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be careful what you wish for, before my most recent bike I didn't think it was possible to have gearing too tall, so what happens is I use lower gearing local & mileage isn't what you would think, I get 42mpg, with a 96 CU IN engine, previous bike I was getting 55-57 mpg with 74 CU IN engine,
anyway I cant even get to 5th until 45-50 or so MPH, & 6th is worthless under 65, & basically I don't do but 1 small trip a year, so gearing is wrong for my driving.
I don't know your bike, but can you play with rear sprockets too? for 1 of my Harleys, I have rear sprockets from 40T to 51T & then trans from 21T-26T, plus a few engine to trans, but afraid to quote teeth, not looked at in a few years.
for a "safe" chain, look at Tsubaki, I love their nickel plated chain, non o-ring. I regularily got 18k-26k miles before having more than 1 tight spot while adjusting, never had 1 break, & I have over 500K miles on 2 wheels.
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