cheapo ebay 630 chains, how to tell if sprocket is 530 or 630????

[Chuck78]

Well, crap! I just looked up those Suzuki specs charts for GS550 gearing, and apparently the 550's and 650's already used 530 chains?!? 77-8 GS550 was a 15-50 gear 530 chain. I had no idea. So much for donating my good used chain to my wife's bike to replace her worn out chain.

Maybe I will try and find an affordable 630 chain for my bike and buy a new 16T 630 front sprocket and run it like that for a while.

[Jedz123]

Don't run an Alluminum sprocket! Unless you want to change it at the end of the season! Your bike will destroy it! Alluminum sprockets are really for light weight low displacement sport bikes that see maybe 3k miles a year.

Steel sprockets and a nice DID chain is what you need. Expect to pay over $300 but the setup will last for years. You can get just about any size Sprocket. Also go to ebay to gather your materials. I've run all my bikes with 530 chain setups and you get the best deals on ebay. Just make sure your buying quality products. My 750 has had its Hayabusa rated chain and sprockets for over 5 years with 30K miles and no issues. I did the 7/11 swap and didn't even think about touching the chain drive.

Make sure you take care of it! I lube mine with PJ1 every 500 miles and do a complete clean with Kerosene every 1000-1500 miles. Some people say I'm crazy but my chains last forever.

[Chuck78]

Don't run an Alluminum sprocket! Unless you want to change it at the end of the season! Your bike will destroy it! Alluminum sprockets are really for light weight low displacement sport bikes that see maybe 3k miles a year.

Steel sprockets and a nice DID chain is what you need. Expect to pay over $300 but the setup will last for years.

DARNIT!!! I was looking up pictures of EMGO sprockets online, and realized that my sprocket that came on the GS1150 drag bike spoked wheel looks to be made by DragSpecialties. It's mirror polished aluminum and looks really really slick, the reason why I was excited to run it. That, and a 16-47 in a 630 would be immense acceleration!
Do you think this monster DragSpecialties 47T sprocket will wear out after 3,000 miles??? That would be a bummer. More motivation to go with a 530 conversion, save weight and get gold/black chain in the process!

[Chuck78]

So I'm looking around online and it seems that a front 530 sprocket runs $23 on ebay, rears around $35-45, and I was looking at some Regina chains starting at around $75, maybe closer to $100 for o-ring chains.

Should I be looking at spending a whole lot more for a chain than that???? $160 doesn't sound too bad. It will postpone the 1100E swingarm conversion a month maybe while I save up or pawn off stuff, but I can swing it.

[Chuck78]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/121014574277

How's that? I see some DID chains for around $110+ that are similar.

Searching ebay for "530 Conversion Chain/Sprocket GS1100E 80-83 17-48T" it looks like I only need a 106 link chan?

[Jedz123]

This what I put on my bikes EK is also a good brand. This would fit the bill! Buddy uses this on his FZ6. Bike is always overloaded and chain never stretches.

Dont cheap out on a chain, esspecially on the big bikes. My old B-12 came with a $100 chain and about 2k miles in she snapped it. Also had an alluminum rear sprocket. It was hooked really bad when the chain snapped.