bama boy Posted April 18, 2009 Report Posted April 18, 2009 I have the stock 14tooth front sprocket on now. I want to get a 15 or 16 tooth for the front. Does anyone have this done or have any suggestions for me? Will it take that much away from my bottom end power? I would just like to be able to get a little more speed on top end and be able to wined each gear out a little more. Any help on this is appreciated. Thanks guys. Quote
RagunCajun Posted April 18, 2009 Report Posted April 18, 2009 It will be fine depending on mods. You will need some serious power on top end to pull 15/41 in 6th. I had a nice port job, cpi's etc and on my field road where i usually ride, i couldnt pull 6th as good as i wanted. On the bright side, 5th will be pretty fast. I wouldnt go with a 16t at all unless you are playing around on ashpalt. I wouldnt recommend a 15 unless you are ported but sprockets are cheap and it takes like 20 min to set it up. If you dont like it, you didnt loose but $10 if that. You can look on a banshee speed calculator to see how much mph in theory u can achieve. That's kinda what i used since i went with a 1-5 overide. I lost 6th gear Quote
bama boy Posted April 18, 2009 Author Report Posted April 18, 2009 OK sounds good. Thanks for the advice. I think i will go with the 15 to start with. Dont have that many mods. Just bored .40 over, boost bottle, reed spacers, and fmf gold serise pipes and silencers, oh and +4 timing key. Quote
locogato11283 Posted April 18, 2009 Report Posted April 18, 2009 you can always go smaller in the rear one or two teeth. that will put you in between a 14 and 15 tooth on the front. use this as a tool. http://home.earthlink.net/~gellett/banshee.htm Quote
banman350 Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 OK sounds good. Thanks for the advice. I think i will go with the 15 to start with. Dont have that many mods. Just bored .40 over, boost bottle, reed spacers, and fmf gold serise pipes and silencers, oh and +4 timing key. go with the 16 if you want top end, i run the 16/41 and it pulls great in every gear, and still rips 2nd gear donuts on pavement, and by lookin at your mods your bike has more power than mine so youll be fine Quote
dragbanshee98 Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 go with the 16 if you want top end, i run the 16/41 and it pulls great in every gear, and still rips 2nd gear donuts on pavement, and by lookin at your mods your bike has more power than mine so youll be fine x2 on the 16/41... but i run 300' drags so your needs will be different than mine Quote
Building my First Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 I have a high carbon steel 15 tooth, I don't remember the brand it came with my RK X-ring chain. Is has about 5 hours on it. It wasn't good in the woods, too damn fast in first gear! Looks brand new, $15 shipped. Paypal is [email protected] Quote
RagunCajun Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 Damn, you not even ported. I would do like he said above. Drop a tooth or two in the rear. Quote
locogato11283 Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 16 tooth front is entirely too much for this setup. no way in hell the bike will pull 6th. Quote
zinger nation Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 Im running 15 42 on my cub motor cpi set up on 21 inch tires, perfect on the dunes. My 2nd bike ported with FMF sst's is running 15 42 as well but on 20 inch paddles, pulls great. Quote
RagunCajun Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 It's a freakin cub. Of course it can pull that gearing. The thread starter has bolts on and unported stock juggs. :ermm: Quote
03bansheeLE Posted April 19, 2009 Report Posted April 19, 2009 I had 15/41 gearing on my bone stock banshee and it pulled harder than stock gearing all the way to 6th tapped, it topped out at 82mph (75mph stock gearing). The engine was allowed to stay in the power band a little longer with the wider gearing, the stock gearing seems slightly too low. I think 16 tooth would be a little too much for a stock banshee with bolt on upgrades though. Quote
4strokessuck Posted April 20, 2009 Report Posted April 20, 2009 (edited) IMO stock gearing is way too short. First gear is almost useless. I've been running 15/41 on my bike way back when all I had was pipes and reeds. My wife even runs +1 on the crank on her Blaster with just pipes. I mean pipe. lol. Edited April 20, 2009 by 4strokessuck Quote
reggiexp Posted May 27, 2025 Report Posted May 27, 2025 On 4/20/2009 at 4:09 AM, 4strokessuck said: IMO stock gearing is way too short. First gear is almost useless. I've been running 15/41 on my bike way back when all I had was pipes and reeds. My wife even runs +1 on the crank on her Blaster with just pipes. I mean pipe. lol. I know old post. But yeah i run 15/41 in my stock banshee with fmf full pipes and 20" rears. Cause stock 14/41 i did 115kmh max way to short of gears. Now it pull way harder feels like a different bike. I can ride in 4th now usual i was 6th always. My blaster i bought stock chain kit but for now it had 22" tyres but my other blaster has 20" rears (but 20/10/8 they are higher then the banshee 20" on 9" rims) but yeha my other blaster with same sprocket is to short geared. So switching to 14 on blaster also. Or throw on 22" rims. But stock with 20" on blaster or banshee is to short even on my raptor 350 13 teeth was to short i had to run 14 teeth and 22' tyres (20/11/9 kenda who are about 22'' high for some reason) but am so glad i finally put 15 on the banshee man wayy better Quote
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