There is a new chain for sale on Craigslist that I'm going to pic up after work. The picture of the box says EK 520 SRX. From what I can find, this looks good. I just dont wanna be stuck with the wrong chain. Oh yea, I AM doing the 520 conversion. Thanks!

Any one know of a good decent price source for sprockets?

 

EK Chains are excellent products. I'm currently running them on 3 bikes. I used the MVXZ, but I'm sure the SRX line is equally good. I wanted color, which is only available in the MVXZ line.

If you're going 520, then most likely you'll be getting alloy sprockets. They are lighter, but wear significantly faster.

 

Yea I wanted color too. How do they hold up? Just wondering if the color flakes off after a while.

 

JT made a decent rear sprocket for me that came in black (though it was pictured in silver) and the paint didn't flake off for me.

 

Any one have a good source for steel maybe aluminum sprockets?

 

I found new JT steel sprockets in my Christmas stocking this year. They were purchased from www.motorcycle-superstore.com and were one of the better prices I found when putting my Christmas list together in November. I changed my ratio up a bit and went with 525 and if I recall, the total was about $55 for the both of them.

A lot of times, the 520 conversion is done to drop weight, so I'm guess that's why alloy sprockets (also lighter) were suggested. As pointed out, they tend to wear more quickly. If you're not into dropping weight for race purposes, I'd look for steel. There is a ton of older threads that hash this topic over if you're into searching. Keep us posted.

Steve

 

i have a 520 set that i meticulously take care of, and believe it or not replacing them has been cheaper than the 525/530 for me

there's a few ebay sellers who throw out a good pair of jt's for 40 bucks here and there, so keep your eyes open and i will too

 

I understand that the alloy sprockets wear faster than steel. But, how much faster?! Am I going to have to replace after 3000 miles like oil? lol. Who all is running the alloy sprockets? How often do you replace them??

 

I would also like to know this. I'm thinking about going to vortex sprockets and switching from 530 to 520. I hardly ride my bike so time wish it would last a long time. I was just wondering about mileage

 

Doesn't flake off at all. I'll take a photo tonight of her chain. It might be a little on the dirty side, but she's had it on her bike for 25,000 miles. I have other photo's of it, but nothing recent.

OK, so I didn't do it right away, but here it is. This chain has 25,000 miles on it. Naturally my wife doesn't put a lot of strain on the chain. But it goes to show you that if they're taken care of, they will last a long time. Oh, and the sprockets were replaced at the same time.