Sidewinder chain and sprockets.

[Billy Golightly]

I ordered a chain and sprocket kit from Sidewinder this past weekend. Will hopefully be here before Friday. I'll be doing some pretty extensive testing on them with my racing and my normal riding. I'm going to mic alot of things before I even put them on. They are quite spendy (I got off the phone $320 lighter in my pocket) but if they hold up as well as they say It'll probably be the last set I buy for a couple years. I ended up going with a 12/42 sprocket combination. I'll make sure to let you guys know how it works out.

[86waterpumper]

what bike was this for billy? That is pretty low gearing right there if it's for your 250r. I have bought two sets of sidewinders, both for my kdx and for my klx. The kdx is going on six or seven years of use with them , and it's still fine, only slight wear. Hope yours last just as long.

[Billy Golightly]

Yeah its for my 250R. The HS's are pretty tight, and I realised its probably better to just grab another gear if I need to go faster, then to be geared so high that you have to slip the clutch all the time. I like tight woods riding and I think this will really help it out some. In addition to that, the 22 inch All-Traks upped it even more, so I don't think it'll be to low. If nothing else it'll be easier to shift through the gears while doing wheelies :twisted:

[86waterpumper]

LOL it will wheelie allright. My buddy has a trx250r with 13/43 gearing and 18's and it will wheelie with ease. If you are going to be riding woods mainly I can see why you would want that. That is the exact reason I had my klx650r geared 12/51 from 14/49 stock, oddly it still had a good bit of top end speed. It was either way overgeared from the factory, or just the huge motor helped it I don't know. I love my low gearing, but I like to blast down a fireroad or something too once in awhile. That is the downfall of low gearing most machines, they rev out way too fast once you get out in the clear, but climbing the hills on a 2 stroke without clutching it to death and bogging down the motor is worth alot.

[TimSr]

$320 Ouch!! Im running 12/46 on mine, but at least with the 42 youll still be able to run your skid plate.

[ATC crazy]

Sidewinder makes a very good product. The sprockets on my brother's R are about 2-3 years old and are holding up great. I do find $320 pretty expensive though :shock:

[Jeb]

What in the world (or out of this world) are the sprockets made of at $320? Titanium??? Perhaps "unobtanium"??? :D

[Billy Golightly]

The whole set minus the front sprocket is Titanium. I coulda sprung another $40 for a titanium front sprocket but the ole wallet just couldn't handle it.

Its definetly spendy, and I had to wait a week for me to get more money from when I had originally called, but as sandy as it is down here a regular chain and sprocket set doesn't last long. I've been gimping around on my current set for a while. But I figure when theres 6 out of the 13 teeth on the front sprocket left, its time to replace the set hehe. I mean if they last half as long as people act, I'll still have this same set when I woulda probably went through atleast 4-5 normal pairs.

Hey TimSr, I was thinking about the skid plate myself. Don't think I'll have any problems with the 42? If I had a larger rear sprocket doesn't seem like it would be to bad to make some spacers. You would of course be losing some ground clearence...but brake rotor and chain/sprocket protection overrides ground clearence in my book.

[TimSr]

When I was running the 43, I staill had my skidplate on, but its not a stock skidplate either. If youve got the stocker on, you may have to put a few washers under it, but probably not.