Micro Sprint and Mini Sprint Gearing
600cc Mciro Sprint 1000cc Mini Sprint 750cc Mini Sprint
Yamaha '06-'11 R6 Yamaha '04-'11 R1
Yamaha '99-'05 R6
Kawasaki '07-'10 ZX-6R Kawasaki '05-'06 ZX-10R
Kawasaki '05-'06 ZX-6R
Kawasaki '03-'04 ZX-6R
Suzuki '06-'10 GSX-R600 Suzuki '09-'10 GSX-R1000 Suzuki '06-'10 GSX-R750
Suzuki '04-'05 GSX-R600 Suzuki '05-'08 GSX-R1000 Suzuki '04-'05 GSX-R750
Suzuki '01-'03 GSX-R600 Suzuki '01-'04 GSX-R1000 Suzuki '01-'03 GSX-R750
Honda '07-'09 CBR600RR
Honda '03-'06 CBR600RR
Honda F2-F3 600
Other Gearing Charts
Honda '89-'01CR250 Suzuki '89-'95 RM250
Honda '96-'99 CR125 Suzuki '97 RM250
Honda '85 CR125 Yamaha '79 YZ250F Air Cooled
Kawasaki '79-'82 KX250 Yamaha YZF250 4stroke
Kawasaki '88 KX250
Front and Rear Sprockets
How to Use a Gearing Chart
Use the information in the gearing charts above to determine front and rear sprocket combinations. The numbers in the charts represents the final drive ratio. This gearing ratio or final drive ratio, is the number of times the crankshaft turns to every one turn of the rear axle. he formula for calculating this is very straight forward, it is simply final drive ratio= primary x secondary x tertiary ratio
Primary ratio = crankshaft to main transmission shaft ratio, # of teeth on the trans shaft divided by # of teeth on crank shaft
Secondary ratio = the ration between the gears in the transmission, these of course will be different for each gear that you have in the transmission.
Tertiary ratio = the rear rear sprocket # of teeth divided by the front sprocket # of teeth so a 13 - 51 sprocket combination = a 3.923 ratio.
For example, if you are running in third gear and you need to add a tooth but don’t have the sprockets to do it you may be able to use second gear. or a different combination with a different front tooth sprocket. Just find the same ratio you want in another combination, and the chart will tell you which sprockets use. It also can be used to find a ratio between two teeth, look in different area of the chart to find different ratios that might fall in between two sprockets.
"Does it matter which gear I run in and does it matter which size front sprocket I use?"
It does not matter which gear you use or what size front sprocket, the final drive ratio is all that matters. If a smaller front sprocket made you come off the corners better, we would all be running 6 tooth front sprockets. "but my car comes off the turn a lot better in 2nd gear than third" I'll say it again, the final drive is all that matters, I have won a lot of races using 6th gear on a small track, now it takes some funky sprockets to make that work, like maybe an 11-60, but it works the same as running in 2nd gear with a say a 16-47. The engine and rear axle only know how many times the crankshaft turns relative to how many times the rear axle turns.
Now, let me make another statement here, there may be some slight advantage to running larger front sprockets because the chain does not have to wrap as tight and may be more efficient, but on the dyno it does not show an advantage. Also a bigger sprocket, front and back adds some rotating weight. Again, these effects seem to be so small it does not matter.
Tire Size Does Matter
There is a simple formula for figuring out how a different size tire will affect the gearing. Rear tires can be inconsistent in diameter, so you need to take in to account how it will affect your gearing when you change tire sizes in your micro/mini sprint, even from a 68" to a 69". Lets take a common example of changing from a Hoosier 69W tire to an American Racer 70" tire (which actually measures more like 71"). The formula is
Old Tire Size/New Tire Size = New Sprocket/Old Sprocket or (New Tire/Old Tire) x Old Sprocket=New Sprocket
Lets say you were running a 52 tooth rear sprocket and you are changing from a 69" to a 71" right rear tire:
(71/69)*52=53.51
So you have to go up at least one tooth maybe two teeth on the rear due to the 3" increase in right rear tire circumference. It does not appear to me that the left rear affects the gearing, at least not nearly as much as the right rear does.
Comparing Ratio of Differnet Engines
If you switch engine models or manufacturers or you are trying to compare what gear you are running compared to your friend who has a different type engine, there is a formula to do just that.
Due to different rev limiters, the final drive gear ratio will be differnt for each type engine. Here is the formula:
(New RPM Limit/Old RPM Limit) x Old Ratio = New Gearing Ratio
Generally we try to gear our engines so we just hit the rev limiter at the end of the straight. If you have a rev limiter that is not stock and it higher than where you actually want to rev your engine, then use the RPM of your desired max rev limit.