June 9th, 2025
New chain and sprockets came in. 17 front. 38 rear. 530 pitch. Did some digging on which chain would hold the most power reliably. Found the chain in black. Thought that was cool since the bike is black and I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone use a black chain. I have also never seen someone shell out $400 for just a chain…… The last owner had some kind of chinese fuel cap that loved to not ventilate properly and let water into the gas tank. Bit the bullet and got the $200 vortex one. I already had vortex sprockets but they had about 10k or so on them and I wanted to change the gearing anyhow as suggested by some other turbo guys. Old sprockets had some wear. Interestingly the interior teeth of the front sprocket had a couple thou’ of play on the output shaft. New one didn’t have that same play. I was a little surprised to see wear there since overall the current chain and sprockets looked pretty decent
