What do guys think of the chain? I've always heard there's some free power there, but don't know how long the chain would last on a Bomb.

jbt

 

if you're talking about the non o-ring chain in the kit with the hub, as far as strength goes its fine.
but you don't want it on a woods trail bike, trails will eat it for lunch, and I'm speaking from experience from way back. water and mud are its enemies.

 

ditto to what Hightower said. I ran an o-ring chain for about 2 1/2 years before it was wore out. I replace the non o-ring lightweight chain every year.

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well, I guess I'll keep my cheap butt with the o-ring gig.


Thanks for info!

jbt

 

Man that stock steel hub was hell to get off the axle. 6 tons in the press and it aint budging. put the torch to it, and once the grease in the spline started to sizzle the 6 tons started moving it.

The aluminum hub went on like butter, with plenty of antisieze compound under it.

The weight I dropped off the rear is very noticable, about 4 lbs. total between hub and sprocket. This weight reduction slowed the rebound, had to adjust 2 clicks to compensate, which is great cause I was almost maxed out with rebound setting near the slowest side.

Next, its gonna be lightened hubs.

 

that's what it is, an aluminum hub from Bomb. but the '04 stuff is different I'm told....
that takes care of the cheaper, but how would it be any easier?

 

I'll be getting one this summer.

While we're shaving weight and everything is apart. How about switching to a 520 setup?

Eric told me that he can get Bomb sprockets in a 520 size.

Add that savings to the sprocket hub and wheel hubs and that's a lot less rotating mass.

And definitly cheaper than the Rad axle or even converting over to the Banshee setup.

 

I want to do the lightened hubs and also put the Yammy bolt pattern on them.

Anyone know what Mr. HP turnaround time is? (Gotta get everything back and put together before Memorial Day Weekend.)

 

how much weight are you finding in the 520 chain i researched this with sidewinder but that went sideways bad, i have the sprocket hub on the shelf but the hondas have been getting the attention lately.

 

i remember an article a coupl years ago I read that showed 1.5 lbs. being dropped switching to a 520 setup. as far as sand riding and drags go, that's great, but I know that I wear sprockets kinda fast with the trail riding I do, dirt, grit, water and such, and the narrower 520 - albeit strong enough - will certainly wear much faster than the 530. this is why I didn't do it. Sidewinder can get you 520 sprockets for the DS, SProcket Specialists makes alot fo theri stuff, try direct to them first.

I'm gonna lighten my hubs, right now I'm looking for smoebody's trashed axle so I can cut off an end and use it to mount the hubs in a lathe - anybody got one?