44 tooth rear sprocket
01-17-2005, 05:18 PM
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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
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
01-17-2005, 10:51 PM
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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.
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.
02-27-2005, 08:20 PM
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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,
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cheers,
--HotStreetVTR
09-15-2005, 12:04 AM
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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...
is this a good price for the set? TIA...
09-16-2005, 12:59 PM
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It's a Freudian slip for "520 conversion kit." (I guess that all those years of my wearing Levis 501 blue jeans almost exclusively have left a "brain stain".) 
In short, in case you're still wondering what the "520 conversion kit" does, let me add that 530 = a standard-width chain; 520 equals a narrower, somewhat lighter chain. The 520 conversion kit with Vortex lightweight 43-tooth aluminum sprocket can come into play on track days, as the lighter chain and sprocket shave-off about 1/3 pound of "non-reciprocating mass" (dead weight in the drive train). Most folks, however, would not really need the few thousandths of a second that one might save on a lap by using the lighter-weight sprocket and chain. Racers, however, can get all erect over such things. I, however, have chosen a more frugal route as I note below:
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
In short, in case you're still wondering what the "520 conversion kit" does, let me add that 530 = a standard-width chain; 520 equals a narrower, somewhat lighter chain. The 520 conversion kit with Vortex lightweight 43-tooth aluminum sprocket can come into play on track days, as the lighter chain and sprocket shave-off about 1/3 pound of "non-reciprocating mass" (dead weight in the drive train). Most folks, however, would not really need the few thousandths of a second that one might save on a lap by using the lighter-weight sprocket and chain. Racers, however, can get all erect over such things. I, however, have chosen a more frugal route as I note below: 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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