Sproket/counter shaft issue

[dannygraves]

its what I run on both of my bikes, and plan on buying another for the gen-3. the one in my gen-1 is 2 years old and still in great shape, infact it looked new until pismo, now theres a little surface rust on the black parts

[MICK]

Try letting those aftermarket peices break in. When I installed TM Designs guards and sliders that shit was loud as hell. Like you described, so noisy I felt embarrassed...like fourstroke embarrassed. After a couple hundred miles of riding it wore in and is now quiet as a mouse. Patience is a virtue.

...by far the best deal I could find
DID-520-VM-X-Ring-Gold

Only 8120 lbs "average" tensile strength Is this for your boy's mini bike?

[dannygraves]

k, what chain do you run?

[MICK]

Sidewinder 520 RNX. 16,000 lbs tensile strength. 4lbs 2oz. Used the last one for five seasons, over 200 rides.

http://sidewindersprockets.com/titanium_chain.html

[iggys-amsoil]

...by far the best deal I could find
DID-520-VM-X-Ring-Gold

Only 8120 lbs "average" tensile strength Is this for your boy's mini bike?

Wear Resistance is important too. The one above is 3,220. Its close to the ERV2 that I ran for 4 years which has been replaced by the ERV3.

http://www.didchain.com/specs.htm

I got a ERT2 from a Vet X prize, wear re.... rated @ 430 I don't expect it to last a year.

[dannygraves]

Sidewinder 520 RNX. 16,000 lbs tensile strength. 4lbs 2oz. Used the last one for five seasons, over 200 rides.

http://sidewindersprockets.com/titanium_chain.html

thats a non o-ring chain... Seems like a fine chain and plenty strong, but if my done up light switch '86 motor can run 2 seasons at dumont shooting hills on that did chain, then I don't need anymore strength. But like Iggy said wear is a problem, especially in the sand. a couple rides in the sand on a non o-ring chain and my chain will be hitting my frame.
just my .02

[MICK]

I know DID's are good chains. I was just talking shit. O-rings are great low maintenance, hose off and forget chains.
The material the Sidewinder's links are made of are hell for stout. It's resistance to wear blew my mind for a non o-ring. I feel 90% of it's wear can be attributed to chain lube and the foreign matter it attracts. I'm not using chain lube on this new one. It rests in a bath of gear oil until the night prior to a ride then I drip dry it. Stays clean and free rolling all day. Whereas before the sand would cling and pack to the lube and make it flex like an o-ring chain.

[eyesky2002]

Just to finish this topic up... Got a new OEM Honda lower roller in today and put it on and....... No more noise, you can hardly hear the chain roll across the roller