From a practical standpoint, replacing the standard 999 rear sprocket, with 36 teeth, with one that has 39 or more (longer chain required), will make your 999 a far happier beast. All of a sudden, all the gears are in the right place for a given speed and rev range. Problem solved! But wait ... Switzerland! You need a permit to use a different petrol station from your normal one. I believe you will get 15 years in the clink for a non-standard sprocket. Sorry. Carry on. Bestest, Loz {>
Just got back from taking wife & kids to Manchester airport. They have all gone back to Spain for 7 weeks!
Well, it's not quite that bad! I did have a different sprocket on the 916, but the 999 has enough stomp not to make this a necessity. I don't think it would cure the essential problem though, which is that it isn't a bike designed to pootle about at 50 mph no matter what sprocket is on it. And frankly, I'm not designed to pootle about at 50 mph. If I'd wanted to do that, I'd still have the Honda CD175 that I had in 1981. All we have to do is to return to a time where the authorities didn't put radars on hassle-free straight roads in the country (or anywhere much in the country) and to a punishment regime which is something like nearly every other European country. Fortunately, 100'000 signatures can force a referendum on the issue, and I don't think it would be hard to get those. There will definitely be a popular initiative, as it is termed, launched. But with a load of up-tight Swiss Germans around, it's not a guarantee that it will pass. There are plenty of bike-hating, yoghurt-knitting, sandal-wearing cyclists in Zurich and Bern...
Bloody stupid iphone keypad it has a word mind of it's own!!!!! and I'm getting fed up of having to alter my posts because of it I'm going to scrap you for windows 10 you keep on unch::Arghh:
I am afraid to say I am. It will stop me from having another relationship with the blood of the devil ha ha
Too right I did and find out you are an administrator. I am not worthy. That does mean the El T I remember , the tart of the highest order will have to be a good boy now pmsl
Took my wife to Ikea this morning, after coffee & bacon butties we commenced the slow trawl round the store. I was almost tempted to buy a Knopparp whilst Mrs Pico fancied a Botkyrka. In the end we bought a packet of Scandinavian crispbreads & a kettle
The change of sprocket will not assist with the weight-on-the-wrists issue* nor will it compensate for the feeling that at 50mph, you feel like you are practically at a standstill. It will assist with making the engine a happier bunny. 30mph in third gear becomes possible, 2nd gear is useful for anything faster than being on the side-stand, it even makes 6th gear usable at 65mph+ (if you happen to find a country that has no death-penalty for doing that speed). Suddenly, all the speeds that you hate to do - 30mph, 40mph, 50mph - they become almost pleasurable as the engine is at a happy rev at a sensible gear ratio. The 39t sprocket on my 999S is the single most useful mod that I've ever put on a bike. The quick-action throttle comes close behind in terms of usefulness - but of course, you don't need such a thing in the SwitzerReich. *Invest in grip-puppies. They really do help cushion your suffering wrists so that at least you aren't being tortured by vibration through the bars.
what you trying to say? :smile:. something i noticed when out with elt. when parked up, people would walk past the mutly yes i know shocking init? but would stare lovingly at the scrambler (not elt) several people commented on it positively?.
