Author Topic: Gold, X-ring 530 chains for 35 bux!! (Read 1937 times)

tygrant · « **on:** June 04, 2009, 04:56:58 AM »

Woohoo, found them on clearence through a distributor who gives me dealer cost, 100/104 link 530 RK Xring chains. Gold color. im ordering one for my 550 and im going to machine the front sprocket like funjimmy did so i dont have clearence issues. I will be ordering it around noon if anyone else wants one let me know before then and i can get it for 35 + shipping to you. let me know!

edbikerii · « **Reply #1 on:** June 04, 2009, 05:03:16 AM »

DON'T DO IT!!!!! DON'T DO IT!!!!!

X-ring or o-ring chain will slowly eat a hole through the engine case on a 550. Everything seems fine on the centerstand, but riding stress makes the sprocket go sideways slightly or something, and one day after a couple hundred miles you discover a puddle of oil under your bike. Ask me how I know.

Instead, just get the Tsubaki 530 QR Pro-gold chain. It is very high quality, and looks freaking killer!!!!! I got mine from Dennis Kirk.

Quote from: tygrant on June 04, 2009, 04:56:58 AM

Woohoo, found them on clearence through a distributor who gives me dealer cost, 100/104 link 530 RK Xring chains. Gold color. im ordering one for my 550 and im going to machine the front sprocket like funjimmy did so i dont have clearence issues. I will be ordering it around noon if anyone else wants one let me know before then and i can get it for 35 + shipping to you. let me know!

razor02097 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 04, 2009, 05:08:53 AM »

Is the same true for a 650? I have a 530 gold X ring chain I got free...

tygrant · « **Reply #3 on:** June 04, 2009, 05:21:51 AM »

I am machining the front sprocket on the side where the key way plate bolts on, will give me the extra clearence to run the x ring.... its not true for the 650 as far as i know only the 550

Turbogrimace · « **Reply #4 on:** June 04, 2009, 05:53:51 AM »

Tygrant, who is the manufacturer? Im interested in one!

Ohh and do they have any in a 120-125 link?

Inigo Montoya · « **Reply #5 on:** June 04, 2009, 06:04:48 AM »

I think he said RK. Good chain too. Will work very well if he can get the clearance.

tygrant · « **Reply #6 on:** June 04, 2009, 06:09:36 AM »

yes the manufactuere is RK, no they only have the 100 104 and several in the 80's are on clearence all the others are still regular crazy high price, over 100

Turbogrimace · « **Reply #7 on:** June 04, 2009, 06:15:30 AM »

Sunuva...

Do you think it's kosher to mate two of their chains together to make one? hehehe. I'd still be saving some green on that.

tygrant · « **Reply #8 on:** June 04, 2009, 06:24:40 AM »

at one point i had three master links in a dirt bike chain haha... i wouldnt recomend it though, motorcycles put alot more nut on the chain than dirt bikes.

Turbogrimace · « **Reply #9 on:** June 04, 2009, 06:42:03 AM »

Well shucks. Ill be pushing 100hp, so I guess I'll just pass. Some other day I guess. But gold would have worked out nicely.

BLING BLING!!!!!

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #10 on:** June 04, 2009, 06:42:08 AM »

my gold x-ring is so big it chewed up my side cover on my 750. I ended filing the outside edge of the cover and shimming the bolts on the inside.

razor02097 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 04, 2009, 06:47:34 AM »

grimace use a rivet style master link

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #12 on:** June 04, 2009, 07:02:48 AM »

oh yeah, I forgot- I just turned mine around backwards. (after all that work in the side cover)

tygrant · « **Reply #13 on:** June 04, 2009, 07:09:41 AM »

Quote from: Industrial Cafe on June 04, 2009, 07:02:48 AM

oh yeah, I forgot- I just turned mine around backwards. (after all that work in the side cover)

huh?

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #14 on:** June 04, 2009, 07:30:52 AM »

i don't have the rivet style, (like grimace) i have the removable one. I turned it around so the pins don't stick out and grind the notch in my sprocket cover ever again.

tygrant · « **Reply #15 on:** June 04, 2009, 07:46:45 AM »

OHHH GOTCHA

Philly550K1 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 04, 2009, 08:09:36 AM »

tell me more about this sprocket mod. got pics? you're basically "scooping out" under the retaining plate? how do you keep it from floating down the shaft and eating the case? on which materials is this a viable concept?

tygrant · « **Reply #17 on:** June 04, 2009, 08:23:49 AM »

Well, i got the idea from FunJimmy, the sprocket i have is a cheapo 15t off ebay. big thick and steel. your correct i am "scooping out? under the plate. i am going to measure the difference in the old and new chain and have that amout taken out. fun jimmy put a washer behind the sprocket but i really dont see the need since the plate is bolted to the sprocket it should hold it out against the plate, which is in the keyway on the shaft.

Philly550K1 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 04, 2009, 10:20:00 AM »

<fun jimmy put a washer behind the sprocket but i really dont see the need since the plate is bolted to the sprocket it should hold it out against the plate, which is in the keyway on the shaft. >

oh, right. my uncaffeinated mind plays stupid tricks on me.

so, metallurgy-wise, you're confident that there's plenty left to handle the forces involved? (not my area of expertise, just curious)

tygrant · « **Reply #19 on:** June 04, 2009, 10:37:32 AM »

that M words pretty big... yes by my best guess and garage thinkin i dont see an issue removing .1-.15 off the sprocket. my 550 doesnt have the HP of a modern day litre bike, as much as i wish it did some days. so i dont think it should cause an issue.

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Author Topic: Gold, X-ring 530 chains for 35 bux!! (Read 1937 times)