Well, I've put almost 100 miles on the Storm and love it!! It didn't take long though to notice the gearing (especially 1st gear) is too high of a ratio for comfortable street riding. I checked my bike tonight and the factory gearing is 17 tooth countersprocket combined with a 46 tooth rear sprocket.
Others on this forum have stated
this sprocket is a direct bolt-on but I wanted to check as my current sprocket has only 4 holes while the suggested sprocket has six holes.
Here's a pic of my current sprocket:
As you can see there are 4 holes 90 degrees apart. I suspect two of the holes just wouldn't be used and just the 4 holes 90 degrees apart would line up with the factory hole locations. If anyone can weigh in on this I would appreciate your time.
I know there's a fine line between having enough of a gear ratio for comfortable off-road riding to maintain while being able to maintain speeds on the street without excessive engine rpms. I was thinking a reduction in teeth from 46 to 42 that would give 9.5% increase in speed is a reasonable compromise as I'll be street riding at least 60-70% of the time, thoughts?