Is the driven 2nd gear from a 1098R able to be used in an 1198 ??? Would it be more prone to failure than the original 1198??
I ask as I am still waiting for an 1198 2nd gear to come in but I now have a 1098R gear in my hands that has done less than 600km (400 miles)
The R Superbike gearboxes are entirely different.
- Different ratio's
- Lighter/trimmed gears
- Different gear mating
- Different through shafts
- Lighter shifter drum
You can mix and match some parts, but the gears themselves only work with each other. You can put a complete R box into your 1198 no problem and maybe even re-use the shifter drum if need be. But I'm pretty sure you'd have to use the entire gear set due to the ratio changes.
The standard R boxes aren't overly fragile, though for sure more so then the heavy-duty stockers. The corse boxes are way more fragile because they cut the gears down even further. So in terms of fragility, the R's sit right in the middle. Hard coating the R boxes, solves a lot of potential problems, that's what most tuners will do.
