Badinfluence, far as I know, not too tight, just so that it doesn't contact the swingarm all the time;
Bikersarge, trust me, more than my butt would be puckered! That's in the territory of your stuff jumpin up and shaking hands with your tonsils.
BullDog, I'd really like to; I'm going to order a chain for now, because it's what I can afford. If I find a decent deal on sprockets later on, or find used ones that are in better shape, I'll pounce on them, thing is, that my sprocket set is on the list of mods that I want to do, so if I can make due with what I have for now, I'll do it, rather than spend money on something other than what I want, which is a smaller rear sprocket and a slightly larger drive sprocket. If I can find the right kit, I'd even get a "better" chain when I do the swap, but for now, I got a trip to be saving up for lol!
Hey "Grashopper", do ya know how many teeth ya got on yer rear and front sprockets? Some I found on the rear have 34/35/36/37.
Not sure about the front sprockets if they are standard in teeth or have different sizes which I suspect they have different size for the front?
Hey bro, not sure till I get the chain and have the wheel off anyhow, I'm probably going to order the one you found, it's a little less on shipping than what I found. The sprockets I found were 35-37 tooth for the rear, and 15-17 for the front. I'm hoping that I have the 37 rear and 15 front, that'll be easy to play with. I don't know if you remember, but I've wanted to do that mod for a while. I'll increase my top-end, yeah, but what I want to do is lower my RPM = increase my milage at 60 or so mph. I'll sacrifice a little acceleration for better cruising gear. Thanks!
Hey bro, not sure till I get the chain and have the wheel off anyhow, I'm probably going to order the one you found, it's a little less on shipping than what I found. The sprockets I found were 35-37 tooth for the rear, and 15-17 for the front. I'm hoping that I have the 37 rear and 15 front, that'll be easy to play with. I don't know if you remember, but I've wanted to do that mod for a while. I'll increase my top-end, yeah, but what I want to do is lower my RPM = increase my milage at 60 or so mph. I'll sacrifice a little acceleration for better cruising gear. Thanks!
Good enough and here's some front and rear sprockets as well:
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Welll, if ya do have a 37 on now and ya know yer not happy with yer rpm/mpg ratio then like ya said; you could always go lower to do what yer wanting to do and have a bit of room to go back if ya don't like it but it sounds like you know what yer wanting to do. Based on the teeth availability of the front I'd say ya prolly want to go with another 15 tooth front and maybe35 /36 rear. Keep us posted; I'm interested in seeing how this turns out
Will do, and thanks again. (Generally, if you drop a size in the back, you wanna go up a little in the front. I just found that out yesterday lol. My dad did something similar to his FLH, turning it into and FLP with the CHP final drive package. Got the idea off of him lol) That is the great thing about this mod, it's cheap, effective, and completely reversible!
Will do, and thanks again. (Generally, if you drop a size in the back, you wanna go up a little in the front. I just found that out yesterday lol. My dad did something similar to his FLH, turning it into and FLP with the CHP final drive package. Got the idea off of him lol) That is the great thing about this mod, it's cheap, effective, and completely reversible!
Good deal man, just keep us posted cause this is a learning experiance for me too
July 9, 2010 12:42 PM PDT
I have a point to concider on sprocket changes. In 1966, I had a Suzuki T10 250 cci 24 hp smoker (New). With a windshield and weighing 230 lbs. I was running 4 lanes at 70 mph and using full throttle. After a talk with the wrench in the shop, he told me to drop 1 tooth on the drive sprocket to improve milage and performance. By droping 1 tooth on the drive sprocket the rpms increased but I could back off the throttle and get better milage and top end. Dropping a tooth on the driven sprocket with put a higher drive load on the engine and could cause just the opposit desired result by making the engine to work harder and use more fuel. New cars down shift to a lower gear on hills and when loaded heavy to run faster and requires less fuel. Check with a mechanic in a Honda dealer for guide lines on operation of your bike. they usually have some suggestions that may save some wrong investments that could waste cash. Give this a thought for a smaller displacement engine compared to the big bores and high hp power machines. Sprocket ratios can make BIG changes with just one tooth change....Howard
Unfortunately, most of the cycle shops around here are a little clueless, if you're there to buy something, fine, but most don't know how to modify things or think outside their manuals and outside the box. That's the independant shops. The Honda dealership will talk to you about mods on new bikes, but anything more than ten years old, they give you a dumb look and say they don't carry any parts for it. I know this because I couldn't even get them to look for a sissy bar/luggage rack for mine. I mean, they wouldn't even look in their parts book or online or nothing. I ended up digging up something my Dad had laying around since who knows when and he helped me make it work. SO, I'm not real confident they'd help. I've been toying with how to pull a few more horses out of her anyhow, but hopefully when I take a shot at it she'll be able to handle it. The extra 150 ccs might make a difference, too. Still, I'll definitely take your input. Right now, I'm not changing the sprockets, just the chain, so I'll have a little time to do some more research. Thanks!
Hey, have you guys thought about hittin VA Beach in Sept????
