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Crawling Finn · 25-04-16, 07:51 PM

I'm pretty sure your bike runs 520 chain - Haynes manual should confirm that and also it might be stamped on the chain links of your existing chain. For example my SFV650 is on 520 but Vstrom 650 uses 525 chain. You can check this by measuring thickness of your sprockets as well. All these 500-series chains have 15.88 mm pitch and roller diameter of 10.16 mm, but the width changes: 520 is 6.35 mm, 525 is 7.85 mm and 530 is 9.53 mm.
Going for 9 mm sprockets would make them very heavy therefore it is very unlikely that someone would be selling a conversion kit from 520 to 530. On many bikes there wouldn't be enough clearance to fit wider chain.

25-04-16, 07:51 PM	#10
Crawling Finn Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: St Neots, Cambridgeshire Posts: 40	Re: Which chain and sprocket set? I'm pretty sure your bike runs 520 chain - Haynes manual should confirm that and also it might be stamped on the chain links of your existing chain. For example my SFV650 is on 520 but Vstrom 650 uses 525 chain. You can check this by measuring thickness of your sprockets as well. All these 500-series chains have 15.88 mm pitch and roller diameter of 10.16 mm, but the width changes: 520 is 6.35 mm, 525 is 7.85 mm and 530 is 9.53 mm. Going for 9 mm sprockets would make them very heavy therefore it is very unlikely that someone would be selling a conversion kit from 520 to 530. On many bikes there wouldn't be enough clearance to fit wider chain.