In a motorcycle, the sprockets and chain transfer the rotational movements from the engine, to the wheels. Without it, a motorcycle engine does no useful work other than behave as a very inefficient feet warmer. I changed mine as recently as about half a year ago, and now got it changed again. It is no surprise really, as the sprockets were previously of non-default sizes.
The original sprocket setting for the Honda Wave 125CC is 14/36, but because of the lack of spare parts and such, it was changed to 14/35. Here's a nice closeup of the sprocket.
The smaller one fits the engine, larger one fits the rear wheels
Closeup of larger sprocket
The teeth in the sprockets are skewed slightly, showing signs of stress in the anti-clockwise direction. And it didn't help either that I was not bothered to oil the chains and sprockets. Chains got rusty, more effort was needed to turn the wheels, and the sprockets suffered as a consequence. There are other factors too, but I shall not bore you guys with the specifics.
Thankfully, our Malaysian neighbours changed the sprocket AND chain for RM65.
The original sprocket setting for the Honda Wave 125CC is 14/36, but because of the lack of spare parts and such, it was changed to 14/35. Here's a nice closeup of the sprocket.
The smaller one fits the engine, larger one fits the rear wheels
Closeup of larger sprocket
The teeth in the sprockets are skewed slightly, showing signs of stress in the anti-clockwise direction. And it didn't help either that I was not bothered to oil the chains and sprockets. Chains got rusty, more effort was needed to turn the wheels, and the sprockets suffered as a consequence. There are other factors too, but I shall not bore you guys with the specifics.
Thankfully, our Malaysian neighbours changed the sprocket AND chain for RM65.
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