Had plans to head up the hill with my Nephew on Labor Day but the kid backed out saying his DRZ wasn't running right. Teenagers....... When I was 18 you couldn't pry me away from my bike. Of course we didn't have X Box or smart phones back then. So I went riding solo. Me, myself and I and we had a pretty cool day of riding on some very cool trails. It was raining off and on while driving up but the trails were still dry and dusty. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0LYYCyq888 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N4wU7VVjLA
Hard to judge the hill climb at 7:24 on the lower video. Seems like you need a lower gear for that kind of work, do you run stock CS sprocket? How was your coolant temps?
It's actually a lot steeper than it looks on video. The CS is stock and I've got a 48 on the rear. You're right though, lower gearing would make it a little better for the woods stuff but the problem is a lot of times I will be riding single-track for the most part but will have to hop on a mountain highway for a stretch and this close ratio tranny doesn't like the highways much. The 15/48 has actually worked pretty well but does require a little more clutch work in the really tight stuff. This motor has so much torque so you can chug along even in second, which is the gear I'm in most of the time except the really tight or steep spots like where you pointed out.
Yes, much different than my 14/52s, but I don't do a lot of highway riding. How's your coolant temps at those low speeds?
The fan comes on quite often in the slow stuff so I assume it's getting hot. I've been meaning to order some of that waterless coolant you sell, maybe now's a good time.
