Just picked up a 1993 honda 300 ex in on a trade and 1st gear is about useless.i was pretty much riding in 4th and 5th all day long.So i think someone has it geared down.So could someone tell me what the stock gearing on the sprockets should be so i can see if they are trock or not.Thanks.

 

I believe it is 13/38 , front to rear sprocket, some one please correct me if I am wrong.

 

I believe you are correct 95wolv. 13/38

 

sounds like fast trails id go with the highst gear raito possible 14/36 unless you find a sproket shop I've seen a few customs ....I 've been running 14/36 on my 98 300ex and it runs good and fast

 

Yes stock is 13/38.And i would like to go stock or a little higher like 14.36.Thanks guys.

 

if you go from stock gearing ... 13-38
and you change to 14-36 do you need to get a new chain?

 

If your chain is good and not stretched out, there should be enough adjustment to make that work, I tried 13/36, and could not get the chain tight enough, and there wasn't enough slack to take a link out, so I went back to 38 rear, I had a 14 on front a few years ago to run smaller tires on back, but had to remove the case guard to get the chain to go on, if you do some grinding, you should be able to use the case guard with a 14, guess I was too lazy to do any tweaking, and my son is riding a 440 ex now, so the 300 sits a lot !!!

 

the case guard is important.. unless you want a leaky motor with a self oling chain lol....i made a case guard for mine.. lot cheaper than a new side cover

 

Y2daT, what did you make your case guard out of? and do you have any pics of it? I was thinking of going 14/36 on my son's 300ex, but don't want to grind down the stocker, it might weaken it and not protect as well.

 

Well it is set up with 14/38 for the gears.Why would only the front sprocket being different make that much of a difference in top end speed.My 1996 that i had years ago seemed alot faster.