Motorcycle chain

Hi all,
Am replacing the OEM endless chain.
It would be cheaper to not to have to buy another OEM chain and drop the
swingarm to fit it.
I would like to spend the labour saving$, on a better chain.

Besides strength.
As long as the clip is the right way around and possibly silicone glued
down.
(Is a tiny bit of silicone a dumb idea ?)
Is there any other real argument against a chain with a master link in it ?
Are ideas like an X ring chain worth the money ?
Its the first chain at 20thou Kays, do I really have to replace the
sprockets ?

I know the topic has probably been covered before but a search on google
wasnt much help.

Ben.
SV650.

 

Eeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.

Only IF you ride a CB250!!

Hammo

You putting on an Xring?

 

what's a chain??????????????

 

A Blues band, but I never knew they drove motorsickles.

 

Honestly...goto a bike shop..buy the chain you want...endless...and they
will cut the old one off and join the new one on for an extra 10 or 15 bucks

 

Or I'll do it for a schooner....

Hammo

 

Or I'll do it for a schooner....

Or he will doit for a schooner. Either way, i dont understand people who
goto all the trouble of purchasing an endless chain and removing the
swingarm to replace their old one.

 

Eh? I was going to install the new one or a schooner....

Hammmo

 

I thought you couldn't get a schooner in Vic?!?!

Well it's nearly NSW

Daron

 

I'd be looking at it as an excuse - after 20,000 km or more - to also
pull the swing arm apart and replace the bearings or relube. Comes back
to basic bike maintenance, doesn't it?

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Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]
'81 Suzuki GS450-s
'87 BMW K100RT

www.dmcsc.org.au

 

I thought you'd said you were gonna do it to a schooner - but I knew
that there be trick answer, coz schooner's have WIND drive, not CHAIN
drive.

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Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]
'81 Suzuki GS450-s
'87 BMW K100RT

www.dmcsc.org.au

 

I'd be looking at it as an excuse - after 20,000 km or more - to also

Well, then your doing it for more reasons that just a chain.

 

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Pisshead Pete wrote in message ...

Naah that's Canned Heat what rides the sickles.
Clem
(...and Arlo don't like pickles)

 

That reminds me of when i went to the superbikes last year, on the way there, we (5 of us)
stopped over at a nice little country town right in the middle of the boonies. We asked for a
round of 5 schooners of some sort of beer, which we got. We later went back and asked for
a second round. The barowner said he'd have to ask us for our glasses so he could wash
'em to give us the 2nd round as he only had the 5 Schooner glasses!!!

Mike.S

 

I remember about 20 years ago when Tassie only called the beer by the
ounce sizes, I asked for a "10 or Draught" in Victoria and got handed
a can. She thought I said "tin".

Cheers



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Kevin Gleeson
Technical Director
Blue Rocket Productions
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
www.blue-rocket.com.au

 

Was supposed to say "10 of Draught" there



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Kevin Gleeson
Technical Director
Blue Rocket Productions
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
www.blue-rocket.com.au

 

I remember about 20 years ago when Tassie only called the beer by the

I figured that, e'er tha or ya' were puttin on a bitovva bodgy british accent yeah?

Mike.S

 

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Kevin Gleeson wrote in message ...
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I was in a Cairns pub and asked for 2 pots.
"Cans?" She asked.
"No, POTS!" said I.
The bar all erupted in cheers as I realised that I was the umpteenth tourist
to misunderstand the name of Cairns Draught.
Clem

 

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Kevin Gleeson wrote in message ...
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She must've thought you were from the eastern Islands instead of the
southern one.
Clem
(and a puck ev crusps...)

 

diode, just use a masterlink, you won't have any problems at all. I use a
520 chain on the R1 and replace at 20,000ks, and do the sprockets as well.
don't worry abt an xring $$$$$, use any good brand oring.