oem or aftermarket sprk?

[Darren Clark]

Get a Scott chain oiler. I've had one on my bike for the last 12,000 miles. I had to replace my chain, front sprocket and flip my rear at 8,000 miles after using chain wax, gear oil and WD40 every few hundred miles. And when I did I also put on the chain oiler. 12K later I still have the same chain and rear sprocket, and the 15T front sprocket still looked good (I moved up to a 16T since I'm doing more freeway riding now). Darren Clark 2004 KLR-650 Fowlerville, MI boulder_adv_rider wrote:

> Under combat conditions, I got 5k miles from my stock front sprocket, > 10k miles from the OEM chain and 12k miles from OEM rear sprocket. I > used Dupont dry lube every 300 miles or so. I will note the chain > was failing miserably at the 10k mark on my way back to Fairbanks > from Prudhoe Bay. It was completely trashed with several rollers > missing! > > I replaced the stock chain with some DID gold beauty and installed a > new a/m 14T (use 75% of the time). The other 25% of the time I run > an a/m 15T. Everything including the replacement 43T a/m rear > sprocket still looks very good. I've adjusted the chain slightly > twice. > > Vibration? I can't tell any difference between OEM front and a/m > sprockets. I think the wear with a/m is superior. My a/m chain here > at 20k seems far more durable too, but this could be attributable to > switching from Dupont dry lube to Bel Ray and some other m/c race > chain lube. > > Conclusion: I'd go with the a/m sprockets at almost half the price of > OEM. I'd go with a premium after-market chain. > > Brian > > > ------------------------------------ > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >