Nelso wrote:.....John, the front sprocket on your trackie has been replaced by Rod (and is -1 tooth from standard) so it should come off easier than the horror stories you are hearing about. Once you have the right size socket, either use a rattle gun, or the wood through the tyre and a pipe on a good breaker bar technique and it should come off no worries........
sounds good - it means the OEM tightness is gone.
The horror stories are all true. During the 90's especially, Kawasaki went to ridiculous lengths with the tension applied to front sprocket nuts. I have tried every type of rattle gun - air, electric, big muthafuckas you name it - not ONE of them could undo the front nut on some bikes. The breaker bar we used on Mel's bike was like 2 fucking metres long !!! I was really worried about bending the swingarm or breaking a spoke on the wheel, there was that much wailing on the bar........
Mechanic at CMC even commented when we finally took Mel's ZX6 into the shop - normally he could get these off with only 1 application of the blue chisel
but hers took 2 !
I guess later-model bikes must be a lot easier to do these days.
What do you want to know the speed for anyway? 
Yeah I like Kawasakis.
