Yes very true. I totally agree.
But my sprocket madness did another, final, iteration.
17x37 changed to 17x34 and bliss.
--- In Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com, Mike Gladu <mgladu@...> wrote:
>
> At 5:55 AM +0000 5/21/11, A wrote:
> >After reading about the existence of a 17 teeth sprocket, yesterday
> >I searched for one and found it, for dollar 1. Changed my 16-37 to
> >17-37 gearing and the difference is WOW.
> >Now my 4th gear is practically a true 5th gear. Im fine in 3rd and
> >when I shift to 4th, its bonus. In 4th, at idle revs, the motorcycle
> >does about 20 km/hr.
>
> Unfortunately, the rest of us with C70's and three speed
> transmissions will suffer with a 17t sprocket.
>
> We don't have the luxury of downshifting to third to get the pull
> necessary to forge up hills and accelerate when we need to. We only
> have second, which is usually too low to be useful, and with a 17
> will be like third, and we lose the pull in first AND third.
>
> Sigh.
>
> Stick with the 14 or 15 folks if you have a stock C70.
>
> Mike G.
> -
>
1970-73 C70 Honda Service Manual: http://tinyurl.com/6ebwtw
1970-73 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
http://tinyurl.com/6ebwtw (scroll to sec.7.1 page 101.jpg)
1980-83 C70 Honda Service Manual: http://tinyurl.com/hu42c
1980-81 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
http://tinyurl.com/hu42c (scroll to sec.18-1 page 170.jpg)
1982-83 C70 Troubleshooting Guide:
http://tinyurl.com/hu42c (scroll to sec. 20-28 page 205.jpg)
1980-81 C70 Maintenance Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/z4zn6
1982-83 C70 Maintenance Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/hw35c
More resources for C70 Passports and Cubs:
http://www.shlaes.com/Vehicles/Scooter.htm
http://www.velodrome.com/HondaC70/HondaC70.html
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