curryd
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Does anyone know the gearing of an 08 RTX? Also, I thought about changing it to gain a little more on the bottom. How much top end will I lose by doing it though?
BooBoo
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21/39 is stock. So you want 20/39 but y there's already lots of power down low
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20/40 works for me and my 136" Back Country...
sleddingfarmer
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Alatalo said:
what kind of top end do you have with that gearing? I'm thinking I'm gonna gear down some to go to the mountains, but not sure how much I should go.
curryd
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With 20/39 or 20/40, will I see a major difference? Whats it like compared to stock, in terms of acceleration and top end? Do I have to change the chain by switching to these gearing combos?
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Alatalo said:
sleddingfarmer said:
I have got no idea since top speed is not really my thing. All of my riding is either off trail or extremely bumpy and twisty trails at maximum 100 km/h. Though, please consider that the 136" Back Country does require some more horsepower than the 121" Rip Joke. If I would be into top speed, I would not be surprised if I got higher numbers with 20/40 or 20/39 than with the stock 21/39...
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curryd said:
One thing to keep in mind is that the 40T bottom gear is very expensive.
20/39 as well as 20/40 will use the standard 68 link chain.
sleddingfarmer
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i'm not concerned about top speed either, I'm just gearing down for going up to 9000 feet and using a 136 2" track. I dont know if dropping only 1 gear is worth it, two probably would be better but I suppose that bottom gear is really expensive. I'll ask the dealer and see what he thinks also.
sleddingfarmer
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called my dealer to ask him about the gearing for out west. They recommend a 19/39 for 8500 feet. And I guess you can run the stock chain. So thats what I'm gonna do. Worst case scenario... chain case blows up and I get to rent a new M8. which I'll probably rent for 1 day anyways
