Chain and Sproket replacement

[TadMC]

Ok ive done a decent bit of searching the web and I can not find the specifications of the front sprocket,  IE whats the diameter of the inside ring of the spocket


can someone provide some liinks

[wildbill]

yeah the chain and masterlink should be fine.

[MarkusN]

Don't try this at home, kids. Bicycle chains have only a press fit of the rod, while the Motorcycle chain has a (if somewhat rudimentary) rivet head. You need a proper riveting tool to close the final link. Just pressing the rod in will not work, at least not reliably.

[wildbill]

Don't try this at home, kids. Bicycle chains have only a press fit of the rod, while the Motorcycle chain has a (if somewhat rudimentary) rivet head. You need a proper riveting tool to close the final link. Just pressing the rod in will not work, at least not reliably.

thanks for the info, this works on bike chains i know but now that i know it wont work on motorcycle chains i'll take that down.

[Unnamed]

So I get how the types of chain connectors work, but what about the o ring/ non o ring chains? Which works better?

[Kerry]

what about the o ring/ non o ring chains? Which works better?

From a D.I.D CHAIN SPECIFICATIONS table in the 2003 Dennis Kirk catalog:

Size & Type	Sealing Ring	Max. Engine Size	Wear Life Index*	Tensile Strength (lbs)	Notes
520S Standard	None	250cc	100	7,200	Economical standard street chain
520NZ heavy-duty	None	250cc	410	8,220	Heavy-duty type
520V Vector Supreme Sealed	O-ring	400cc	2,350	6,830	High-performance street chain
520VM premium sealed / gold	X-ring	750cc	3,450	8,120	Maximum-performance street chain with gold side plates
520ZVM superbike series	X-ring	750cc	3,400	8,525	Strength and durability on today's high-performance superbikes

* Wear Life Index should be used as a comparison for probable wear life, under identical circumstances.  Think of it as a percent, with standard chains being 100.[/list]

You need to take some of this with a grain of salt.  The D.I.D. 520V chain was OEM equipment on earlier models of the GS500E (I wonder what comes on them now?) so the Max. Engine Size of 400cc is somewhat suspect. 

"Standard " chain must be pretty minimal if the lowest-cost O-ring chain will last 23 times as long.  But even D.I.D.'s "Heavy-Duty" chain will supposedly last only 1/8 as long as their X-ring chain.

It's possible to get longish life out of a "No-ring" chain, but I understand that it requires constant vigilance and care.

Does that help?