BOUGHT NEW SPROCKET AND CHAIN FOR MY 98 GSXR 600. WENT WITH THE 520 CONVERSION. I JUST WANTED TO CHECK IS THIS A PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD SWAP OR IS THERE ANYTHING I NEED TO WATCH FOR?

THANKS,

It's pretty straight forward. I did mine a couple of mths ago.

The only hurdle is the countershaft nut. Some ppl have experienced a very tight nut, which required a long breaker bar + pipe extension to loosen, or the employment of an impact wrench.

But on my bike, it came off with a standard 1" drive wrench images/icons/grin.gif

Make sure u got the chain clamp and riveting tool, or else it's a pain in the arse.

If u need more details, just post images/icons/smile.gif

KaTz

Let me know how you like that conversion on your bike Mkay images/icons/grin.gif
I am thinking of the same thing

jontflesh

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#6A7FB8" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#2f2f4f">Originally posted by Jon T. Flesh:
Let me know how you like that conversion on your bike Mkay images/icons/grin.gif
I am thinking of the same thing

jontflesh</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>I did it on my '99, and I also went up 2 in the rear. I like it a lot. It gave the bike a lot of mid-range torque that it seemed like it was missing before.

I did the same on my 98 600 and went up some in the back and one down in the front....talk about fun!

I just did the same a couple weeks ago. I did mine at the shop so I had all the tools there graemlins/bounce.gif . I had aluminum sprockets before, but just doing the 520 (no change in tooth count) did make a difference-not a huge but noticable. I also got a +3 rear sprocket that I am going to use at the track to keep up with the damn 750's images/icons/rolleyes.gif images/icons/grin.gif images/icons/grin.gif

-Spooner

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#6A7FB8" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#2f2f4f">Originally posted by Spooner:
I just did the same a couple weeks ago. I did mine at the shop so I had all the tools there graemlins/bounce.gif . I had aluminum sprockets before, but just doing the 520 (no change in tooth count) did make a difference-not a huge but noticable. I also got a +3 rear sprocket that I am going to use at the track to keep up with the damn 750's images/icons/rolleyes.gif images/icons/grin.gif images/icons/grin.gif

-Spooner</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>Dang Spooner, you should get that +3 on there pronto..should work good on the street too, I went up 2 on my ol 600, 3 should be best.. images/icons/grin.gif And yur gonna "TRY" to keep up with the 750's.... images/icons/rolleyes.gif images/icons/grin.gif images/icons/grin.gif JK