Highway riding on a GZ250

[ecr959]

Very nice pictures, Jonathan.

[jonathan180iq]

Originally Posted by ecr959

Very nice pictures, Jonathan.

Thanks.

I've always like that first one most of all. Suzuki should pay me for advertising
That's my friend Mauricio @ 80mph.

He was user "Trigoss"

[Viirin]

Originally Posted by supersquid

I've heard a ton of people complain about the little 250 being gutless, but I drive my truck like a grandma so I inevitably drive my bike fairly conservatively and don't mind the lack of power. I worry about doing engine damage riding at 65 for a few hours. I want to get out and do some long distance stuff but I'm concerned about stressing the bike too much if I ride for too long too fast. I sorta want to know how far y'all have pushed your machines. But the 16 tooth sprocket sounds like a definite investment in the near future if I can find one

Well the 16 tooth will take down the revs a bit and also take some of the strain off the engine - I don't really push my bike up past four thousand revs for extended periods of time so with the stock 15 tooth sprocket thats 40MPH but with the 16 tooth the bike should sit at 65-68Mph while still only cranking out a comfortable four thousand revs. I doubt sustaining four thousand revs will ever damage the bike. people on here push the bike harder than that regularly - i'm like you and probably over cautious with the revs.

So the bike would probably do 65 all day long....it just might take it all day to get to that speed :lol:

@alan's first picture - it looks like your bike has no spokes - a good look i feel

[jonathan180iq]

Even with the 16T I would hop on the interstate from time to time and pull 70 no problem. (no mods aside from maintenance.)

[Gz Rider]

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[Water Warrior 2]

[quote="Viirin"

Well the 16 tooth will take down the revs a bit and also take some of the strain off the engine - I don't really push my bike up past four thousand revs for extended periods of time so with the stock 15 tooth sprocket thats 40MPH but with the 16 tooth the bike should sit at 65-68Mph while still only cranking out a comfortable four thousand revs. I doubt sustaining four thousand revs will ever damage the bike. [/quote]
Your math is wrong. 15 to 16 is approx 7%. 40 MPH to 65 MPH is approx 60%.

[Viirin]

ah sorry ww - i was using that gear calculator thingy - i don't have the 16t on my bike so i can't give a reading from my tach

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by Viirin

ah sorry ww - i was using that gear calculator thingy - i don't have the 16t on my bike so i can't give a reading from my tach

No biggy. The RPM will drop by approx 7 % with a 16 tooth counter sprocket. The RPM at 60 mph will drop by about 400 rpm. Just enough to reduce engine stress and still enough to make reasonable power.