Where do y'all get your sprockets and chains from?  And what do you get when you get it?

What about different sprocket sizes?

Let's hear your thoughts, inputs, wisdom . . .

I got me several hundred $ worth of work to do and want lots about my options.

See the sponsors on the left for parts. We use CA Cycleworks.

I run a 14T in front. Simple, cheap. Got a quick change carrier in the back.

CA Cycle Works.  Stock gearing, Afam rear, forget which brand for front.  Definitely a DID chain.  From all I read they're better enough to be worth the money.  You can borrow my chain breaker/riveter if you need it.

Scott

I may have an extra sprocket and chain and all kinds of other goodies.

I had the 14t front sprocket with the stock rear, 14/42. When I replaced the chain I went to 15/44, a slight change. If you're going to replace the chain, take a good look at your sprockets, you're most likely better off replacing the whole set. Then you could change your gearing if you wanted to.

Yah . . . I need to replace everything.  20+K on the chain.  Almost 35K on the sprockets.

What did 15/44 do for you?

Quote from: INFIDEL on February 05, 2010, 04:14:16 AM
Yah . . . I need to replace everything.  20+K on the chain.  Almost 35K on the sprockets.

What did 15/44 do for you?

Pretty much the same as 14/42.

The gearing ratio for 14/42 is 3 to 1 and 15/44 is 2.93 to 1.  Stock for the '03 M800 is 15/42, 2.8 to 1. It made is easier to ride around town, with the stock gearing, 25-30 mph was too fast for 1st gear and 2nd gear lugged a bit. After the gearing change, that speed range was fine for 2nd gear. I lost some speed off the top end, but the only place I've noticed the loss is the front straight at PIR.

The worst part of changing chain and cogs is cleaning off the tar poo, because it inevitably leads to "Ah, there's a spot" syndrome. Before you know it, you're scrubbing your headlight. I say this not because I'm distraught, but because it's damn time consuming. I was supposed to do laundry tonight.

You people wash your bikes way too much.  Just ride in the rain, it's the same thing.

Psh, whatever. Mine's still got the same bugsplats from my trip to the Rhody Fest last May.

Lili had a bath right before I went on my Olympia forest trip last year.  She's still wearing the dirt from Neah Bay.

So there Mr. you wash your bikes too often 

Didn't mean you Chuch, I've seen your bike.

I won a full detail from a place in Hillsboro.  She'll be cleaner than she's been since the showroom once I take her over.

Maybe one of y'all can answer this.

When reading sprocket descriptions on a site to purchase it said they should be 520.  However, the manual tells me my chain is 525.  Do the 2 not need to match?

Yes they do. I changed to 520 chain/sprocket when I got a new set at 12K.

Oh jeesh . . . OK.  So what's the benefit of having 520 chain and sprocket vs. 525?

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