Sprocket
what damage then?
There are some clever bods out there, so my question is;
Why haven't we all made this change, as most of us complain about the round town riding, does it have any negative effects? Put any extra strains on the bike, cost a fortune to do? Invalidate the warranty?
Why haven't we all made this change, as most of us complain about the round town riding, does it have any negative effects? Put any extra strains on the bike, cost a fortune to do? Invalidate the warranty?
Yes, another Fireblade owner, but fug me she shifts like s**t off the proverbial and handles like a dream (wet)
- blackstorm
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Positives = Much better accelleration . The power seems to be more usable and easier at low speed
Negatives= Slightly lower theoretical top speed (Which most of us dont use anyway) The speedo reads slightly fast
Cost from Demon Tweeks for a 15 tooth front sprocket is about £12.00
Takes about 15mins to do the job
Not sure about the warranty situation as Ive never been able to afford a new bike .
No extra strain on the bike unless you start finding wheelies to easy and cant stop yourself .
I'm on my second storm and have done the conversion to both of them having covered about 30.000 miles no probs so far
Hope this helps
Negatives= Slightly lower theoretical top speed (Which most of us dont use anyway) The speedo reads slightly fast
Cost from Demon Tweeks for a 15 tooth front sprocket is about £12.00
Takes about 15mins to do the job
Not sure about the warranty situation as Ive never been able to afford a new bike .
No extra strain on the bike unless you start finding wheelies to easy and cant stop yourself .
I'm on my second storm and have done the conversion to both of them having covered about 30.000 miles no probs so far
Hope this helps
- Fireman on a Storm
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- Location: Romford
- blackstorm
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sprocket
Im not a mechanic but here goes.
1. The clutch release cylinder is held on to the sprocket cover by 3 bolts. Remove the bolts remembering which bolt goes into which hole as the bolts are different lengths. The release cylinder will come out as one unit ( no need to disconnect the hose) and I have found that it will require gentle wriggling to pull it away from the sprocket cover. Behind the cylinder is a paper gasket, if you are gentle you wont tear it and it can be reused. Once you have removed the cylinder dont pull on the clutch lever or the piston inside the cylinder will be moved out of position ( I use a tie wrap to hold the piston in place)
2. Undo the bolts which secure the sprocket cover and remove it.
3. With the bike in first gear or if you have someone helping get them to apply the rear brake then undo the nut securing the front sprocket.
4. Loosen the rear wheel spindle and move the wheel as far forward as poss. This will give plenty of slack chain
5 Remove the front sprocket and chain from the shaft.
6. Replace the sprocket with the new one. I found it easier to put the sprocket inside the chain, engaging the teeth and sliding the sprocket onto the shaft as one unit. You may want to consider the age of the rear sprocket and chain and replace them so that they all wear in together.
7. Redo the sprocket nut tightening it to 54nm Dont forget to check that you have included the washer that came of with the nut when dissasembling.
8 Replace the sprocket cover
9. Replace the clutch release cylinder
10. Readjust chain tension . I have never had a problem but just make sure the chain dosent foul on anything like the exhaust etc.
11 Tighten rear spindle nut to 93nm.
12. Book into a wheely schoool and enjoy
Hope this helps. Typing this was more difficult than doing the job
1. The clutch release cylinder is held on to the sprocket cover by 3 bolts. Remove the bolts remembering which bolt goes into which hole as the bolts are different lengths. The release cylinder will come out as one unit ( no need to disconnect the hose) and I have found that it will require gentle wriggling to pull it away from the sprocket cover. Behind the cylinder is a paper gasket, if you are gentle you wont tear it and it can be reused. Once you have removed the cylinder dont pull on the clutch lever or the piston inside the cylinder will be moved out of position ( I use a tie wrap to hold the piston in place)
2. Undo the bolts which secure the sprocket cover and remove it.
3. With the bike in first gear or if you have someone helping get them to apply the rear brake then undo the nut securing the front sprocket.
4. Loosen the rear wheel spindle and move the wheel as far forward as poss. This will give plenty of slack chain
5 Remove the front sprocket and chain from the shaft.
6. Replace the sprocket with the new one. I found it easier to put the sprocket inside the chain, engaging the teeth and sliding the sprocket onto the shaft as one unit. You may want to consider the age of the rear sprocket and chain and replace them so that they all wear in together.
7. Redo the sprocket nut tightening it to 54nm Dont forget to check that you have included the washer that came of with the nut when dissasembling.
8 Replace the sprocket cover
9. Replace the clutch release cylinder
10. Readjust chain tension . I have never had a problem but just make sure the chain dosent foul on anything like the exhaust etc.
11 Tighten rear spindle nut to 93nm.
12. Book into a wheely schoool and enjoy
Hope this helps. Typing this was more difficult than doing the job
- Fireman on a Storm
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wheelies?
HI!
1°) with a new sprocket, can we do wheelies without clutching up, just by an acceleration without putting the foot on the "passenger foot step"?
(don't know how to tell the "metalic bar" for the foot in english )
2°) with a new sprocket, what is the max speed in 2nd just before the red zone?
Oliv'
1°) with a new sprocket, can we do wheelies without clutching up, just by an acceleration without putting the foot on the "passenger foot step"?
(don't know how to tell the "metalic bar" for the foot in english )
2°) with a new sprocket, what is the max speed in 2nd just before the red zone?
Oliv'