Hi there!

Do you know if the US models have different transmission and gears ratios than european models?

Here we have slightly different roads and driving style, with few plain lands and straight highways, i saw lot of motorcycles with some different sprockets or pulleys for different markets...

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Mr. Mechano
Kawasaki ZRX1200 152hp
At 11am +1GMT (wowowowow) '04 XL1200C red/silver

Yes they do.

883 US 883 Int 1200 US 1200 Int
1st 10.944 9.762 9.454 9.139
2nd 7.524 6.732 6.5 6.283
3rd 5.834 5.22 5.04 4.872
4th 4.806 4.301 4.152 4.014
5th 4.071 3.643 3.517 3.4

There is a discussion on the different speeds/rpm at http://www.xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=929

Yes they do.

883 US 883 Int 1200 US 1200 Int
1st 10.944 9.762 9.454 9.139
2nd 7.524 6.732 6.5 6.283
3rd 5.834 5.22 4.04 4.872
4th 4.806 4.301 4.152 4.014
5th 4.071 3.643 3.517 3.4

There is a discussion on the different speeds/rpm at http://www.xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=929

I didn't find anything useful in that thread...
Maybe the most useful infos came from your numbers.

So the european models have longer 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, but shorter 3rd?
Am I wrong?
I thought it was opposite.
And how is it possible? 30 fron sprocket?

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Mr. Mechano
'04 XL1200C red/silver
Kawasaki ZRX1200

Sorry Mate :o That was a typing error on my part. The 3rd gear on the 1200US should have been 5.04 not 4.04!

Sorry Mate :o That was a typing error on my part. The 3rd gear on the 1200US should have been 5.04 not 4.04!


Can you be so gentle to post the number of theet of the final sprocket and pulley of american models, if you know?

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Mr. Mechano
'04 XL1200C red/silver

1200 US model final drive teeth:
Transmission 29
Rear Wheel 68

The sproket teeth the primary drive are the same in both the US and international 1200 and the rear wheel sprokets are the same.

The only difference is the tranmission sprocket on the transmission end of the final drive.