44 tooth rear sprocket
Hey again,
I replaced my front and rear sprockets and chain. Since I don't do any high speed freeway riding, I decided to go from 41 to 44 tooth sprocket on the rear. I haven't put many miles on it yet but I am very pleased with the results. Later Rick |
Re: 44 tooth rear sprocket
hey, that is good to hear you are pleased with the mod.
I have that on my list as the next mod, I am just waiting to have a bit more mileage from the current chain/sprockets first. (11k miles on them now, and still look brand new.) You are right, current cruising on the hwy is at a lazy 4.5-5k... it is better to use some of that extra rear wheel torque at the bottom. |
Re: 44 tooth rear sprocket
I performed the standard one-down, two-up mod, with Vortex lightweight "501 conversion" sprockets and swear by it. In addition to trimming "non-reciprocating mass" from the drive train and thereby making it slightly more effective, the one-down, two-up mod with "501 conversion" chain (DID, Regina, EK) cheats top-speed power a bit (which only the truly insane would ever use) to add extra umph where it is truly used, from 1 mph to "watch out for the police." :)
cheers, --HotStreetVTR |
what's the 501 conversion?
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I use 44 teeth on the rear at smaller technical tracks like pocono east where you dont have alot of big straights. It works great to bump the midrange up
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where's the cheapest place to get the conversion, i saw this set on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HONDA...75763528QQrdZ1
is this a good price for the set? TIA... |
Originally Posted by AZZKIKER";p="
(Post 10173)
what's the 501 conversion?
Let me close by adding that I switched back to steel sprockets and a 530 standard-width chain--an EK gold X-ring chain--, but I stayed with the one-down/two-up, front/rear sprocket-tooth arrangement. I switched back to steel sprockets and a 530 chain because I ride SuperChicken III nearly every day and easily put ten times more miles on my motorcycle in a year than I do on my car (a '96 Mustang Cobra). Thus, I found myself throwing way too much money at chains and sprockets during the course of a year. (VTR's do eat chains and sprockets; that's where all the fun comes out.) :) cheers, --HotStreetVTR |
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