Quote Originally Posted by chruk bashre View Post
here is something that may not be an ancient chinese secret, break it in the way you want it to run, slow here, fast there, easy here, quick there, whatever wherever whenever. blast it, baby it. the big sprocket ruins the ride for sure. so do the real hard handle grips. there are different ranges of likes and dislikes on the gearing. i run 38t on the rear, no link removal and i really like how it goes. strong, all the way around. you can only squeeze just so much out of a 229cc so going smaller to go faster is ok but a sacrifice of some kind, in power, will show up i'm sure, and i did not want to experiment to find out. so if 36t is a good ride, fast, power, speed,torque, better someone speak up. or 35t. or maybe a ratio:/:
this bike is kinda pogo sticky on the road and the springer could enhance that, or not, i dodge anything not smooth looking. here in las vegas 95% of the tar is very nice. the rest is only real nice. the bumps are mostly melted tar at red lights from where cars sit and wait
to go or speed bumps and/valley gutters(cement drain ditch in your path) or cruddy finish jobs around a manhole. i avoid it all. all motorcycles seem to jump off the road to give a good thrill at some point. the only one i had that did not do that was the road star, and the morphous. they suck up the road real nice. but this df is an all'natrual born jumper,being all rigid 'n all.
38t eh? how much do you weight?
Im almost 160lb, and I almost feel like i could just throw out 1st gear, if not 2nd also...
I also find myself constantly find myself looking for 6th and cant believe its not there...
a sprocket change is all but necessary, after i get comfortable on this thing.

Speaking of which, I find myself clenching the grips way hard subconsciously fearing the front end to buck. You really feel everything with these springers.
Honestly I don't think i like it so far...
I dont recall feeling on edge when riding my NSR it was always a pleasure.
But i dont know if it is maturity or great wisdom but i cant let myself feel quite that relaxed anymore, and I believe its the springers are a major reason for this....