99 blaster sprockets and chain
- Thread starter eViL~aSh
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Chains youll get varied opinions on. O-ring and X-ring chains offer the best protection against breakage, on the flip side, they need to be cleaned and greased more.
Non-Oring chains need to be replaced more often, but its said you suffere less HP loss through the chain, which to me can be important on a little quad that doesnt make a lot of HP to start with.
Im running an O-Ring chain I got off Ebay. Has a high tensile strength and has been a good chain. However next time I replace it Im going with a non O-ring chain because Ive ridden 2 dirt bikes back to back, both were RM250s with the same mods/work done, one had an O-ring chain, one a non O-ring chain and the one with the non O-ring chain was quicker by a bit.
So, I dunno. To me even a non O-ring chain should last a good season or 2, and with how cheap chains are, I dont feel 50-60 bucks every other season is a lot to pay to keep a good chain on there.
Its all about personal preference.
Non-Oring chains need to be replaced more often, but its said you suffere less HP loss through the chain, which to me can be important on a little quad that doesnt make a lot of HP to start with.
Im running an O-Ring chain I got off Ebay. Has a high tensile strength and has been a good chain. However next time I replace it Im going with a non O-ring chain because Ive ridden 2 dirt bikes back to back, both were RM250s with the same mods/work done, one had an O-ring chain, one a non O-ring chain and the one with the non O-ring chain was quicker by a bit.
So, I dunno. To me even a non O-ring chain should last a good season or 2, and with how cheap chains are, I dont feel 50-60 bucks every other season is a lot to pay to keep a good chain on there.
Its all about personal preference.
Thanks for the advice bud.
I have decided to OEM
14 t front
40 t rear
and DID X ring chain.
i run 12t on front and a 40t out back with a non o ring chain, i keep up verry well with the maintenance of the chain and dont feel that it is worth the extra money for the x or o ring chains. an x or o ring chain is not a miricle chain that maintenance can be ignored they must be maintained properly if you want to get a long life out of them. i went with the 12t sprocket because of the type of riding that we do and to help out with quicker rpm's on the bottom end we ride almost exclusively in the sand where the low end is needed much more than on dirt.
