[1 Wheel Drive]

Dear Wally,

We have a solution for you. Don't use 6th gear. We only put it there as a joke. With the stock gearing on a Vstrom you can't really use it anyway (we geared it too tall on purpose).

You're welcome,
Suzuki / VW

 

[SCraig]

... Am I the only one who feels this way?

Pretty much. I'd like to have a seventh gear.

 

[mpasquin]

Having another gear is one of the reasons I wanted a Wee, along with 2 cylinders and fuel injection. Had a KLR and was always reaching for another gear.

 

[Stromin'Nroman]

 

[ockerstrom]

So go buy one of those LED gear indicator thingies Wally. :yesnod:

And wadda ya mean ya can't use 6th gear Fred

I always manage to get mine in to 6th., even just riding to work [ok, so I'm doing double the posted......when no one's looking :yikes: ].

 

[rconti]

Yeah, I think you are the only one. The worst thing about driving my gf's car on a roadtrip last year was the 4-speed auto hunting all over the place. The gaps between gears were simply too large for it to work well in the mountains. As a result, in the mountains, her car got worse fuel economy than my sports car does in the same stretches! On the flat stuff it blows my car away by 6 or more mpg, but in the hills it just doesn't have the guts or the gearing.

Then again, even my first motorcycle had a 6-speed, so what do I know?