what's your gas milage, 80 mpg here quite happy

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by burkbuilds

Thanks Easy, I may give that 16T sprocket a shot when I am ready for a new chain since I've always heard you should replace both sprockets when you put a new chain on anyway.

It's quick, easy and inexpensive. If you don't like it, very little is lost.

Last time I was in Ga. with the bike, another GZ'er got to test mine and was really impressed. I thought he was going to run right out and do it; haven't heard from him since, however. :??:

Alas, no 16T test rides anymore.....and I probably won't be offering "test rides" on the VLX during my next trip !! :cool:

How many miles on your present chain ??

[dannylightning]

Originally Posted by Easy Rider

It's quick, easy and inexpensive. If you don't like it, very little is lost.

Last time I was in Ga. with the bike, another GZ'er got to test mine and was really impressed. I thought he was going to run right out and do it; haven't heard from him since, however. :??:

Alas, no 16T test rides anymore.....and I probably won't be offering "test rides" on the VLX during my next trip !! :cool:

How many miles on your present chain ??

there is a different size front sprocket and rear sprocket you can get right, witch one helps out the most, how much does it actually help out and where do you get them??

[JWR]

Short answer.

Put 16t in the search box.

If you still have questions, come back and ask.

Jerry

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by dannylightning

there is a different size front sprocket and rear sprocket you can get right, witch one helps out the most, how much does it actually help out and where do you get them??

+1 on what Jerry said. You're gonna have to help yourself just a TINY bit.

I think, however, that you read too much into "burkbuilds" post.

In general, the chain AND sprockets ALL wear together. When you replace the chain, you should also replace BOTH sprockets because they will be worn too.

Now.....since you are changing them anyway.....that is the perfect time to put on a DIFFERENT front sprocket to try (with 16 teeth instead of 15). Doing it at that time costs you virtually nothing, in time or money.

Nobody that I know of has messed with changing sizes on the rear sprocket; it is just too much trouble and somewhat more costly.

[OK, there might have been ONE guy......but he blew up his engine and hasn't been back !!!]

[Sarris]

Put a new cush drive rubber (aka internal rear hub shock absorber) in while you have it apart. I put in a new one at 10K mileas and plan to do it ever 10k. Best 8$ you'll spend that really smooths out shifting clutch engagement and makes the rear end quieter too.

Rear Hub Shock Absorber it's item #15.

[dannylightning]

Originally Posted by Easy Rider

+1 on what Jerry said. You're gonna have to help yourself just a TINY bit.

well i know how to use the search but when some one brings something up i don't see any harm inquiring about it, i mean heck they already put it out there to ask about. plus when searching you often halve to dig through a lot of post just cus some one mentioned the word sprocket or the letter 16 haha (i meant the number 16) how ever i did find stuff on this topic quite easy

there was something i searched for where i must have clicked on at least 30+ different things that came up in the search before i found one that was actually about that subject. and a few other things took a while to find also

[JWR]

So you learned something????

Now what question do you have??

[dannylightning]

do some gz's have a different size front sprocket. guess that's about my only question now. i found one post on where to get it the after market sprocket, when i checked out their after markets sprockets or a 03 gz it was a 13t and said the oem was also a 13t.

ill count mine tomorrow when it's not raining and later im gonna see if i can find some other places that have sprockets for these bikes right now im gonna take a nap.

[JWR]

I had my local dealer order mine here:
http://www.sprocketspecialists.com/

Some of the online sources are a little misleading on their sprockets.

Jerry

[dannylightning]

Thanks, i looked up the gz on that site they got any where from a 10t-16t front sprocket for these bikes about 20 bucks for the 16t, not to bad at all

ill probably end up getting one eventually, the only thing i read i dont like is some people say they get a bit of power loss or less top speed, that sounds lousy but the benefits of that sprocket sound great and it,s probably better for the bike too. not halving to shift as soon and not running the rpm's so high is definitely a plus.

i might replace my chain some time soon, only 3k miles on the bike but it spend a lot of time out side and had not been rode much, the chain does look a little crappy. ill see how it looks after i clean it with kerosene. its pretty dirty so hopefully that's the only thing making it look bad, guess ill find out when i get all the dirt and grime off