I am finishing up my bike, put the new stock sprocket on rear wheel, torqued to specs.

Took off front and noticed it is a 520 and 14 teeth.

I have a brand new stock 15 teeth for a 530.

For starters I didn't eve know you could put a 520 sprocket on a 530 chain.

Second of all, what will my bike do if I put a stocker on the front?



Down 1 tooth in the front is going to give me better torque right? Well my bike barley pulls the wheel off in 1st so.... im a bit confused.

FWIW my chain that I took off DIDN'T have a master link, that means it stock right???



Basically I dont want to put my stock front sprocket on and have it be a turd...

Thanks

 

Left new stock, right old 520

 

A 530 chain is wider, so it will fit on a 520 sprocket - it will just have play left and right on the sprocket. Don't really know what it would affect, however.

Increasing front +1 will decrease torque and increase top-end.

 

Well what im confused by is it doesn't feel very grunt.

My buddy can only pull it up about 2 feet at the most in first.

 

99LS1, your bike will feel less grunty now because you went +1 on the front sprocket.

But don't fret, it is BEST to go + on the rear and leave the front alone.

Your chain will live longer with a larger front sprocket as it does not have to wrap around a tighter circumference like it would with a smaller sprocket.

I have a +2 rear sprocket and I find the bike comfortable all around, it's not buzzy at highway speeds and it can out accelerate my friends F2 that is much lighter than mine.

Moral of my long story here is that if you do want to change up the sprockets, add to the rear before you take off from the front

 

Hershey your my hero! lol

Can I get a + 2 for the rear that will be 530 or do I have to go 520 conversion or what?

 

You can get a 530 rear...I also run a -1/+2 most of the time and it's great on my 600. I also did the 520 conversion.

 

Randy's right, you can get almost anything in 520, 530 and whatever stock is.

Randy, do you find it buzzy at all around 110-130km/h with -1/+2?

I would like to try gearing it down just a little more but do not want to lose comfort on the roads.

 

ok, well hopefully the dealer will let me swap it out for a +2 sprocket. Ill have to clean it up since i already mounted it on the rim.....Usually dealers charge a 20 % restocking fee or some crap.




Needless to say my front cover was filthy inside....

 

If you have not taken the bike onto the road with the sprocket they should allow you to exchange it.

Those damn covers get filthy...