Vortex sucks balls!
Yes, I know they wear out quickly, but holy shit!!!!!!!! Only about 7k miles on a liter bike (yes, I ride a little hard) and it's fucking shot!!
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Alumn's dont last long no matter the brand.
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thats probably why they offer all the sponsorship money, because nobody can afford to run em regularly otherwise.
Id be shocked if your chain didnt jump off that! |
Yeah I know. I guess I'm also a little pissed because I was told it was steel from where I bought it.
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Well I'll let you slide on the understatment being a noob here. But I have been preaching this for like almost 4 years!!!!
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what does being a noob here have to do with it, you lost me????????
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Look Gas Man, you've got a Vortex buddy!
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but honestly if you cant tel the dif between aluminum and steel, then http://pandadan.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/noob.jpg |
Yeah calm down homer... noob here...
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shops can be so fraudulent sometimes. I once brought my whole bike in for new tires, when i got it back they didnt even adjust the r-wheel straight and it was barely all hand tight.
now i just hand them the wheels to change the tires. |
also, 7k on a liter bike isn;t horrible, on a alum sprocket. He also fails to mention that this chain had a few tight spots on it.
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You don';t know Speedy well. He's a lazy fucker. :lol:
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learn yourself how to really work on a bike, its invaluable. |
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Plus a bazillion :) Leon makes me work on my own shit. It irritates me since I wash his laundry and cook and clean for his ass :lol |
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Nah, he'd starve and wear dirty clothes if I didn't :lol: actually, I don't mind, I change my own oil, brakes, he taught me how to take off my wheels for tires, radiator flushing, engine swaps. Its been a real learing experience for the last 5.5 years :lol: |
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I'll know i've met mrs right when she lets me fuck her while she changes my oil and brakes and manages not to spill a drop, and wipes my fairings off after the affair. i should write up a classified add... hello craigslist. |
Do it, I will nominate it for the best of posts :)
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Fuck!! I guess I will put the 6 inch platform stripper shoes back in the closet :(
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yeah, no.
Unless you ask Leon real nice and he posts them for you. all the really "risque" pics up on CF were taken and posted by him :lol |
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eh, NBD. rejection is part of the equation. |
Yeah, he put a rock on my finger in April. So he has final say.
all I will say is Neebs and azoomm have seen said pics. :) |
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[QUOTE=NONE_too_SOFT;89915]soooooooo, any younger sisters?[/QUOTE
Sadly, no, but I do have an older brother who is just as much as an asshole as I am :) |
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hey hey hey! three years in the desert is a LONNNGG time buddy. aint no drinky girls in iraq!
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That quote mistake can suck Leon's nads :lol
J/k Sorry all. |
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It IS a nice heiney :)
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id like to see the rest of her
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i wouldnt throw her out of bed
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That's why I don't have sprockets on my bike :idk: easier that way.
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I will only take my bike to a shop if I absolutely cannot do it myself...but for the most part I can.
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Back to the topic...
Another thing that can be horrible on sprockets is alignment. Get the simple alignment tool by motion pro. I have noticed some bikes are as much as one whole mark off on the swing arm marks from one side to the other. |
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Many do. Theoretically they should be good. But they usually aren't.
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The only Vortex sprocket I have ever seen fail like that the person had the axle spacers on the wrong side and the rear wheel was offset to one side about 1/4 inch. A chain being way to tight could also cause that.
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Vortex sprockets suck especially on liter bikes. They use a pretty soft aluminum and it wears in no time. I started to run steel 520 sprockets on my 1000, I haven't seen any wear at all.
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What was this thread about again? |
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Crap chain maintence
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My buddy is going to make some alignment tools... they are rods that go through the axes of your choosing and have little flats on them so you can run a measuring tape. I.e. put one through the rear axle and one through the swingarm pivot, measure both sides and match the numbers to align the chain. |
All aluminum sprockets wear pretty fast, like Jeeps said, especially with bikes that throw down a lot of torque. Also most of the sprockets out there, no matter which company is selling them, are mainly made by the same company anyway (SUN).
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Off to the lathe to make some tools. |
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Yup, that was the idea that came to mind.
I've made stuff on the lathe in the past. Like my spike key. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/ae4dedcc.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...kes/5539_1.jpg |
Thats pretty cool, but since I usually keep my keys in a pocket, I would imagine that could hurt like hell if I ran into something.
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I should take some pictures of our "wall of shame" the next time I visit pureacceleration. I swear there are a good half dozen vorjunk rear sprockets, and maybe a few fronts on the wall there, that are missing teeth, or just have pure NUBS or less left on them. off 600's 1000's, 750's, and just yeah. vortex=shit. fuck them, fuck their cheap ass soft aluminum. I'm keepin my STEEL sprockets.
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here we go, I made some alignment tools today.
It was easy to machine and thread the cones. Breaking and having to rebuild the lathe was a nightmare. |
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Fucking Genius. |
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Nice work leon that key is hott. wish I had the equipment /skill :dthumb:
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Right... its not the belt... its the tensioner that does all the magic...just like a auto cerp belt
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WTF... I can honestly tell you I have never inspected it before... post pic pls
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Couldn't find a good picture, so I found a ginormous one.
http://www.pulidosdemotosymas.com/pu...g/buell010.jpg The idler pulley / tensioner is not mobile, spring loaded, or anything. Two bolts holds that bitch in one location. |
Interesting... hmmm...
I know belts don't stretch like chains and S&S is coming out with one laced with kevlar making it as strong or stronger than chains... I'm guessing it has something to do with the swingarm geometry. Thanks for the pic and education... |
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Poorly maintained chains freak me out... tells me a lot about how a person cares for their bike.
Leon - nice work!! Wish I needed to align my axle on my swingarm. Wait, no I don't :lol: |
Used it today. Really easy to do and worked like a charm. And just as I thought, the marks on the swingarm were off.
Maybe I should make a few more and throw them up for sale. |
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I had a tiller. It was a unique bike, but there's no way in hell I'd give up my GSXR and keep the Tiller.
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The only thing is that I would cut a little bit off the ends of the rods... so that the last half inch or so has a half-moon cross section. Then you arrange the rods so that the flat section is facing up and it gives you more exact marks to measure with. Your call though, I am just very picky ;) edit: did I describe that in such a way that it made sense? :idk: Quote:
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And yes that would be a good GB idea... :cheers: edit: 2500 posts :D |
The marks were off just about a 1/10 of an inch.
I thought about marking some marks in the ends of the rods. We'll see once I start using them more. |
Very cool Leon, sorry I didn't see the pics further up the thread.
I am sorta anal about things and I hate the thought that my axle could be misaligned. I stopped measuring from the marks and using a ruler to measure from both the the out edge of the swing arm, and the furthest inside edge of the swing arm. Seems to work, but I noticed today that it is out of alignment. |
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I still just use The String Method once on each bike, then I know whether the alignment marks are on or not. 2 of my bikes are, 1 isn't.
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I've used the string method before and I'm not a fan.
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i'll join in on the vortex sucks, bought some "once" 4kmiles on a gsxr 750 screw that
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AFAM hard-anodized FTW, Vortex blows chunks
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Chains? Belts? Alignment procedures? What are these things? :idk:
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