520 Conversions

[danny86]

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Wh..Wh... What? That's nothing to do with a 520 kit? A 520 kit can't significantly change the way your bike revs.

calm the fck down, I forgot to include I changed the sprockets too, -1/+2

[Degsy]

calm the fck down,

You said "I hate 520 kits" The 520 kit is irrelevant. You can change sprockets on any size chain. Even forgetting to mention the sprocket change, the 520 is still irrelevant.

Since this is a discussion on 520 kits and not sprocket sizes, your response should have been " ".

...and you calm down, I'm just fucking with you.

[danny86]

you calm down

[Degsy]

you calm down

[Ray-Ray]

that has nothing to do with the pitch and everything to do with the sprocket ratio you chose

same number to teeth on a 525 or 530 drive line would have yielded the same quick rev results

They are right.... The "520" only involves the material and weight of the chain. Has nothing to do with reving ratios. The front and or rear sprockets are the only thing that could cause a significant change in hwo your bike revs while riding.

[duganc1717]

[G21forme]

I went from 525 to 520 on my 600 and snapped it. If you're putting around on the 1000 it'll wear quicker, if you're riding it hard it will wear a lot quicker and probably snap at some point. The benefits are non existent.

Strange, 636 B1's come stock with 520 pitch

[Awesome]

Strange, 636 B1's come stock with 520 pitch

What's strange about it?

[butcher bergs]

Where's Slyder in all this?



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Lurking, that's where.

[OreoGaborio]

calm the fck down, I forgot to include I changed the sprockets too, -1/+2

Yeah Degs...

[Slyder]

oh boy another 520 thread

The only difference that you'll actually notice (if any) are increased chain & sprocket wear.

Huh. I've noticed LESS wear with the 520 compared to the stock 530. Sometimes however the OEM chains are good, sometimes not so much. My OEM DID 530 was junk before it was even on the bike.

I went with a 520 to save a few bucks (unemployed is not fun) and I went with the EK chain because its much stronger than the DID and RK 520's.

If you ride down the road and aren't constantly yanking your junk, er clippons, a 520 will be fine on a CBR 1k. If you need to have the bike stood up vertical more often than not, I'd say stick with a 525 or 530.

As others said, you won't notice a difference going to a 520. If you want to save weight and notice a difference...after market wheels would be a good start. A set of carbon wheels would be

[OreoGaborio]

Huh. I've noticed LESS wear with the 520 compared to the stock 530.

I should have said "more wear with a comparable chain & sprockets".

Make the chain & sprockets thinner and keep everything else the same (construction, maintenance, etc) and it's gonna wear out faster. If you take bad care of a cheap 530, then switch to a stronger 520 & take great care of it, then yeah, it could easily last longer.

Regardless, your mileage may vary... literally.

[Dragginazz]

oh boy another 520 thread

As others said, you won't notice a difference going to a 520. If you want to save weight and notice a difference...after market wheels would be a good start. A set of carbon wheels would be

Oh I'm sure this topic must be up in the hundreds, so I felt comfortable in adding 1 more

Carbon wheels...I can taste them now!

[Jim]

i'm sure you're already aware of this, but most 520 rear sprockets are aluminum & will wear much quicker than your OEM steel sprocket.

[Dragginazz]

i'm sure you're already aware of this, but most 520 rear sprockets are aluminum & will wear much quicker than your OEM steel sprocket.

Yeah, that's why I was going to try "Supersprox" sprockets. I'm still going to, but I'm gonna stick with the 530 anyways. I can't get over how good the originals held up. I kept up with cleaning and lubing and so far over 12,000, not too bad.

[Jim]

yep. i clean & lube my 525 chain every 300 miles. after 7k miles, i had to make my 1st chain adjustment. after trying an aluminum rear, i went back to steel.

[Dragginazz]

yep. i clean & lube my 525 chain every 300 miles. after 7k miles, i had to make my 1st chain adjustment. after trying an aluminum rear, i went back to steel.

After 7000...really, no complaints there I take it. My chain was stretching real bad in the begining, seemed like a metel bungee cord. It stretched then stopped for some F'd up reason, thank God. I was on track to replace it after 3000 at the rate it was going!

[duganc1717]

yep. i clean & lube my 525 chain every 300 miles. after 7k miles, i had to make my 1st chain adjustment. after trying an aluminum rear, i went back to steel.

I suppose, posing doesn't put a lot of wear on a chain and sprockets.

[BLACK SQUIRREL]

I suppose, posing doesn't put a lot of wear on a chain and sprockets.

Either does keeping a bike for month

[TimmyB]

EK 520 mvxz X Ring Motorcycle Chain features: 9000 lb tensile strength




I too have snapped a 520, D.I.D. i believe, due to poor rear wheel alignment I presume. Boy did that make a mess..

[Mondo]

take it for what its worth....

I'm running a 520 (DID ERVIII chain and Supersprox front and rear sprockets) on the same bike as you. Everyone has their opinions, and the opinions on this forum tends to be that a 520 will not work on a 1000cc motorcycle.

If you go over to 1000rr.net (a specific forum for your bike) about 98% of the people there run them with no issues (on race bikes, and street bikes) and have not had them snap.

You wont feel the difference between a 530 and 520 from what I've read. So from a performance standpoint I guess its not even a factor. But its your bike do with it as you please, do some research over there before making your decision. With a thread like this you will probably get as many varried answers as you would if you asked what was better Pazzo's or CRG's

[Ray-Ray]

Bottom line bro, do what YOU want to do with YOUR bike. Everyone rides at a different pace and puts their bikes through different stress levels. Besides think about it, would the companies still make 520 kits if they were really that bad?? I mean if you wanna add a little more strength then just go with the steel supersprox rather than the vortex aluminum.

[Slyder]

EK 520 mvxz X Ring Motorcycle Chain features: 9000 lb tensile strength

The older EK 520 was 9000lbs. The newer 520 is 9300lbs I believe, at lest that's what their website was claiming. The MVXZ525 and 530 are both 9600. So if you went with an EK chain you could still drop to a 525 and have probably no worries.


My OEM chain was like a metal bungee cord too. I think the manufacturers go shopping and take the cheapest deals, at times. My chain never stopped stretching and I felt after 2 years its time was up. I went with the 520 EK and Driven sprockets. I tightened it only a couple times last summer, and after a few rides I was sold...it didn't need tightening like the old chain would have.

+1 on clean / lube every 300 miles. If you don't like chain wax or whatever making a mess of your bike, this is the stuff to have. I've never seen a chain stay so clean. Spray it on and wipe excess off, that removes what little dirt your chain may have on it. Great stuff.

[duganc1717]

Either does keeping a bike for month

I'm up to 2 months w/the R6.

[G21forme]

What's strange about it?

Just think it's strange that a 600rr snaps a 520 chain when there are thousands of 636's on the road that are doing just fine.