Another Magician 250 sprocket question--

[Megadan]

From what I understand, many Magician owners have simply done a 17 tooth front sprocket and been more than happy with that gear combination for road use. If you do a 17 front and find you still would like to drop the revs down to gain a little more highway useability, then losing a couple of teeth on the rear would be the next step. Seeing as front sprockets are $10 and easy to install, to me it makes the most sense to start there. The 17 front sprocket fits fine in the Hawk/Magician CG250 engine. I had to trim my sprocket cover to fit because I flipped my front sprocket on the counter shaft and I am also running an O-ring chain that is wider than a standard chain, so it was just big enough to cause a problem. Before flipping the front sprocket, I just had to give my cover a little bump to get over the chain, but otherwise it never interfered.