Chain NUT here ...
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Originally Posted by Nath
Yes!
It's an old thread, but people reading it might be left thinking that it's a really good idea (to cable tie sprockets to your bike). It isn't, because they will eventually snap and the sprockets fall off. It might take a while, and if you ride predominantly on tarmac or well graded roads you may never experience it. But why take the chance?? You should only really need to carry front sprockets as a rear sprocket should last at least 30,000 miles if you take care of the chain. One or two front sprockets take up hardly any room in your luggage, or possibly your tool kit.
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YEP ... Old Post ... but a very good point above!
Front sprockets wear about 3 to 1 vs. rear sprocket. But if your chain is a cheapo or worn out ... it will ruin a good sprocket in short order. Keeping a fresh front sprocket on will extend chain life substantially.
The other KEY THING here is to start your trip with a brand new, high quality X ring chain. I like DID 525 X ring vm2 on my DR650 ... I use mostly OEM sprockets and change front sprocket at about 8 to 10,000 miles ... or sooner
depending on conditions. (water & mud very hard on chain/sprockets)
I've run through 3 DID X ring chains ... each did around 25,000 miles ... and each used 3 front sprockets and just ONE rear sprocket over those miles.
All were kept CLEAN and OILED.
If you start with NEW, high quality parts ... then you should easily make 20,000 miles before a chain and new rear sprocket are needed. So plan your
service stop for somewhere that carries parts for your bike and sells QUALITY X Ring chains ... which last about 30% longer than O ring chains.
Cheap chains will eat new sprockets and fail in around 10K miles, depending on use/abuse.
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