Hello everyone,
This is my firs post so please be gentle with me :wink2:
I guess the title says it all. First maybe a bit of a background before i get to point: I have replaced both sprockets and the chain after almost a year of riding (since I bought the bike) and I have put about 10k miles on it within that time. Couple of weeks ago my old chain stretched really badly within only a week or so. I am not an aggressive rider (and 90% of my travels are motorway miles), but god knows for how long the chain was there before i bought my wee so I think it was about time for it to start dying.
I went for this stuff hoping it will give me nice, smooth ride for many miles to come:
(i will just paste eBay titles here)
- Ognibene Silent Rear Sprocket Suzuki DL650 K7-L4 V Strom 07-14 47T
- Suzuki GSXR600 K6-L0 06-10 Ognibene 16T Silent Front Sprocket (STD Size)
- Suzuki DL650 V Strom K7-10 07-10 DID ZVM-X X-Ring Drive Chain (525-118 )
Yes, I wanted one more tooth in the front just for better motorway cruising experience at the cost of some acceleration, and GSXR600 front sprocket should do the trick :wink2:
After taking old stuff off I have noticed that rear sprocket is not worn off too much but front one had its teeth really slim and bent back (probably the sprocket was there since bike left the factory)
With all already fitted in place next thing was adjusting chain's slack. I quickly discovered the slack was uneven. As I was turning the wheel, play rose from 20mm to the point where i could press the chain against the swingarm and further.
I thought brand new set would match together better than this.
Is there anything i could do to make it better? If there is no other choice I will have to ride on it as is, but I would prefer to have things running smoother.
This is my firs post so please be gentle with me :wink2:
I guess the title says it all. First maybe a bit of a background before i get to point: I have replaced both sprockets and the chain after almost a year of riding (since I bought the bike) and I have put about 10k miles on it within that time. Couple of weeks ago my old chain stretched really badly within only a week or so. I am not an aggressive rider (and 90% of my travels are motorway miles), but god knows for how long the chain was there before i bought my wee so I think it was about time for it to start dying.
I went for this stuff hoping it will give me nice, smooth ride for many miles to come:
(i will just paste eBay titles here)
- Ognibene Silent Rear Sprocket Suzuki DL650 K7-L4 V Strom 07-14 47T
- Suzuki GSXR600 K6-L0 06-10 Ognibene 16T Silent Front Sprocket (STD Size)
- Suzuki DL650 V Strom K7-10 07-10 DID ZVM-X X-Ring Drive Chain (525-118 )
Yes, I wanted one more tooth in the front just for better motorway cruising experience at the cost of some acceleration, and GSXR600 front sprocket should do the trick :wink2:
After taking old stuff off I have noticed that rear sprocket is not worn off too much but front one had its teeth really slim and bent back (probably the sprocket was there since bike left the factory)
With all already fitted in place next thing was adjusting chain's slack. I quickly discovered the slack was uneven. As I was turning the wheel, play rose from 20mm to the point where i could press the chain against the swingarm and further.
I thought brand new set would match together better than this.
Is there anything i could do to make it better? If there is no other choice I will have to ride on it as is, but I would prefer to have things running smoother.