I lowered the gearing on my Enfield, the PO had fitted a 19 tooth sprocket in place of the original 18. It felt like I was going uphill all the time and I spent a lot of time changing gear and in fourth. when I fitted the 18 tooth sprocket the bike was much more tractable and will now accelerate ( within reason) up inclines whereas before it always involved a gear change. better than that I now make faster times over the ground and the MPG remained at 95. So unless you spend a lot of time on motorways think carefully before raising the gearing.
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