 

You can never have too much torque. Go 14. the spacing bewteen the gears is shorter, but once you get used to it, it rocks!
if you don't like it - take it off and put back the 15. like stated above, 6.99 is all.

 

14 is good for low end torque, my friend has a pipe and air filter on his and it is faster in a sand drag with the stock gears instead of the 14.

 

Well, most of the riding I do is on wooded trails here in WI. Sometimes we hit a lot of mud, but mostly we're on dusty trails, no sand. Mostly we do small hill climbs and jumps. My buddy believes the 16T front sprocket is the way the 400 SHOULD have been geared originally. I just found it a bit odd since I'm coming from the sportbike world, where most people go down a tooth up front for more low end. I guess I could always try it and see what I think. I was just wondering if anyone else has done it, or has any thoughts about it.

 

I found that going down one tooth in front was to much! Had to much trouble keeping the front end on the ground. So, I went up one tooth in back, for as a compromise for trail riding.

 

I went down 1 tooth on the front (14 tooth) and I love it. My EX is not completely stock as you can see from below. One reason I also went down 1 tooth on the front is because I am not running stock tires, I an now running 22" Maxxix Sur Tracks so I felt with the tire size increase that I should go down on the front. I love the way it feels plenty of torque for the woods riding and also plenty of top end for running down the sand along the rivers.

 

Well, going down a tooth I could see, but like I said, my buddy went up one tooth. That's what kind of caught me off guard.