In the cracks, this was my weekend project. I replaced my chain and my sprockets on the bike this weekend. I've never changed a chain before, my other bikes were shaft-driven, save for my Harley Sportster, but I didn't own it long enough to even do any chain maintenance on it. The previous chain had about 17k to 18k miles on it. It was a stock size (525) with stock front (17T) and stock rear (42T) sprockets. I went with SV parts and now have 530 chain (wider), stock front (17T) and an extra tooth in the rear (43T). Now that I am looking at this, I should have taken a shot of my master link, except the bike is on the kickstand and about the last thing I want to do is move it around (in my slippers) to try to line up the master link. The previous chain was a clip style master link, the new one is a rivet. This should make a huge difference, not necessarily the wider chain, or even the extra tooth in the rear, but for the fact that I cleaned out the Front Sprocket housing (which was a mess) and I have a new chain that is properly lubed. After cutting off the old chain, I was shocked at how stiff it really was. I kept it, it is still in a box, I need to break it out this week and see how many links I can deal out and not have a link bend (kind of like the trick you do with a tape measure).