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Old 06-21-2016, 12:04 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by detours View Post
In the meantime, keeping the bike as light as possible does a lot to improve performance. I've been running mine without bars and side cases, and I'm so happy with the performance that I'm going to try 14T/45T gearing from my current 13T/44T.
I'll be curious to see how you like it. The RX3 is not a light 250.
The 13 countershaft with the stock rear does wake it up and get rid of that pesky "over-slip" you have to do to get it rolling in 1st....but it does chew a bit off the top speed.
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