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posted January 17, 2003 09:28 AM
Bear Racing overdrive gears
Haven't seen or heard of these before?
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posted January 17, 2003 10:30 AM
Since Bear is not a Board Sponsor and I have a relationship with him, I may get in trouble for this! Here is where you can see his gears. Find his home site and e-mail him! http://www.bearracing.com/Products/Photos/7856.jpg
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posted January 17, 2003 11:09 AM
I don't know anyone in the states running them on a ZX12 but there are several Turbo Hayabusa owners running overdrive gears on their bikes at the ECTA events.
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posted January 17, 2003 12:42 PM
Bergie, chage your name to dontbescaredposting.com 
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posted January 17, 2003 01:29 PM
overdrive gear
What's there purpose?
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posted January 17, 2003 01:50 PM
It allows you to be geared short for the 1/4 mile (1 to 4th gear) and then be geared tall for top speed run in 5th & 6th gear. sSort of like having a car with 4.88 rear gear and being able to shift out of that gear to a 3.08 for the highway!
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posted January 17, 2003 02:04 PM
 Edited By: RAC4IT on 17 Jan 2003 14:05
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Bergie, chage your name to dontbescaredposting.com
Had to get my free post count up If I go back into this motor I will do this mod.
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posted January 17, 2003 03:23 PM
Yes, for $500 you cant beat the "gearing" advantage! All you need is the hp to pull them! 
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posted January 17, 2003 03:42 PM
What he said about the HP!!
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posted January 18, 2003 01:53 AM
$500 for the gears? ouch. this is actualyl a mod i'd really like, but thats WAY above what i could jsutify for more convenient gearing 
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posted January 18, 2003 04:04 AM
Edited By: worm~hole on 18 Jan 2003 04:06
...so let me guess...for those of us running 17t w/+1 or 2 in the rear, this would allow us to have short gears 1-2-3-4 gears for the twisties and tall 5-6 gears for the freeway...like when its a long I-5 relatively straight ride to Dino's and twisty on the way to Laguna via DA'DEBIL!!!! road called Hwy-36???...
...am I on the right track?...man, having 5-6 tall gears would be great for gas milage on a 17/48 geared bike...does Muzzy's make these?...is Bear the only player?
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posted January 18, 2003 05:06 AM
quote:
...does Muzzy's make these?...is Bear the only player?
Wait until they become "Popular"!!
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posted January 18, 2003 05:12 AM
Are they "streetable" as in properly heat treated to go 50k miles?
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posted January 18, 2003 05:21 AM
quote:
Are they "streetable" as in properly heat treated to go 50k miles?
...only 50K miles, OZZY?...I hope they make 100K+miles versions for SoCal and So.Fla. riders
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posted January 18, 2003 08:24 AM
worm I live about 3/4 of a mile from HW 36 and it's not to twisty way up here in northern Utah. I have done some high RPM runs on that HW. There are some sections that are straight for over 10 miles with no driveways/exits etc. Just the tumble weeds and the roaming cows.
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posted January 18, 2003 12:23 PM
...uh...where ever it was in NorCal, soon after that pot hole the princess and I suddenly came upon on a right-hand curve, not Utah...there's so many places I still need to ride...and Utah is on the list
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posted January 18, 2003 05:09 PM
100K miles rider, I can believe that, if they had a headlight that will last that long, ROFLOL.
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posted January 19, 2003 12:37 PM
quote:
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...does Muzzy's make these?...is Bear the only player?
Wait until they become "Popular"!!
just aint right!!...lol..lol..
HHHMMM...whatever do you mean???????
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posted January 22, 2003 09:41 PM
So these are 500 bucks from Bear?
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posted January 23, 2003 04:35 AM
Are they "Streetable"???????????????????????????????????????????
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posted January 23, 2003 10:51 PM
So does anyone know someone with these on the street? I can see some potential here.
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posted January 24, 2003 12:50 PM
anyone know how to get ahold of bear? neither of his emails (the one registered on this site or the one listed on the bear engineering site) work!
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posted January 24, 2003 02:31 PM
Vince can you get in touch with Bear and see about some prices for the Crew?
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posted January 25, 2003 06:24 AM
I have asked Vincent to find out if the gears are streetable, but haven't heard back from him yet.
Didnt bother with the price , cuz if they wont go the distance, I am not interested.
Should have asked the $$ anyway, duh.
Hopefully he will have all the info soon.
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posted January 26, 2003 12:18 AM
I would love to tighten up the gears (close ratio gear box) and throw in an over drive 6th. My HRC RC51 is set it up with a really sweet close ratio gear box. But without a overdrive gear we have to run the sprocket gearing really tall. So it is challenge in first gear (does about 90 in first!). But it rips otherwise. Once you get it into the power it basically works on the premise of shifting at or near the rev limiter (max Horsepower), and the rpms then drop down just enough to put the bike at max torque, repeat as necesary! I would love to try something similar on the 12.
Oh Vincent....... Vincent.... we need your connections and information!!
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