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sprockets and 18" tires???
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Posted by: FREE RIDIN

i need new rear wheels and tires and want to go to an 18" tire; what do you guys suggest to run for sprocket sizes. i want more low to midrange power than top end.

Posted by: Pipeless416

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Originally posted by FREE RIDIN
i need new rear wheels and tires and want to go to an 18" tire; what do you guys suggest to run for sprocket sizes. i want more low to midrange power than top end.

if you want more low to midrange then just leave the stock gearing when you get 18s or go down a tooth in the back just so you dont loose too much top end.

Posted by: FREE RIDIN

http://home.earthlink.net/~gellett/400ex.htm

Posted by: slow96hater

that recauclator is awesome.

i went from a 20 to a 18 myself. the ONLY place i've noticed a accelartation improvement on MY quad is in 4th gear. it seems to pull really good, compared to anyother gear, with the 18's or the 20's. run stock gearing. the quad i think is actually slower off the line tho. (probally because of the increased tire spinning, or the faster shifting.)

i do enjoy my 18's alot more then the 20's tho. they're much more predictable. the whole quad is easier to handle. the handeling performance FOR ME is way better then the 20's. i hate the tippy feeling of my quad with 20's, and it is 100 precent gone with the 18's. i love mine.

Posted by: FREE RIDIN

i just ordered kenda claws mx 20" fronts / 18" rears and a 14 and 36 tooth renthal sprockets. should be close to stock gearing with the smaller tires, w/ a little bit more pull factor to it. i won't beable to find out for a while though, w/ 4 broken ribs and this is only the start to fixing my quad after a crash a couple of weeks ago. guess my winter build starts earlier than i wanted it to.

Posted by: gcart2

could you show us some pics of the crash?your bike xrays etc lol

Posted by: FREE RIDIN

crash test reports should be released soon

; nothin to major just bent axle both rear wheels and smoked my right nerf bar

Posted by: gcart2

that sucks. should hagve ran an Axcalibar
then you could have got a new one. what were you doing when you crashed?

Posted by: bajaracer21

I went from 22" xct's to 18" mxr's and it felt so much better I took off pulling a wheelie not even trying.

Posted by: FREE RIDIN

what do you think

Posted by: FREE RIDIN

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Posted by: 440challenger

thats tight looking. I'd ditch the houser decals on the front. For such a big company they got some butt ugly stickers LOL

Posted by: FREE RIDIN

housers stickers are lame, i been thinking about cutting my front fenders to give myself some more room to move, but i have not made up my mind yet.

Posted by: 400exrider707

Free ridin - leave the fenders, get a different hood though, looks pretty good like that.

Also you guys using that gearing calculator, make sure you are actually measuring your rear tire size, do NOT go by the label on the tire, its 99% of the time wrong. An 18" rear Kenda is the same size as a 20" rear stock dunlop on a 450R. My 18" turf tamers measured at 16.75" Make sure you MEASURE!