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Ascot 530 Chain
WTF304:
I looked up mine using Dennis Kirk, you'll need a front sprocket for roughly the same year XR / XL ... the spacers I made myself they aren't exactly needed ... I made them for peace of mind. As for the rear, the GS500 is also the the GSF600 bandit and also the 86 - 87 ... or I think it's 87 - 88 GSXR750. It's the same size ... or dimensions. ... only the tooth count is what you can get different. Get a 520 chain that's atleast 110 links .... I had to remove some but that's better then needing some.
triguyracer:
Thanks for the info ,already have a 520 sprocket for the front.
triguyracer:
Well bit the bullet and did the 520 conversion,16 and a 39 on the rear worked out very well,a little tall in first gear if you live in a spot that u will being going from a stop on a steep hill, but pulls okay,moved about 5 years ago out to the central valley of CA where the roads are straight and flat so gearing works good here,might work better with a 40 or 41 if you live in a place where there are very steep roads and very winding ones like where I used to live in the Santa Cruz or Watsonvlle area, I lived on the coast for 45 years where there are lots of great winding roads,Used a 39 tooth 86 87 Suzuki gsxr rear sprocket, fit perfect, used a Honda xr 16 tooth on the front ,the spacer I made out of a spare locking washer that I had that locks the sprocket to the your output shaft, took one lock washer and took the die grinder and trimmed all the high parts on the lock washer, this way it would slide all the way down on the shaft and spin around and was able to aline the bolt holes with the sprocket then I put the one on that was able to lock the sprocket by turning and alining the bolt holes,this way I have it shimmed it from the outside of the sprocket instead of trying to shim from the seal side
WTF304:
You did basically the same thing I did for spacers triguy, can't go wrong keeping those old locks around. I wasn't worried about by the case cause there is a collar the pushes into the counter shaft seal and it sticks out just a little further then the seal, so I know that my spacer will rest against the collar. I had a 16 on mine when I still had the old 530 chain setup, don't know gor certain if clearance was a problem or if it was the links binding up but it started to wear away the engine case ..... not something I was comfortable with to say the least so that's what made me do the 520 conversion as well as go with a 14 for it
triguyracer:
Was probley your chain that was bad ,I was running the 530 with a 16 on the front and at first the stock rear and then changed to the 41 on the rear,the gearing was real good ,might have over done it a little by going to a 39 on the rear and 16 on the front when I went to 520,will have to put some more miles on it as I only gave a test ride of about 7 or 8 miles,Will give it a ride of 2 to 3 hundred miles in the next week or two,want to see how well it will pull the grade over the pass over to Hollister,its a long very steep grade that goes for a number of miles and I will see how well it works,every one here is hauling ass on the freeway 75 plus in most places if your not in the big city even in the slow lane there all doing 65 so I will see how well it works.Due to my weight top gear roll ons might be a little slow.lol
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