DribbleDuke
2014-01-24 15:15:00 UTC
This question is in regards to a low horsepower, slow moving, heavily laden bike.
shadowman
2014-01-24 15:39:00 UTC
DribbleDuke
2014-01-24 15:55:00 UTC
A lite-er swing arm moves up and down quicker and gets the wheel back down to earth for more traction, in the off road world.
Down side of aluminium is it wears away faster.
There are sprockets on the market that mix steel and aluminium for covering all bases.
bic_bicknell
2014-01-24 16:12:00 UTC
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shadowman
2014-01-24 16:14:00 UTC
If it's for a 10K trip I would, personally, get a steel one. Especially if you are fitting it in conjunction with a used, part worn, chain because that will wear the sprocket out even faster.
SDNerd
2014-01-24 16:50:00 UTC
If you are doing 10K + Miles on your SD you will also need to take a spare arse!
DribbleDuke
2014-01-24 16:51:00 UTC
All matter in how long the stuff is going to live. And of course, how well it's cared for. As a personal rule to maximize longevity - I change both sprockets and chain at the same time ... Wasting money otherwise (unless you need to change ratios frequently - racing, which is a fun but waste of money anyway). Personally I find Scotts oilers to be giant mess makers - and another thing to maintain.
Want best longevity: 525 Steel. The OE sprockets (steel) are pretty stout (and available in alternative diameters/tooth count). Not too expensive either. What isn't so stout, is the OE model of DID chain. Not a condemnation of DID (they make many, long-lived chains), but of the cheap-ass one KTM put on the bike.
With a good (AFAM, etc.) hard-anodized Al sprocket, Cr-Mo countersprocket, and a top line chain (e.g. DID ZVM-X), even a 520 setup on a 100 HP bike can last an impressively long time.
Want to save a few grams - those Supersprox are solid, and as a bonus you get an orange center.
SDNerd
2014-01-24 17:46:00 UTC
DribbleDuke
2014-01-24 18:17:00 UTC
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SDNerd
2014-01-24 18:42:00 UTC
DribbleDuke
2014-01-24 19:06:00 UTC
Doesn't Bike Bandit carry Triumph parts still? Or give South Bay Triumph a ring - they'll hook you up.
That would be a pretty spectacular journey to Panama and back ... on Meridien borne, but not Meridien built, along meridians (sort of). Your Scrambler already appears more ready than most "Adventure" bikes I've seen. I've read David McCullough's "John Adams" and "Truman"; both were compelling, lucid, and well-researched biographies/histories. Enjoyed them much.
LOL - that may be the best application of SD mirrors I've seen.
DribbleDuke
2014-01-24 19:26:00 UTC
My travel drill is clean the chain after I get off a gravel road and on to pavement, and or at the end of the day while the chain is still warm.
Get the bike up on the center stand, count your fingers. You need to end with the same count.
SDNerd
2014-01-24 19:30:00 UTC
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DribbleDuke
2014-01-24 19:39:00 UTC
I put a small recoil line to the end so all I have to do is drop the hose at the end of my drink. If you work indoors in a cube farm, they usually have card locks/ ID's that are teathered by the small recoil line.
Going south, eh? Kids down there go nuts over stickers. Take a bunch.
Oh! You have to do wheelies when you see a bunch of kids too!
Keep moving your luggage back on the bike to take weight off the front wheel.
Better get a post going so we can keep an eye on you so we can bail you out on your travel.
Take care a me go. I d os.
SDNerd
2014-01-25 00:00:00 UTC
Thanx for the heads up on more McCullough reads, He does cover the Panama subject in page turning prowess. I am reading The Bully Pulpit now and Goodwin is another favorite of mine. You think stickers are better than Snickers?
DribbleDuke
2014-01-25 00:14:00 UTC
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DribbleDuke
2014-01-25 00:44:00 UTC
I am also headed to Taxco as part of the journey I will see if Evilwerks Mom will make me some Holly Mole. My journey puts me in Austin on Moto GP weekend. Well that's the rough game plan. Who here lives in southern Arizona?
SD if I was headed strictly south I'd a let you buy me three cold ones. Looks like SoarSore will need to take the job. Who's going to Moto GP and are you camping out?
DribbleDuke
2014-01-25 01:04:00 UTC
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