my 03' baja is still stock...i know...i know...its plum pitiful. BUT, i do plan on putting on the mr hp end cap soon. but i've been reading around and i 've noticed a lot od different replies to top speeds. me and all my buddies are not the serious type of racers. we have no dunes to ride on. so we ride mostly dirt roads and trails. but we almost always get on a paved road and just drag down it, no certain distance. just to see who has the fastest bike, not quickest, the fastest top speed. so who here can tell me how exactly to get my top speed up more. other than the end cap. i've heard of different sprockets and 22 inch tires on the back. so is this true? and what do you recommend, just for our dragging purposes. thanx...

 

If you are looking for just top speed I would go with a 17tooth front sprocket and 22" tires in the rear. I know with the stock gearing and 22" rear tires it is hard to get the ds to top out and it starts drifting side to side before I ever reached top speed.

 

17t front for sure and If I recall right, in a mgazine I read the Bomb engineres said the DS will handle 17front and a 37t rear this will get it to top out in the 90s mph range.
Sam

 

running the ds at those speeds on top will get your attention make sure you check everything air in the tires and things like that chain also.

 

Very good advise.



bigger.

 

i see....so if i were to up my front sprocket to a 17 tooth and go with 22 inch rear tires, it will be a lot harder for me to get to my top speed?

 

Maybe not so much harder, rather....it will take longer. And from how you described your racing situations, this isn`t any issue if your only after top-end and not who gets there quicker.

Through a little HP/Torque into the equation, and you will be able to pull that taller gearing ratio like you could the stock gearing. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

ok....i get it now. so with the mr hp end cap and possibly a new carb this wouldnt be that hard to get to my top speed. thanx for all the help.