No play at all in the splines with the Banshee hubs.

 

There no breaking the law of physics. You can gear taller for speed on level ground with less rpm but is going to bleed off speed quicker on the first incline on the road and need much more down shifting to stay in the power band then stock.

Since ATVs spend more time off road on 20 to 30 mph bush trails I would think I would gear for more torque then speed.

 

Awesome!

Yup, that's what I do. Then spend lots of time searching for 6th gear that isn't there lol.

One thing I forgot to mention is the 230 has a gap between 3rd and 4th gear that's too big. It will drive you insane trying to pick sprockets. Suzuki fixed the problem in the 250 version in 1989. 4th gear was too tall.

 

so all around good torque and speed setup would be what with 22" tires?

 

There is no all around. Its one or the other.

 

ok ill go with 13/39. i know to get a 520 chain but how many links? idk what length to get?

 

Me neither. 84 pops in my head, but who knows. Count what you have. If you go from a 12/41 to a 13/39, it should be about the same... maybe a link shorter.