1190 owners, technical riding/sprocket setup

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m0lt3n

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Kathu (NC)
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KTM 990 Adventure
I have been toying with the idea of increasing rear sprocket with 2 teeth. I have full knobblies on the bike so the top speed is useless, but dropping idle/crawling speed from 8 to 5kmph (IIRC) sounds awesome for technical riding. I have looked at all the ratios, there is a lot of info on that with tables showing speed changes and stuff, so my question is rather...

Will the bike not become unrideable? the slightest spirited driving and the front is only on the ground because of the traction control. But Offroad I disable everything so, more power is always awesome, but this is not just a little increase...

opinions of the guys that have done it?
 
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