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Motorcycle Talk => Wrenching => Topic started by: race6r on June 04, 2008, 11:05:37 AM

Title: Gearing at Road America for a 03 zx6r ?
Post by: race6r on June 04, 2008, 11:05:37 AM
hello,
I am going to be racing at road america in july, Can any one tell what the best gearing is for this track on a 2003 kawasaki zx6r?
thanks for the help. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Gearing at Road America for a 03 zx6r ?
Post by: GSXR RACER MIKE on June 04, 2008, 06:02:05 PM
Depends alot on your ability and the power to weight ratio of you on your bike, but generally stock gearing is a good starting point for Road America.  :thumb:
Title: Re: Gearing at Road America for a 03 zx6r ?
Post by: cshaffer66 on June 11, 2008, 02:46:55 PM
Here is an old post I stole, I think from this website.  The only difference is this for a ZX6RR.  Stock is 15/43

The Team I was part of in 04' the Team Captain ran an 04' ZX6RR in FUSA.  His gearing was 15/40 depending on the wind direction during practice sessions he would change at times to 15/41 for a Headwind up the front straight., gave him some rpm's to help.

Our team experience was T1 3rd, T2 4th, T3 2nd/3rd, T4 Upshifting to 6th, T5 2nd/3rd, T6 2nd/3rd, T7 3rd, T8 2nd, T9 (Carousel) 4th, T10 2nd, T11 2nd, T12 (Canada Corner) 2nd/3rd, T13 3rd/4th, T14 2nd/3rd  Depends on your riding abilities and skills for your exact gearing plus what kind of pack are you in.