Hi all, I currently ride a Varadero 125 and Sinnis Apache. Every time I get back on the Sinnis the first thing I notice is the crazy gearing, first gear barely gets you moving. I've got to zip up to third to be able to sit in traffic. To be honest, unless I'm on a hill it's easier pulling away in second from junctions.

I've seen a lot of people swap from a 15t front, to 16t, but this will only give a 7% change to gearing. Instead of first maxing out at 12, you're going to be maxing out at 13. I've seen CMPO sells a 46 rear, which would change the bike from:
15 / 51 = 0.294

to:
16 / 46 = 0.348

A 20% leap in gear range, is this going to be too big a change? Will it still have enough torque to get up to 60ish? I'm not hugely bothered about acceleration at the low end, higher top speed would be welcome!

Also have people found the DEP pipes a noticable upgrade? It seems a huge cost for an end can + jet, the graphs looked like they gave a bit more torque at lower revs?

Cheers!