F4I chain pitch...
#22
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You should realize how many highly educated people are on this site.
Since you want to go that route - The proper 520 chains are for bikes up to 1000cc. and have a tensile strenght of about 9,000 lbs. But guess what, many 525 and 530 chains have the same tensile strenght. Stepping up to the strongest 530 for bikes up to 1600cc. (drag race chains) only takes you up to 11,500 lbs tensile strenght.
As for your dirtbike chain - 520 motorcross chains are not the same as 520 street chains.
Since you want to go that route - The proper 520 chains are for bikes up to 1000cc. and have a tensile strenght of about 9,000 lbs. But guess what, many 525 and 530 chains have the same tensile strenght. Stepping up to the strongest 530 for bikes up to 1600cc. (drag race chains) only takes you up to 11,500 lbs tensile strenght.
As for your dirtbike chain - 520 motorcross chains are not the same as 520 street chains.
ok you win, and it wasnt me be being un-educated...throw that comment out the window...dude was asking what chain to use and he got many opinions.
#23
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I just wanted to make sure everyone knows the true charicteristics to the different chains, not people judging because they saw a chain snap once.
#24
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Originally Posted by johnnyharris
are you guys using master links with your chain conversions?
my 520 conversion kit came with a master link so I used it but I've heard a staked link is way stronger.
my 520 conversion kit came with a master link so I used it but I've heard a staked link is way stronger.
#27
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Ok for those saying 525, I would just like to ask what is the reason?
If the 520 and 525 have the same tensile strength, are rated safe for 1000cc bikes, are lighter and therefore offer less rotational mass, as well as a decrease in unsprung wieght (these equal a little more power) what is the reason to not run them?
If the 520 and 525 have the same tensile strength, are rated safe for 1000cc bikes, are lighter and therefore offer less rotational mass, as well as a decrease in unsprung wieght (these equal a little more power) what is the reason to not run them?
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