This Spreadsheet was designed to calculate top speed for motorcycles with chain drive.

but the sprocket ratio can be substituted with gear ratio for shaft drive or pulley ratio for belt
drives. I made it to see what difference a larger or smaller sprocket size would make. You can
also see what different wheel/tire size makes. It also has target rpm setting to see how many
rpm you obtain at certain speeds. You may wonder what Max DPM is. Well I put it in to
compare larger low rpm cycles to smaller high rpm cycles. (Displacement Per Minute). Its read
in Cubic Meters Per Minute. Which helps explain why smaller 4 cyl. Bikes will run with larger
V-twins. You may also want to factor in overall ratio when comparing the two. I really haven't
done a lot of research on this. You may or may not find this spreadsheet useful.

Displacement
Redline RPM
Target RPM
Max DPM

300
8000
6500
1.20

cc

Sprockets/teeth
front
15
rear
47
Rear Tire Circumference
85
inches
Transmission Reductions
Primary
2.863
* overall ratio : crank to tire

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
primary

Gears/Ratios
1st
3
2nd
2
3rd
1.5
4th
1.25
5th
1.05
6th
0.904
Sprocket Ratio
3.133

Max Speed
23.93
35.89
47.85
57.43
68.36
79.41

Gear Ratio Calculator

Drive Gear Driven Gear
10
30
15
30
18
27
20
25
20
21
22

63

Ratio
3.000
2.000
1.500
1.250
1.050
2.864

Target Speed
19.44
29.16
38.88
46.66
55.55
64.52
* overall ratio
circumference calculator
enter known radius
tire radius
circumference
or
enter known diameter
tire diameter
circumference

Tire RPM
297.26
445.89
594.53
713.43
849.32
986.49
9.419
circumference calculator
enter known radius
12.875
in.
80.93
in.
or
enter known diameter
0
in.
0.00
in.

enter know tire diamet circumference

0
0.00
in.
in.
rear

Rear Tire

Transmissi Primary
2.152

80.93
inches
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
14
18
21
24
26
36
32
29
27
25
2.571
1.778
1.381
1.125
0.962
40

Final
55.546

primary
46
99
2.152

final
15
40
2.667