on my 00f4 i have noticed its about time to change sprockets and chain
was woundering what everyone thinks as far as what size how many teeth
i ride it daily
and the comute is on the highway running 65 70 for twenty miles
so i dont want anything drastic so i am not wrapped out at 70 but it would be nice to get a little more pull off the line
what ya thank

 

i wouldnt change it especially if your a motorcycle commuter. I am too but if you start to change the gearing for quicker acceleration, you start to run higher rpms on the highway which decreases your mpgs. I think the best thing to do would be to go down a tooth in the back which would decrease rpms on the highway which it better mpgs. just my PO. but if you want the standard quick accel gearing its down one in the front and up two in the back, but that also changes your speedo so that would require a speedohealer

 

i agree with him. most people running for stunts have gigantic rear sprockets. i mean we are talking like 70 tooth in the rear. most factory is around 49-50. I ran a 11 front and 48 i think in the rear on my drz400 and it was a beast offroad. to fast for me and i was hair scramble racing. the reason i went bigger in front and smaller in the front was to gain top end at price of loosing the low end wheelies which was a huge help when i was racing. The last thing i wanted on take off was a wheelie. The difference from 1st place and last coming into the first turn. the thing was most hair scrambles have sharp turns so most of riding is basically stop and go. My opinion on the same setup is either go back stock or down a tooth or two in back and up one in front so the gas milage goes up. especially with gas climbing to 3.25 right now. Not that the honda eats much but it would definately save the extra rpms.

 

For your needs, it sounds like the stock setup would be suitable.
Stock/OEM:

• 525 chain - 108 links
• 16/45 sprockets

If you did want to change, the most popular change is to run a -1/+2 sprocket setup.

 

if you want just a lil bit more off the line i would go down 1 in the front. If you just want to have a different sprocket on the back then go up 3 in the rear. Obviously your mpg will go down a little but its not like you're goin from 50 to 20 mpg.

 

i'd stay stock... and stay away from 520 chain conversions. Or don't and replace your chain every year cuz it's a weak POS! I'm going bigger when i get some other projects out of the way.

 

stock sucks and 520 is fine to use if you want. Obviously the 525 will last longer but it you properly maintain a good 520 chain it will do just fine. Any chain not properly maintained will be junk after a year ....2 cents

 

nickels agreed... but this is going on my 3rd season on my chain and it's fine... just saying overall longevity is greater with the oem or larger chains given the same maintenance.

 

I went +3 in the rear (back in 2002) and I still enjoy the increased acceleration. Going -1 on the front sprocket is about the same. The gas mileage and top-end hit is negligible. And you may have to pay a bit more, but there are plenty of 520 chains out there that have a higher tensile strength than the stock chain.

 

If you don't know how to use the power, stay stock. That's the case for most people....you'll never use it on the street.