Hi people, I’d be grateful for two bits of advice on chain and sprockets for my standard 1996 900ss carbie. (First) on the existing gearing (15/37) first is too tall and sixth is unnecessarily tall. What choices do I have to improve this? What do people recommend? I ride purely on the road, often on tight bumpy backroads but sometimes on motorway runs. (Second) I’d like to get a high quality replacement chain and sprockets. What make do people recommend for these parts? And who would be a good supplier for these parts? I realise that the gearing topic has been touched on before, but I couldn’t see much discussion of the issues I’ve raised. Thanks.
I run a 15 front and a 39 rear, helps with acceleration. Previous to this I had a 14 front and a standard rear, which is the equivalent to 3 up on the rear with a 15 front. Both setups good, a bit better round town and better acceleration, however my bike revs quite quick due to mods, hence the reason I changed to a slightly taller gearing. I would recommend rental rear as they are alloy, or afam. I have a DID ER gold chain on at the moment and it's a fast road/race chain. I use DID mostly. I buy off eBay from a reputable seller, any of the big companies depending on price
Desmoquattro, that's really helpful - thank you. Embarrassingly I forgot to say that I'm looking for steel sprockets, not alloy. Can anyone recommend a make and supplier for those? Thanks!
Afam are steel. You'll not get an alloy front on a rear. I actually have some rears if you tell me what you want I can see if I have that size, I've got 2 or 3. New unused
Hi Desmoquattro, Before you spend time looking for that sprocket (I hope you haven't already, in which case I apologise) it looks like it may be simpler to buy a full sprocket and chain set from a supplier than parts of it only, so I think I'll do that, if you don't mind. Thanks again for your considerable help - much appreciated.
Hi everyone, Thanks for all your help and advice. I've got it sorted out now. In the end I settled for a DID Gold X-ring chain with 15 x 39 (steel) AFAM sprockets from Bike Torque Racing. And I learned a bit about gearing, sprockets, manufacturers and suppliers. So thanks again to one and all!
