I have had a look on the forums and everyone seems to have experimented mainly with gearing for added acceleration. I find my XT660R far too vibey at 80mph (128kph) cruising speed. I test road an XT660Z yesterday and found is smoother down low but still too vibey at 80mph.

Can anyone recommend a better cruising gearing? I am looking at 3 teeth less on the rear, and even an extra on the front too. From gearing commander.com 3 less on the rear will lower the revs from 5103 at 80mph to 4762 (341 less). Adding a tooth on the front as well will reduce the revs at 80mph to 4465 (638 less revs).

I'm wondering if this will kill the acceleration. I'm looking to change to a Tenere asap but as i'd probably change the gearing on that too but the loss of acceleration on that really would kill it as I found it a little sluggish compared to the XTR. I am open though to spend some � on more poke from the engine to compensate as I do prefer the Tenere over the Tiger 800xc and BMW 800GS which are it's real competition.

If anyone has any experience with this i'd very much appreciate it.

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