Bandit 12.

[BigBen]

Reet. As I’m using a duke rear arm and a talon sprocket carrier the rear sprocket is as standard a 520 racing article. However the bandit front sprock as standard is a 530. This as it stands presents a problem, I can either get a company to match the talon rear sprocket but in a 530 at great expense no doubt. OR, I’ve found out that a certain other bike manufacturers standard front sprocket has the same amount of teeth and fits perfectly on the splines of the sprocket shaft as the bandit, but in 520. This was after someone told me matching the splines is near enough impossible. Anyway with the immense amount of torque the bandit produces is it economical and most of all safe to use a 520 chain or will it just shred it? I don’t know if I don’t ask so I don’t mind seeming dense:) cheers boys.

[HippoDrones]

does the bandit produce more torque than a v-twin?

[imperialdata]

Not sure if this website can help at all:

https://chain-guide.com/

Tried to look for the answer for you but fell into a very deep sleep…..

[BigBen]

Pete to be honest I ain’t got a clue. Standard the bike produces 67 what-ya-ma-call-its but I’m sticking in 2mm oversize pistons so must be different.

ID cheers for link. I was going to read it but the first page looked long as all words on the page were links :p I’ll save that one for a rainy day, after the chain has shrapnelised itself )

[slim]

Hi benji, first off the bandit is quite a heavy bike with a lot of torque i’d be a little worried about putting that through an ally rim & spokes designed for a lot less power/ weight, i honestly dont know if the wheel etc will take it for very long but i’d certainally check it out very carefully before trying

Re chains & sprockets … a decent 520 chain with a high tensile strength can be stronger than a cheep 530 with a lower tensile strength so it you use something like a did o ring chain i cant see a problem there, whare you are going to meet a problem is a 45 tooth (for example) rear sprocket in 530 will be a different dia than a 45 tooth in 520 so your gearing will be off by quite a way.

Some early kawasaki front sprockets will fit the suzuki splines but wether you can get them in 520 i’m not sure, rg sprockets will make you any size sprocket to any fitting pattern from theire stock of blanks & are not overly expensive.

Please contact talon & check out if that wheel will take the power before you go any further tho mate, i do have serious doubts

[BigBen]

cheers for the input slim, i dont understand why the wheel rim would create a problem though, the lads who are running 600bhp hayabusas on the dragstrip use bog standard ally rims. or are you talking about the quick release talon sprocket carrier? i do beleive its made of steel though…or maybe ally..i havent checked actually so maybe i should. at the rate its going its not going to be ready by spring anyway

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