520 question
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520 question
So im about 6 months new into the bike scene and i see all this stuff about 520 conversions. Well being the newbie i am i have no idea what a 520 conversion is so if you can fill me in with the down lowon what this conversion is? what are the pros and cons of this conversion?
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RE: 520 question
ORIGINAL: JDubF4i520
well wow thank god all of you guys are so informative lol
well wow thank god all of you guys are so informative lol
https://cbrforum.com/m_229764/tm.htm
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Edit:^ i like Schira's like to the post better [8D]
I don't know a whole lot about it but from what i gathered/heard/read it is simply a lighter chain and sproket. Mast people get diff. gearing at the same time with thier 520 conversion. I guess the 520 is made with less steal and what not so that makes it lighter, but since less steal it also makes it(the chain and sprokets) wear out faster. I have also heard thatyou will not really notice the 520, and/or it won't really make adifference unless you are at the track and what not.For regular street riding, and cruzing i hearits better to stick with the 525 since they last longer.What i hear, not first hand exp. [8D], is that people go through 520 chains about once a year, but i don't know the milage they are sposta last. Well I'm not 100% sure if all this info is true, but i think it's a semi-general thing of what the 520 might be [8D]hope this help a lil!
I don't know a whole lot about it but from what i gathered/heard/read it is simply a lighter chain and sproket. Mast people get diff. gearing at the same time with thier 520 conversion. I guess the 520 is made with less steal and what not so that makes it lighter, but since less steal it also makes it(the chain and sprokets) wear out faster. I have also heard thatyou will not really notice the 520, and/or it won't really make adifference unless you are at the track and what not.For regular street riding, and cruzing i hearits better to stick with the 525 since they last longer.What i hear, not first hand exp. [8D], is that people go through 520 chains about once a year, but i don't know the milage they are sposta last. Well I'm not 100% sure if all this info is true, but i think it's a semi-general thing of what the 520 might be [8D]hope this help a lil!
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RE: 520 question
Whoa Whoa take that **** back please!!! sure 520's do wear out faster! But dont go with vortex theirs does wear out quicker! There is a company i blieve called sidewinder that makes a steel and aluimin rear sprocket that last longer!!! Now the idea of getting a 520 kit is for more acceleration! My bike was a world of difference after i went with conversion !! Sure i lost some top end but nothing like comming out of a corner a lil quicker!!! 520 kits depending on how you get them are lighter, but the ? is the how many teeth you go down! I went 15 front and 46 rear!!! My revs are higher! on freeway 80 mph i sit at about 7,500-8,000 rpm... and i when i want to step on it its all there ready to go it seems like!! plus one thing I like about the 520 kit is it seems to get rid the fuel issue honda put on our bikes to pass smog in espically in Cali were between 3,5g- 5g there is less fuel in the motor and when you try and open it up the bike has a lil hick-up and then kicks in the power!!! 520 seems to avoid the issue by allowing the motor to spin a lil faster keepin the rpms up! In short the front sprocket seems to be key as well as how many teeth you down in, the small the diameter of a circle the easier it is to move!!! the larger the diameter the slower it moves....
hope that helps.... i aint tryn to write an essay!
hope that helps.... i aint tryn to write an essay!
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RE: 520 question
your bike did not come out of the corner faster BECAUSE of the 520 conversion...it's the gearing change.
people make that claim often...and it's hog wash...do only a 520 conversion with no gearing swap and even the most sensitive butt dyno won't be able to register much of a change coming out of holes, etc...
now from a 530 to 520...maybe.
people make that claim often...and it's hog wash...do only a 520 conversion with no gearing swap and even the most sensitive butt dyno won't be able to register much of a change coming out of holes, etc...
now from a 530 to 520...maybe.
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