flatoutbu
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posted June 07, 2007 12:38 PM
* click click click click*
That was the sound lastnight of the teeth breaking off my back sprocket. When i got to the track i was still having major traction issues...been fighting them since the first of year. It took a dragster getting squirrely for them to put some VHT on the track. It hooked on that pass...really hooked. It wheelied because i didnt have the front strapped and when it came back down i stood in it again and and heard the noise....i'm kinda happy...i thought all this time it was my set-up and it wasnt. I have a vortex cat 5 on the way...(they was out of stock on the hardened one) and new front 16 tooth. Hoping for good #'s next week
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smokinzx14
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posted June 07, 2007 03:37 PM
It's nice to have the power to strip the teeth off a sprocket.... 
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stevewfl
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posted June 07, 2007 03:40 PM
"I have a vortex cat 5 on the way"
VORTEX <---the bestest
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flatoutbu
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posted June 07, 2007 06:54 PM
Had a sprocket specialst....i cant say nothing bad about it, it lasted all last year and the first of this one and only chipped one tooth since then. I just got set-up as a vortex dealer so it was perfect timing.
Lee...it was funny, somebody once told me it takes a 500hp bike to strip teeth off a sprocket..guess it only takes 190 hp and one heavy guy : )
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stevewfl
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posted June 07, 2007 07:15 PM
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I just got set-up as a vortex dealer so it was perfect timing.
you are the MAN.
Vortex is awesome. I run the 520 vortex stuff on the track bike (different sprocket sizes for different tracks).
When/if my ZX14 needs sprockets, it'll be a great excuse to put the hardened flavor Vortex to that bike too.
Just the Vortex decal alone on the front of track bike givesthe bike about 5 MPH more ~
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flatoutbu
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posted June 07, 2007 07:53 PM
Yea ill have my new sprockets by tuesday and i'll do another mad dash to get them on for wednesday night. It seems like the bike is always in a million peices tuesday night and i'm thrashing for wednesday. I had to order a 16t sunstar steel sprocket for the front because everybody was out of the billet ones. I might keep the one i have on there but i wanted to do both....when you push the bike backwards you can hear it clicking.
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flatoutbu
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posted June 09, 2007 08:04 AM
oh well...new sprockets will be here monday. have a safe ride guys...
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Ojref
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posted June 09, 2007 08:23 AM
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It's nice to have the power to strip the teeth off a sprocket....
...Till you get a chain 'upside ya dome. 
Hardened, lighweight steel for me.
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SteddyTeddy
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posted June 09, 2007 08:28 AM
 Edited By: SteddyTeddy on 9 Jun 2007 09:31
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Had a sprocket specialst....i cant say nothing bad about it, it lasted all last year and the first of this one and only chipped one tooth since then. I just got set-up as a vortex dealer so it was perfect timing.
Lee...it was funny, somebody once told me it takes a 500hp bike to strip teeth off a sprocket..guess it only takes 190 hp and one heavy guy : )
I know a guy that just stripped a VORTEX sprocket with only 170HP playing on the street.
Chain adjustment! Check it regularly!
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blackbullet76
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posted June 09, 2007 08:34 AM
Edited By: blackbullet76 on 9 Jun 2007 09:36
Does chain adjustment play a big roll on sprocket wear? I always keep a close eye on mine to make sure it ain't loose. I've adjusted it probably 4 times since last november, it's got around 3400 miles on it.
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bigdtd
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posted June 09, 2007 08:49 AM
i would say most probably err getting the chain too tight
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flatoutbu
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posted June 09, 2007 02:36 PM
I check my chain almost on a daily basis. I probaly spend at least,5-6 hours a week working on or prepping the bike for the track. I think 400+ pass's out of a sprocket is pretty good....
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