place it beside a brand new sprocket, then take a look, if they look different and the chain is worn, then replace the sprockets too

hard to read a sprocket accurately unless ya got something to compare it too

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Yeah I pretty much can't even pull it away. And I don't think it's on there too tight...

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09 WABS w. some farkles & teeth
Strom Squadron Member #5

That's the one you have to look at, my bet is if you have a good look at it you will see what a worn sprocket looks like. Your rear looks fine. I'm *reasonably* good with chain maintenance, and the front (stock) one was toast at about 15,000 miles (24,000 Km). Replaced it with a cheapy 16 (vs. 15) tooth to see if I like that better (I do). I will replace with quality chain and sprockets when they all wear out sometime next year. By the way I got rid of an annoying rattling noise when I replaced the front, but can't tell for sure if it was due to the change in ratio or because of the new sprocket with no wear. I think it's mostly due to the fact the old one was so worn.

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Black 2009 V-Strom 650A ABS

Fear and Loathing. On a Wee?

it might not be there

I wear front sprockets a lot sooner than rear

fwiw, I recommend this

front sprocket inspection port mod

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RandyO
IBA# 9560
07 Strom 1k (7x,xxx miles)
99 SV650 (135,006 miles)
82 XV920R
A man with a gun is a citizen
A man without a gun is a subject
www.gbhsurvey.com
http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/p...dStatesMap.jpg

Hadn't seen that, great idea.

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'09 VEE
'07 SE UC
'02 CR 250

Wow, what a great idea! I need to check Lowe's next time I go for a suitable plug.

I always assumed that if the front was very bad off I'd get some tooth jumping especially at spirited acceleration so that would tell me that I need to work on it. But I'll probably look in there sooner rather than later just to be sure...

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09 WABS w. some farkles & teeth
Strom Squadron Member #5

Theoretically on your bike, the front sprocket should see about 3x more wear than the rear. It does on mine.

on the wee, its not quite as necessary, at least you can peek at your front sprocket without taking the sprocket cover off, the Vee, you can't even see the sprocket

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RandyO
IBA# 9560
07 Strom 1k (7x,xxx miles)
99 SV650 (135,006 miles)
82 XV920R
A man with a gun is a citizen
A man without a gun is a subject
www.gbhsurvey.com
http://i427.photobucket.com/albums/p...dStatesMap.jpg

You sprocket says you won't will the Powerball.

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'06 DL 650 "Scarlett"

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