• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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Time For New Drivetrain Parts

Well, cripes. Supersprox just called. They don't have a 42 in red and won't get one until the first of the year. My only other options were blue or gold. Blue obviously won't work, so I went with gold. Oh well, it matches the chain I suppose!
 
Got it all installed tonight. The chain might be a tad loose. I tend to err on the loose side just to be safe. Once it breaks in and stretches a little, I may have to take a link out.

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The gold doesn't look to bad, really.
 
Motul Chain lube is what I like to use.. the off road version keeps the Gold chains looking good and doesn't build up..
 
mbr440 said:
Motul Chain lube is what I like to use.. the off road version keeps the Gold chains looking good and doesn't build up..
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I've been using Bel Ray Superclean. It leaves a white film on the chain, but it doesn't fling off and/or attract dirt.
 
yea thats a bummer that they didnt have red? Did they say anything if they had red in different teeth amounts? I love red but the gold doesnt look to bad like you said it kinda matchs the chain.
 
krazy1 said:
yea thats a bummer that they didnt have red? Did they say anything if they had red in different teeth amounts? I love red but the gold doesnt look to bad like you said it kinda matchs the chain.
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They did have a red with more teeth. The closest red one to stock they had was a 43. I wasn't interested in playing with the gearing, even though 43 is only one more tooth. I had two reasons for that; highway riding (which I do a lot of) and the speedometer/tripmeter/odometer accuracy.

After my stuff arrived, I realized that changing the gearing won't have an impact on the gauge cluster, since the sensor uses a magnet in the brake rotor. It's not like a sportbike that reads it from inside the tranny. So, unless I'm mistaken, playing with sprocket sizes on this bikes will have no impact at all on speedo/odometer readings.
 
jtemple said:
They did have a red with more teeth. The closest red one to stock they had was a 43. I wasn't interested in playing with the gearing, even though 43 is only one more tooth. I had two reasons for that; highway riding (which I do a lot of) and the speedometer/tripmeter/odometer accuracy.

After my stuff arrived, I realized that changing the gearing won't have an impact on the gauge cluster, since the sensor uses a magnet in the brake rotor. It's not like a sportbike that reads it from inside the tranny. So, unless I'm mistaken, playing with sprocket sizes on this bikes will have no impact at all on speedo/odometer readings.
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That's the idea... almost like someone designed it that way... ;)
 
RDTCU said:
That's the idea... almost like someone designed it that way... ;)
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No kidding! The thought just never crossed my mind, coming from sportbikes. There, changing the gearing meant having to buy a speedohealer or just living with inaccurate gauges.
 
partypage said:
I just purchased a 16 tooth counter gear, and all though I have not tried installing it, it looks as if there is no where near enough room for it. My installation stopped when I couldn't remove the master link plate off the chain(removed the safety clip, couldn't force off the plate) I didn't want to damage the chain because I don't have a spare. I suppose I could just remove the rear wheel and try it that way..

I have a 2011 sms630
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Any update on this? Did it fit? approx clearance? photo? :popcorn:

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