warning! possible fitment problems with bigguns end can on kl650-c

[MJDublah]

I finally need to replace my sprockets and chain (20,000 miles), and I was wondering whether to go with aluminum or steel sprockets? Is there any reason to replace them with another set of stock sprockets? Any recommendations on a brand for the sprockets and chain? DO most folks run a masterlink? Thanks in advance, -Matt

[Devon Jarvis]

mjdublah wrote:

> > I finally need to replace my sprockets and chain (20,000 miles), and > I was wondering whether to go with aluminum or steel sprockets?

Steel.

> Is > there any reason to replace them with another set of stock sprockets?

Stock sizes, yes since the stock gearing is an excellent compromise. Actual stock sprockets ordered from a Kawasaki dealer, absolutely not. Waste of time and money.

> Any recommendations on a brand for the sprockets and chain? DO most > folks run a masterlink? >

Sprocket Specialists, Renthal, Sunstar, etc.... Most people who make steel sprockets for the KLR seem to make decent stuff. I'm sure other people will have specific suggestions. I use DID 520VM x-ring chains, but that's because I already have two spare master links in my toolkit and it's easier to get the same chain, so I don't have to get new spare links. I'm sure other folks will have excellent suggestions for different chains. I use clip-type masterlinks, which a lot of people hate. I have never had problems with them (knock on wood) but I have a very specific installation method and I regard master links as absolutely single-use parts. A factory-assembled endless chain is theoretically better, and you should periodically remove and grease your swingarm bolt anyway, but I just don't want to pull the swingarm pivot every time I change the chain. Devon -- "It's a troublesome world, all the people who are in it, are troubled with troubles almost every minute" Dr. Seuss

[david_l_sumner]

I just replaced mine, and I don't like the replacment front sprockets. Too thin, no shock absorption, I am going to put another stocker on.

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "mjdublah" wrote: > I finally need to replace my sprockets and chain (20,000 miles), and > I was wondering whether to go with aluminum or steel sprockets? Is > there any reason to replace them with another set of stock sprockets? > Any recommendations on a brand for the sprockets and chain? DO most > folks run a masterlink? > > Thanks in advance, > -Matt

[Devon Jarvis]

david_l_sumner wrote:

> > I just replaced mine, and I don't like the replacment front > sprockets. Too thin, no shock absorption, I am going to put another > stocker on. >

If you mean the rubber cushion on the stock front sprocket, that's there for noise reduction only, since a plain sprocket makes enough racket to affect a drive-by noise test. Otherwise, a 520 sprocket is a 520 sprocket and they're the same thickness. My stock sprocket seemed to only be surface hardened, once it wore a little it just got eaten up. But if it worked well for you then there's no reason not to. Devon A15-Z -- "It's a troublesome world, all the people who are in it, are troubled with troubles almost every minute" Dr. Seuss

[david_l_sumner]

And another thing ... I lost one clip type master link and have friends who have lost one or more, so I plunged in and got a chain riveter. Lost my clip link in lexington KY on the last day of a 16 day 6000 trip. could have been worse. Had a spare link thanks to a buddy. --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "david_l_sumner" wrote:

> I just replaced mine, and I don't like the replacment front > sprockets. Too thin, no shock absorption, I am going to put

another

> stocker on. > > > --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "mjdublah" wrote: > > I finally need to replace my sprockets and chain (20,000 miles), > and > > I was wondering whether to go with aluminum or steel sprockets?

Is

> > there any reason to replace them with another set of stock > sprockets? > > Any recommendations on a brand for the sprockets and chain? DO

most

> > folks run a masterlink? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > -Matt

[James Hoving]

I just got my BigGun exhaust and promptly went to put it on. The header pipe fit perfectly but the end can does not! There is noway to fit this can to a European KLR. I have sent an e-mail to BigGun and they are looking into it. It might be that my can is messed up, or it might be that the and can of the -C model differs. I am now running a BigGun fronpipe with a factory endcan. I would suggest that anyone who has a -C model, and is thinking about buying an exhaust, waits with ordering untill we have this sorted. /Jim