Testing My Gearing Changes Honda CB750 Nighthawk

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Жыл бұрын

I recently uploaded a short and from that a lot of people asked me how it had worked out and what gearing changes mean etc....so here it is!!
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@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

Please do remember I am not an expert so my explanation may be missing bits! But hopefully someone finds this useful :)

@petev.9357 Жыл бұрын

Go to gearing commander site. Has All you need for gearing and tire changes.

@4boyzzzz Жыл бұрын

As someone who knows nothing about mechanical stuff this was so easy to understand. I support the faster acceleration

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

Ah excellent! Well if you ever want to do any servicing to that bike of yours I've videos done for most of the normal stuff :)

@4boyzzzz Жыл бұрын

@@TheGorillaBiker Yessirr after the first 600 servicing I wanna do all the stuff myself hopefully

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

Ride it down here I'll teach ya!!!

@propdoctor21564 Жыл бұрын

I have a 1992 Nighthawk 750 that had 15/38 sprockets stock which produced 4000 rpm at 60 mph and to me the engine felt rather buzzy... I changed to 17/36 which now gives 70 mph at 4000 rpm and I like it much better.... I did not care about acceleration and in this configuration the engine feels smoother... The acceleration really is not much worse.... I weigh 190 lbs and never carry passengers.

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

Fair enough! I haven't had any issues of any buzziness and am waaaaay happier with how it feels on fun road. I would disagree on the acceleration, not from zero but from throttle feel on fun roads. I am biased tho as I've never geared a bike to have lower revs up high and been happy.

@bradmcneil4336 4 ай бұрын

Excellent information, excellent video. Thank you.

@TheGorillaBiker 4 ай бұрын

Glad you found it useful. More than welcome! :)

@HippoDrones Жыл бұрын

Getting the gearing right on a bike is a great mod when done right, I guess we all have different ideas of "right" though... which possibly explains why they did what they did to the bike. I've done some changes to my GSXR... I like how it feels now, although is a bit buzzy as I've lowered the garing to make it accelerate harder... I'm still ironing out the gremlins in my speedohealer... which due to the error has added 5k miles to the speedo that the bike has not actually covered, which is a tad frustrating. Will be getting it on the road again next month, so hopefully will at least stop the mileage going mad with the latest correction I have done to the speedohealer.

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's fair, just can't imagine anyone ever gearing it up that much to take away the daycent amount of fun it is now yano :) Ohhhh that sucks about the mileage, that's a pity, but re gearing GSXRs is 100% a great call :D Any interest in any of the bikes you're trying to offload? :)

@HippoDrones Жыл бұрын

@@TheGorillaBiker I had some peaks of interest in the V7, but mostly from people who weren't looking to spend so much.

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

Ah better off sitting on it so, the right buyer will come along :)

@HippoDrones Жыл бұрын

@@TheGorillaBiker yup... and it isn't even advertised properly yet

@seth_iwant_toride Жыл бұрын

I have a 2017 bonneville t120. Went up 2 teeth in the rear and it SO much better at low speed. 6th gear is actually useful during my normal riding(not on super highways) definitely recommend this mod to make your bike fit your use! Higher or lower gearing to fit your needs makes it so much better.

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's crazy how much of a difference the changes can make. I think manufacturers just set them up to be fairly middle of the road with good fuel economy etc.

@callandy100 Жыл бұрын

Great to see the return to the "fun" front sprocket (your "wheeee" during acceleration summed it up nicely). Oh, and no satnav, very "devil may care" sir, haha. Good vid again, cheers, Andy.

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

Yeah it was a lot more fun than the 17 :P Haha the size of America it is a bit risky :D But I made it home :P

@stephencartwright5046 Жыл бұрын

That's more like it! Not a rocket-ship by the standards of today, but enough to have real world fun on the road. Certainly would be nice to hear a little bit more howl from the pipes. A good explanation I think. Time to do the washing up now. 👍

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

Yes, a nice amount of power and reliability to boot!! :) I'd like to eventually front end swap to something more solid and also maybe some more noise. Thanks :) Enjoy!

@markfortin8286 Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you got some performance back! I always hoped I would get a Nighthawk at some point. Like the Ninja 500 (GPZ 500 on the other side of the Atlantic, if memory serves) they were everywhere when I was a a kid. They both seem to be kind of rare now, relatively speaking. I guess they are all buried in garages or rusting away in back yards…

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

Really woke it up a lot thankfully! :) A gpz500 is on my list at some point too, really cool bikes. The nighthawks seem to pop up fairly regularly, I've seen a few since I bought mine so you could get one, the gpz tho, I've not seen one for sale in years. Sadly.most are probably just thrown somewhere forgotten about

@maltejuergensen2118 Жыл бұрын

Oddly enough - I have both now …. Picked up a 2004 Ninja 500 recently and just yesterday a 1982 CB750 Nighthawk …. To go along with the KLR 650 :)

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

@@maltejuergensen2118 well you have a very nice collection now then eh :)

@MonkeyButtRides Жыл бұрын

More pep is always nice. Maybe they put taller gearing on for highway use?

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

Probably, but they neutered the bike in doing so which is nicht gut.

@propdoctor21564 Жыл бұрын

That's what I did... +2 in front -2 in rear.

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

Like I said I guessed people did it for that but not for me, it felt neutered to me

@JoseyWhales-ii4dk 4 ай бұрын

Nice bike brother ...i have a 1991 Honda nighthawk cb750 with Vance and Hines proformance exhaust 4 in one sounds amazing & my sprockets are 15 front & 38 on rear its really fast to me you have a 35 tooth on back?...thank you for sharing brother 🇺🇸

@TheGorillaBiker 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm sure yours is also nice eh :D Probably nicer with that exhaust! I think a 38 is what I put on the back, 15/38 is the stock gearing and I went back to stock.

@papatorr3669 3 ай бұрын

Yes, 15/38 is OEM setup

@TheGorillaBiker 3 ай бұрын

@@papatorr3669 that's....I already said that 😂

@papatorr3669 3 ай бұрын

@@TheGorillaBiker HEY! Nobody laughs at me! When someone starts out with a "Yes" they are agreeing with you! Besides, you don't know what you put on the back because you said "I think," That ain't the same as "I know." So I was giving you some moral support there buddy! 😛

@TheGorillaBiker 3 ай бұрын

@@papatorr3669 hahaha well in that case I appreciate the backup! 😁

@mrElpacas Жыл бұрын

weathers crap here lashing down windy... can feel the draughts lol you can do some mad stuff with gearing, did some silly things with cars back in the day mating gearboxes to engines that wernt designed for it, i had a 1ltr nova back in the day that had fecked up gearing but apart from the mid point in gears it flew off the mark and top end, so you could get off the go epic and once up to a decent speed it just went mad.. would have to be near red line before going from 2nd to 3rd or it was like trying to pull off from 5th lol "with my big arse on this thing" understand this full well :D when you look like donkey kong riding a tiny bike lol

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

I've been told, it'll hopefully start to clear up a bit for ye soon it seems to have been fairly miserable since I left!! Hahahaha I'd love to throw a manual on to the car I have here, I really am not a fan of auto. I can now say that with confidence since I've been using them a bit :P That's gas :P Like the laggiest car ever unless driven right :P An auld skinny bum wouldn't suit me to be fair.

@mrElpacas Жыл бұрын

@@TheGorillaBiker only auto ive ever liked was the 190e cosworth... It's been a bag of proverbial since you left weather wise... Laggy is a understatement but if you got it right you could really upset someone... think they had you and byeeeee... as you suddenly seem to of hit nos lol fun little car that was a experience to drive to say the least, I sold it on when no3 piston started to act up lol. It was getting stripped for parts... aye a skinny bum doing the riker maneuver does look right.

@hachewie Жыл бұрын

I think 750cc may not be small in the scheme of bikes. A road registered GSXR 750 did a 10.5 second 1/4 mile here. That's quick man. I think the Honda may not be fast like that but 750 is a great sized engine (I know you know all of this already).

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

That's a very fair comment, 750 in general isn't small, the power on this particular 750 is "small" :) While I knew it it's actually something very important to point out as a 750 sportsbike is rapid, I wouldn't want people to watch this and think that'd be a nice easy starter bike, just because this one would be :)

@hachewie Жыл бұрын

@@TheGorillaBiker Very fair. You know stuff. I ride a 1400. lol.

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

You also know stuff. Hahaha compensating :P

@hachewie Жыл бұрын

@@TheGorillaBiker Compensating for my fat ass.

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

You have a lovely bum

@chadschrum1306 Жыл бұрын

I really like the nighthawk 750 videos I watch all I can find . I’m curious how many miles you can go on one tank . Also you could talk about this bike how this bike takes a little more skill to ride compared to new bikes with dual disk an anti lock brakes .

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

It's a great bike :) Ehhhh I usually fill up between 100-120 miles, I haven't ran it empty or anything though. I don't think it does really, having ridden high powered modern bikes with all the assists, they still feel way more like they are actively trying to kill you than the nighthawk, it handles very well, very good mannered bike. Buuuuuut the brakes are the difference for sure.

@chadschrum1306 Жыл бұрын

@@TheGorillaBiker I love the bike as well I have a 92 as well it handles great I think some who might have only riden bikes with anti lock brakes an duel disk up front might be in for a surprise really like your videos 👍

@petev.9357 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised a 17 tooth even fit. I'm running a 16 tooth, perfect compromise. What exactly did you do to the carbs?

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

It BARELY fit. It was fairly wedged in there. I like the 15, feels a lot more reactive on the road now. Caressed them and whispered sweet nothings. Nah I drained them and cleaned them, I've ordered a rebuild kit also as they don't look fantastic internally. The fuel line from the tank is also goosed so I have to replace that too.

@propdoctor21564 Жыл бұрын

I did that with no problem.

@TheGorillaBiker Жыл бұрын

@@propdoctor21564 I mean it works but the clearance isn't great.