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Title: New Member Post by HawkEye1967 on 04/29/05 at 18:59:46 Hi I just joined as of yesterday, I own a 1986 650LSF, I have owned this bike for about 6 or so years and find it is a awesome city ride, but to light for the highway, transmission is 4 gears, I hear that newer bikes have a 5 speed, I bet that helps on the highway

Title: Re: New Member Post by sluggo on 04/29/05 at 19:02:38 HawkEye1967 wrote: Hi I just joined as of yesterday, I own a 1986 650LSF, I have owned this bike for about 6 or so years and find it is a awesome city ride, but to light for the highway, transmission is 4 gears, I hear that newer bikes have a 5 speed, I bet that helps on the highway welcome,  the 5th gear is more an overdrive. the bike still weighs about 350lb and is geared to top out in the mid to late 80's lots of powere though.

Title: Re: New Member Post by gazab44 on 04/30/05 at 02:38:07 WELCOME Hawkeye  :)

Title: Re: New Member Post by klx650sm2002 on 04/30/05 at 02:41:11 Hey HawkEye Top gear on the 5 speed is only 3% higher than top on the four speed. Clive W  :D

Title: Re: New Member Post by shawn_b on 04/30/05 at 14:56:12 welcome ;D shawn

Title: Re: New Member Post by Goose on 04/30/05 at 15:03:19 welcome aboard

Title: Re: New Member Post by LondonThing on 04/30/05 at 16:08:14 sluggo wrote: welcome,  the 5th gear is more an overdrive. the bike still weighs about 350lb and is geared to top out in the mid to late 80's lots of powere though. How much more powerfull is the newer engine and why?? How many varients of the early to modern engine have their been? Iv got and old and a new, havent really opened the new one up to compare yet... thats if anyone knows :-)

Title: Re: New Member Post by WD on 04/30/05 at 18:25:06 They are nearly identical. My 5 speed 98 has lost more than one stoplight to stoplight race to a 4 speed Savage when it was still stock. IMHO, the 4 speed bikes were better made... -WD

Title: Re: New Member Post by slavy on 05/01/05 at 09:20:55 Welcome, The 4-speed and 5-speed  engines are almost the same, with exeption of the starter clutch and the idle gear. There is some diff. in the electrical- stator and rotor. Otherwise I don't think there is a diff. The way the reduction ratios are calculated You don't feel a difference in the top end. You are just having a longer gears. The only downside of the 4-gear models is that You put more load on the clutch.

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