Sprocket alignment

Best of luck to your wife.
Steve

Sorry to hear that Daniel,

so sorry to hear of your wifes diagnosis copbike1000.

fwiw,
i run the 6 inch wide 190mm rear tire on my 1980 z1r 3/8's of an inch off center with absolutely no ill effects.
this allowed me to run a 3/8's offset countershaft sprocket and "not" modify my frame at all.

someone asked about if top level racers can tell the offset?

let me relate this story to you of a guy that was a mechanic for a superbike team.
he said that when his rider came in he glanced at the chain to make sure it was looking okay.and noticed that there was aluminum shavings piled on top of the swingarm slightly in front of the rear sprocket area.
upon closer inspection he noticed the rear wheel had become "cocked" over to the side enough that the sprocket was cutting into the swingarm.
he asked the rider how the bike was handling and the rider said "fine it seems like it is cutting out a little in the upper rpm range,
but beside for that it was fine" lol.

that's my .02 fwiw,

leon

Would suspect that handling is already so compromised by swapping an extra-fat rear tire in place of the normal size stock tire, that adding a little offset on the rear axle is of negligible consequence.

Good Fortune!

Funny stuff Leon. Thanks for sharing. Nice"chain saw"..........

By the way, I Thank each and every one of you for the your kind works in regards to the situation with my wife. This forum is what I lean on when I'm down. I drown myself with ALL the knowledge you ALL contribute to this Forum and take my mind off of whats at hand.
My wife is VERY limited on what she can do with her time so she spends all day on Facebook. I've shared the fact (somewhere on the forum) that this Forum is my Facebook. So, Thank you ALL!!!!!!

Daniel

Swingarm swap out completed! Will torque everything in the morning and get the bike back on the ground. Will post pics once I dial in any last details.

woohoo!!!



leon

Thanks for putting a smile on my face Leon! I needed it. I am deeply sorry to say that my wife has passed away. I will be busy putting my life back together. Thank you ALL for your kind thoughts and support. Will be away from turning wrenches for a while, see you all when I return to my project Copbike1000

Daniel

my deepest condolences sir.

we'll b here.

leon

That is truly horrible, my thoughts are with you and your loved ones My deepest condolences.