Hi fellow Tiger rider! :) I have the 2022 660 in red, and recently bought her new [the last of the 22 year] I am still breaking her in. In your video, I don't see an "appreciable" difference in the gear to speed [rpm] range to wheel speed. I am still limited to 4th gear, [break in] but at around 3850 to 4000 rmp, in 4th, I get about 38 to 40 mph. Now, though changing the front tooth a notch may help, Im thinking that what is going to make the Rpm to gear to ground speed difference, is by dropping the back down 4 teeth. My first bike was a 1979 Kawasaki 440 LTD In red, and I was in the Navy at San Diego, So I road the freeway from Anaheim to Coronado to the Kitty hawk. the stock bike did 55 mph at around 5500 rpm. The back sprocket was a 45 toother. Great, if I lived in San Fran and was climbing alot of Hills, but on the freeway, that was too many engine revs for 55 to 60 mph. SO, I dropped the 45 down to a 41. The bike in 5th gear..[The highest it had] was now 55 mph at 4600 rpm. An appreciable drop in engine abuse and I could go just above 55 mph. Helped on the mileage too. My plan is to drop the stock rear sprocket down 4 teeth, and I see that giving the engine a drop in rpm in 6th gear freeway cruising. Cheers.
It makes a huge difference and if I wring it out, I can now hit 60mph in 2nd gear (probably a bit more) before I upshift to 3rd (I do that briefly in the video). The major difference is that 1st and 2nd gears become more useable, but I can definitely feel the difference in all gears. At highway speed (80-85mph is my usual cruising speed), the revs are definitely a bit lower which helps smooth things out and I'm hoping it might help with the fuel mileage as well. I did some highway riding on Saturday and took some more video, I just haven't uploaded it yet. I do think the acceleration takes a bit of a hit in 6th gear, but I tend to just drop into 5th for overtaking anyway.
@@donnysnonsense Ok... Though I personally don't see the need to way over tach the engine, as you have demonstrated for up shifting. For me, up through third, I tach at @ 3,800 and then just at 4k for forth gear. Then 4200 to go into 5th. Though as I did on my prior bikes, I just drop the rear sprocket 4 teeth. Cheer... ride nice!
How much did this cost all together, or did you do this yourself? I have a 2024, and 1st gear is worthless. I did see a difference in 5th gear, easily doing 75mph. Much appreciated
No, but I changed mine to a DID while I was doing the sprocket upgrade. My chain was having similar rust issues to others, so I figured I would do both at the same time.
Hi fellow Tiger rider! :) I have the 2022 660 in red, and recently bought her new [the last of the 22 year] I am still breaking her in. In your video, I don't see an "appreciable" difference in the gear to speed [rpm] range to wheel speed. I am still limited to 4th gear, [break in] but at around 3850 to 4000 rmp, in 4th, I get about 38 to 40 mph. Now, though changing the front tooth a notch may help, Im thinking that what is going to make the Rpm to gear to ground speed difference, is by dropping the back down 4 teeth. My first bike was a 1979 Kawasaki 440 LTD In red, and I was in the Navy at San Diego, So I road the freeway from Anaheim to Coronado to the Kitty hawk. the stock bike did 55 mph at around 5500 rpm. The back sprocket was a 45 toother. Great, if I lived in San Fran and was climbing alot of Hills, but on the freeway, that was too many engine revs for 55 to 60 mph. SO, I dropped the 45 down to a 41. The bike in 5th gear..[The highest it had] was now 55 mph at 4600 rpm. An appreciable drop in engine abuse and I could go just above 55 mph. Helped on the mileage too. My plan is to drop the stock rear sprocket down 4 teeth, and I see that giving the engine a drop in rpm in 6th gear freeway cruising. Cheers.
It makes a huge difference and if I wring it out, I can now hit 60mph in 2nd gear (probably a bit more) before I upshift to 3rd (I do that briefly in the video). The major difference is that 1st and 2nd gears become more useable, but I can definitely feel the difference in all gears. At highway speed (80-85mph is my usual cruising speed), the revs are definitely a bit lower which helps smooth things out and I'm hoping it might help with the fuel mileage as well. I did some highway riding on Saturday and took some more video, I just haven't uploaded it yet. I do think the acceleration takes a bit of a hit in 6th gear, but I tend to just drop into 5th for overtaking anyway.
@@donnysnonsense Ok... Though I personally don't see the need to way over tach the engine, as you have demonstrated for up shifting. For me, up through third, I tach at @ 3,800 and then just at 4k for forth gear. Then 4200 to go into 5th. Though as I did on my prior bikes, I just drop the rear sprocket 4 teeth. Cheer... ride nice!
How much did this cost all together, or did you do this yourself?
I have a 2024, and 1st gear is worthless.
I did see a difference in 5th gear, easily doing 75mph.
Much appreciated
Sprocket was about $15 and the chain was around $100. I already had the tools and everything, so I didn't have to do anything special there.
do i need to change the chain?
No, but I changed mine to a DID while I was doing the sprocket upgrade. My chain was having similar rust issues to others, so I figured I would do both at the same time.
@@donnysnonsense can i also ask what year model is your tiger?
What is the top speed with this sprocket (17)?
Fastest I've gone is around 120mph with plenty of room to spare. I've never tried maxing it out.