Gearing a XT600 for road trips?
It's probably not the most practical thing to do at the side of the road when you are doing a RTW trip but do you change your gearing to suit the conditions?
The easy option is obviously to change the front sprocket up or down a tooth or two.
I'm wanting to gear the bike down as much as I can so the engine isn't being revved to death on long motorway journeys.
I read on one of the XT/TT forums on Yahoo groups that it can be taken as far as 17/40 as opposed to 15/45 standard (I think).
I'm not too worried about losing a bit of accelleration as I think the XT can handle it.
What ratios do you use for road use???
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