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Bikegeezer
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 Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:32 pm Post subject: Drive chain for CB500K |
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Has anyone installed a 530 O ring chain on a 500 or 550 SOHC? If so, what clearance issues did you need to overcome?
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tbpmusic
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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Stu -
The major issue is with the clutch lifter apparatus - the part that holds the tip of the clutch cable is vulnerable due to the added width of the o-ring chain - and you'll play hell finding a new part, they haven't been available in decades.
The DOHC 450's are also prone to this, and we generally try to avoid o-ring chains on these particular models.
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05c50
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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Stu, do a search on oring chain on sohc/4. There's been many threads about the damage they caused on 500/550.
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=75149.0
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zjeppe
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:31 am Post subject: |
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My 193 hp s 1000RR has got a 520 chain.Hardly moved for 20.000 km  |
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Bikegeezer
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:18 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Bill and Paul. It looked pretty dicey to me after I installed one of DID's 530NZ non-Oring chains, so I suspected the O ring type might tear things up. Thanks for confirming that.
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fasterspider
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:34 am Post subject: |
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| zjeppe wrote: | | My 193 hp s 1000RR has got a 520 chain.Hardly moved for 20.000 km |
But, does anyone make 520 sprockets for 40 year old Hondas? I am game to try a 520 chain on my Scrambler if I can find sprockets to fit.
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zjeppe
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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Ray, overhere there is a firm called "KITCROSS" who make sprockets for virtually everything in any wanted material,I would be stunned there was nothing similar in the U.S. of A  |
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MR.CHocko
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| This thread is interesting. Now I got to go check my chain and see if it is a O ring chain. |
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Bikegeezer
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| Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:32 am Post subject: |
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| fasterspider wrote: |
But, does anyone make 520 sprockets for 40 year old Hondas? I am game to try a 520 chain on my Scrambler if I can find sprockets to fit. |
Ray,
A modern 520 O ring chain is probably as strong as a non-O ring 530 - maybe stronger. It might also be a bit lighter, and it'll definitely wear a lot longer. It'll also be considerably more expensive. But...with a 350 scrambler, how many miles are you going to put on that bike, and will you really benefit from a lighter chain...enough to justify the price premium? DID's 530NZ series non-O ring gives really good wear without breaking the bank, and without sending you on a search for special sprockets. They are a bit larger than a standard 530, but they fit with no issues.
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fasterspider
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| Bikegeezer wrote: | | fasterspider wrote: |
But, does anyone make 520 sprockets for 40 year old Hondas? I am game to try a 520 chain on my Scrambler if I can find sprockets to fit. |
Ray,
A modern 520 O ring chain is probably as strong as a non-O ring 530 - maybe stronger. It might also be a bit lighter, and it'll definitely wear a lot longer. It'll also be considerably more expensive. But...with a 350 scrambler, how many miles are you going to put on that bike, and will you really benefit from a lighter chain...enough to justify the price premium? DID's 530NZ series non-O ring gives really good wear without breaking the bank, and without sending you on a search for special sprockets. They are a bit larger than a standard 530, but they fit with no issues.
Stu |
Thanks Stu, my CL350 can hang with the "standard" 530 Tsubaki chain she has for now, it works well and was almost free last year.
I found this 530 chain on a CB450 yesterday, it has the weirdest looking master link I have ever seen.
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tbpmusic
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| Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:27 am Post subject: |
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Ray -
That's an old school half-link thingie.
Common back in The Day - that chain is pretty old..........
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