z1000 Chain longevity....

[Gosling1]

....or maintenance and smooth wheelstands....

indeed........heh I have started hanging off the barge like a monkey ! Is this a sign of weakness ?? or just a desperate attempt to generate some credibility onto my kneesliders ??

[MIKER]

i'm happy if i can get 40k out of a chain / sprocket set , OEM chains last the longest IMO ..

[Phil]

....or maintenance and smooth wheelstands....

indeed........heh I have started hanging off the barge like a monkey ! Is this a sign of weakness ?? or just a desperate attempt to generate some credibility onto my kneesliders ??

perhaps both.......its fun but

[MickLC]

....or maintenance and smooth wheelstands....

indeed........heh I have started hanging off the barge like a monkey ! Is this a sign of weakness ?? or just a desperate attempt to generate some credibility onto my kneesliders ??

I don't know but it's been freaking me out! Gos never moves his arse off the seat, then all of the sudden there it goes and fark me I've got to work that bit harder to keep up

[Loz]

I have rooted chains in as little as 8,000km despite anal maintenance and lubrication. I blame ze wheeliez.

If you wanna do wheelies, though, here's a tip: don't decrease the size of a sprocket, increase the rear one, same effect, but doesn't cause as much deterioration.

[Neka79]

I have rooted chains in as little as 8,000km despite anal maintenance and lubrication. I blame ze wheeliez.

If you wanna do wheelies, though, here's a tip: don't decrease the size of a sprocket, increase the rear one, same effect, but doesn't cause as much deterioration.

thats what i was always told.... a smaller sprocket (losing a tooth) will turn more, therefore wearing quicker....

however...if u knew how hard it was to find the gearing i wanted on the cbr.... i couldnt get rear in the size i wanted, so lost one off the front...

[Gosling1]

......thats what i was always told.... a smaller sprocket (losing a tooth) will turn more, therefore wearing quicker....

what actually causes the wear with a smaller front sprocket is the reduced radius that the chain is forced to rotate through. A large radius (ie stock or more teeth) lets the chain rotate around a bigger radius. 1 tooth doesn't sound like much, but it can reduce the radius of the front sprocket by a considerable amount, and cause a lot more wear.

[ProblemChild]

I've got the 525 chain on mine with a 15 front and a 44 rear (that I bought off Matt here) and have put approx 1500km on it so far with no probs.

Not much of an indication of life span I know, but I thought I would chip in

What I can say is that the change really makes the bike boogie down low - the take off is so much better than stock and I reckon it's faster off the line than my old VTR1000 was. It revs really quick now, I've found myself hitting the rev limiter quite a few times.

The down side is that it now max's out at about 180 before it gets stupid, vibration wise. 120 cruise is also a bit of a pain - certainly it's an around town bike now.

I may actually change back to something a bit more sane but for the moment I enjoy it quite a lot!

what is standard gearing??

16-42 from memory??...
as it is, i often run out of revs in 1st gear (esp if up on 1) and it shits me..and this will be worse if i drop a tooth on the front, but it will also make it a bit easier to pop 2nd without as many revs & as much speed...

decisions, decisions....

oh yea..boy this bike is fun...

i know what you mean bout fun factor, all i have to do to get the wheel up since i put the pipe on is look at the thrttle to hard, damn shame that

[Neka79]

I've got the 525 chain on mine with a 15 front and a 44 rear (that I bought off Matt here) and have put approx 1500km on it so far with no probs.

Not much of an indication of life span I know, but I thought I would chip in

What I can say is that the change really makes the bike boogie down low - the take off is so much better than stock and I reckon it's faster off the line than my old VTR1000 was. It revs really quick now, I've found myself hitting the rev limiter quite a few times.

The down side is that it now max's out at about 180 before it gets stupid, vibration wise. 120 cruise is also a bit of a pain - certainly it's an around town bike now.

I may actually change back to something a bit more sane but for the moment I enjoy it quite a lot!

what is standard gearing??

16-42 from memory??...
as it is, i often run out of revs in 1st gear (esp if up on 1) and it shits me..and this will be worse if i drop a tooth on the front, but it will also make it a bit easier to pop 2nd without as many revs & as much speed...

decisions, decisions....

oh yea..boy this bike is fun...

i know what you mean bout fun factor, all i have to do to get the wheel up since i put the pipe on is look at the thrttle to hard, damn shame that

oh yea im cryiong in my beer too....

[snowymountainsmick]

My ZRX1200R will wheelie under accelleration in first easily (and I weight 150+KG!!!!), so it must have a smaller countershaft sprocket. I'll pull the cover off and do a count. About 38-3900RPM at 100Ks.

[Phil]

My ZRX1200R will wheelie under accelleration in first easily (and I weight 150+KG!!!!), so it must have a smaller countershaft sprocket. I'll pull the cover off and do a count. About 38-3900RPM at 100Ks.

stock gearing on the ZRX12R is 17-42, mine does 3500 RPM @ 100 with that ratio, so yours may not have the stock gearing Mick

[Strika]

Yep 3500rpm at 100kph on the playschool clock is standard! As is 5000 at 140kph and 7000 is 200! Apparently!