Parts, Parts, Questions.

I am awaiting delivery of some parts from PSP and others including my new 530-110 chain,:rockon: . I have my eye on a 15 tooth renthal front sprocket that I would like to get also:biggrin: . Anyone know if the stock chain length will still work if I get this sprocket?

 

Howdy, V4Dan. On every bike I have changed the gearing on, one tooth up or down from stock is adjustable. Last gearing changes I did were on the SV650, and were:

15 - 45 Stock
16 - 45 Mod 1
15 - 44 Mod 2

I did not have to mod the chain at all. You could try putting on the new sprocket first with the old chain, just to get an idea. Hope that is useful.

 

Cool! Thanks Lgn001. I thought that was the case but didnt want to be disappointed by not asking and it not work. This is going to help boost the morale, gots the cabin fever... big time!

 

Parts question

Hey, I'm sorry to 'jack this thread. (But stupid me can't figure out how to start my own yet)

I have a 1985 vf700f. I need to replace the airfilter. I don't want to have to re-jet my carbs. So do I have to go with Honda oem. Or can I go with an after-market type. Or only certain after-market types?

I apologize for my ignorance. (At least ignorance can be fixed, stupid is forever...:wacko

 

Rejet the carbs after changing the filter? That's not necessary (to my knowledge). Rejetting means to open up the carbs and change the inner diameter of the fuel jets, thereby influencing fuel flow characteristics. If you're referring to our convo in chat, I think you misunderstood. Unless you're drastically changing the dynamics of the intake, carb adjustments are unnecessary.

The reason I said I was waiting for my air filter to come in before doing any adjustments was because adjusting idle/pilot screws with a dirty filter will yield inaccurate results (according to my service manual) because I believe my settings to be off. If your settings are already correct, just get that dirty filter out of there.

If any expert needs to override anything I've said, please do. It'll be a learning experience for newbies like Storm and I.

 

A K&N is a high flow filter, and much more expensive, but they are gauranteed for a million miles. If I am correct you can run either a K&N or OEM as long as you dont play with the carbs. The OEM is less expensive, unless you jet the carbs w a stage one kit there is no need for a N&N though.

BTW Storm, go to Forums scroll down until you see all of the Forums that will be the first box containing things like "general vfr questions", there are many others too. click on it then scroll down until you see a little button to the left just above the beginning of all the thread titles that says "New Thread". hope that helps.

 

Ahh...ok.

Thanks for the info guys. I did actually know what it meant to rejet the carbs. I am not much of a mechanic which is why I "don't" want to do that. But I had heard somewhere that if you use a high flow airfilter it changes the way the carbs need to run...I also heard that about some after-market exhaust systems. I wasn't sure if it was true or not.

And VeryFunRide, it wasn't because of anything you said...at least I don't think so. That also was a fairly late night if I remember correctly. Thanks for the clarity though.

Thanks again guys.

P.S. Thanks for the info on starting a new thread too. It was 3:00 in the morning when I was trying to figure it out...not my smartest time of the day.

And, VeryFunRide, it wasn't because of anything you said...at least I don't think so. That also was a fairly late night if I remember correctly. Thanks for the clarity though.