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Rear End Swap

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don80gl850

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Has any body ever swap rear ends on a shaft drive GL850 in order to reduce the RPMs on the freeway.
My 1980 850 is turning 5000rpms at 70 mph.
I believe I read somewere that a Gs 1000 or 1100 rear end would lower the rpm by about 400 to 500 rpms.
Not sure if this info is true.
 
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Hi,

It's true.

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Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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However, I've been coast to coast on mine, and running at 6-7k rpm for extended periods of time hasn't hurt it a bit. Just turned over 75k miles on Sunday.:D
 
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I just... ergh... ack... aw, fergit it. :mad:

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Hey Brian, shall we tell him about the secret mod to enable 6th gear?
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