Ok, so I've put almost 300km on my XTrainer, it's completely stock, aside from adding a mirror and doing the float bowl overflow loop, handguards, and rad braces, minor stuff.
It's good for about 75-80km/h on the way to the trails, I haven't really played much with the power valve, I enjoy the low down torque, and tameness with it at the factory 3.5 turns.
The trails I ride, I'm nearly always in second gear.
I've got the 15/45 setup in the box that came with the bike, thinking I should try the 15t on there first, so I don't have to shorten the chain.
The furthest I ride the bike before I'll load it in the truck is about 45km, currently it's pretty tiring, trying to keep the bike at 80km/h for most of that distance, would be nice if it could cruise at 90-100km/h without feeling way over worked.
I'm worried about losing that lovely low end torque though, anyone have experience gearing these bikes taller, and how does it perform in 1st/2nd gear?
I know, gearingcommander... but that doesn't really help if you don't look at the speedo when you ride in the trails?
I only get to ride on the weekends due to work, so it's nice to know before the weekend comes, otherwise you spend too much time wrenching, and don't get to ride.