changing front Sprockets - SV650.org

12-01-06, 11:48 AM

Hello.

Has anyone changed the front Sprocket??? i have a 2001 model and am looking to change mine to give me more acceleration and hope that the front wheel will come up easier??? will i lose much top end??

12-01-06, 11:49 AM

Change the rear sprocket. Putting a smaller front sprocket will cause increased chain wear.

12-01-06, 04:03 PM

Yup, a 46/7 tooth rear sprocket is all you need, that and an R6 throttle tube will see a marked difference giving snappier and ear-to-ear grin-making acceleration. Not outrageous just useful and noticable.

However you may well need to fit a 110 link chain but then again, if you're replacing the sprocket(s) that would be sensible anyway.

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12-01-06, 10:26 PM

And the fron one's a complete b'stard to get off if it ain't been done before. It has thread locking compound on it and is done up mega-tight. Nearly gave myself a hernia getting mine off.

Another reason for changing the rear to alter gearing.

northwind · 13-01-06, 12:37 AM

Some people do go further and like it though... Personal taste thing.

If you drop the gearing a lot, you'll lose top end. If you drop it a little, you won't, or if you will, not enough to worry. The reason being, a stock SV won't redline in top anyway. Or at least, most won't, some say theirs will but I know what it takes to do that and I think they're, eh, confused.

12-01-06, 11:48 AM	#1
w.steele Guest Posts: n/a	changing front Sprockets Hello. Has anyone changed the front Sprocket??? i have a 2001 model and am looking to change mine to give me more acceleration and hope that the front wheel will come up easier??? will i lose much top end??

13-01-06, 12:37 AM	#5
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,082	Some people do go further and like it though... Personal taste thing. If you drop the gearing a lot, you'll lose top end. If you drop it a little, you won't, or if you will, not enough to worry. The reason being, a stock SV won't redline in top anyway. Or at least, most won't, some say theirs will but I know what it takes to do that and I think they're, eh, confused. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

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12-01-06, 11:49 AM	#2
Flamin_Squirrel Guest Posts: n/a	Change the rear sprocket. Putting a smaller front sprocket will cause increased chain wear.

12-01-06, 04:03 PM	#3
jonboy Guest Posts: n/a	Yup, a 46/7 tooth rear sprocket is all you need, that and an R6 throttle tube will see a marked difference giving snappier and ear-to-ear grin-making acceleration. Not outrageous just useful and noticable. However you may well need to fit a 110 link chain but then again, if you're replacing the sprocket(s) that would be sensible anyway. .

12-01-06, 10:26 PM	#4
Well Oiled Guest Posts: n/a	And the fron one's a complete b'stard to get off if it ain't been done before. It has thread locking compound on it and is done up mega-tight. Nearly gave myself a hernia getting mine off. Another reason for changing the rear to alter gearing.