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Hello Ducatisti,

the Pani is really a great race bike, but i think 90% of the bikes
never see a racetrack or just 2 days a year

The stock transmission has a long 1st gear and a short 6th gear
Principally this works for me, but to get to the beautifull mountain roads
i need to drive on the highway ~140Km/h for 1h
therfore the 6th is a bit short - the engine goes 5000rpm
later when i'm cornering hairpin bends on serpentine roads
the 1st is sometimes to long.
Changing the rear sprocket would just bring the one advantage
on cost of another.
(I read about fast change systems, can't imagine this works in 10 min.
on a layby, also the differ in chain legths)

Do you know someone that offers/manufactures gearwheels for the Pani
- shorter 1st or 15-20% longer 6th ?

race gearboxes have an even longer 1st and all others shorter


thanks you for your recherches


greetings

Panimike
 
I wish I lived somewhere where I could use the top half of my trans in the twisties.
 
I think modifying the gearing of the transmission is a bigger deal.

Try changing to a 41 sprocket, this gives you the best gearing for country roads.

Who cares if the engine revs a bit higher (+250/min in 6th at 140 km/h), this engine is designed for high revs and not for long gearing!
 
Dude, just drop a tooth on the front sprocket. Done. No sense in reinventing the wheel.

All modern Liter bikes have a tall first gear. The RSV4 is ridiculous. Just change front and/or rear sprockets and be done with it.
 
Who cares if the engine revs a bit higher (+250/min in 6th at 140 km/h), this engine is designed for high revs and not for long gearing!

This.

It is a sportbike, it is supposed to run higher in the revs. 5000rpm is a perfectly fine cruising rpm. These bikes aren't Harleys and aren't meant to run down around 3000rpm.

5000rpm is less than half of redline. It isn't revving awfully high, but it is high enough that there is plenty of torque on tap.
 
Chaotic are you going to change the gearing at all on your race bike?

My main track (The Ridge) is pretty tight and technical and I was considering doing some fiddlin with the sprockets.
 
Chaotic are you going to change the gearing at all on your race bike?

My main track (The Ridge) is pretty tight and technical and I was considering doing some fiddlin with the sprockets.

Absolutely.

I always go to the track with a 0 and -1 front, and 0, +1 and +2, +3 rears and 2 different chains.

There are a couple of tracks where we end up with the same gearing, just because it worked out like that. But gearing will typically change every weekend.
 

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