So it was time to change my chain out and I ordered a chain and sprocket kit. I got this kit from sprocketcenter.com and opened up the box. It seems to me like the stock sprockets still look better than the new ones. The stock ones have about 16k miles on them but don't seem worn now that I have them off the bike and look at them. By the way, I bought stock # of teeth sprocket replacements.

Which ones should I use, the new ones that came with the kit or the OEM Honda ones? Which look better to you? (I could always sell the new ones or save them for the next chain change).

 

One more pic from the owner's manual.




Any thoughts?

Anyone???

 

The OEM sproket still has lots of use left to it, and makes the new one look wimpy. But the new one looks more high speed/low drag. I'd put the new one on and keep the used one for just in case. Who makes those anyway?

 

Use the new ones. If you look closely, the radius in between the teeth looks different. Did you order a 525 kit or a 520. If you ordered a 520, you CANNOT use the stock sprockets. "The notice" should have already answered your qustion. But the stock one looks pretty good to me, but the pics can be decieving. Hows it look after a good cleaning? any scratches/gouges. I see a couple teeth shinier than the others, could be cleaner than the others, or signs of wear. But like I said, if you got the 520 kit, it doesn't matter what the OEMs look like, there not the same size.

 

Incog. they were sold by "Drive Systems" and their phone number is in the pics.

 

Lol, it's just I never heard of them before.

EDIT: Well that's why ~ there's a link on top where he bought it; it's a D.I.D. set-up. Smartass...

 

It's a stock 525 set-up w/ steel sprockets. I went ahead and used the new ones, they've got to be good. You're right about the inner radius of the space between the teeth possibly being worn larger.
Thanks for the help guys.