Simple question.. Any good? As good as DID? And B&C Express... anyone used them?...Any good?...
: Simple question.. Any good? As good as DID? : : And B&C Express... anyone used them?...Any good?... : Buy a short one and use it for a few thousand miles.......it will be long enough by then! Stick with the DID. Mark
I had one [1] on the TL1000S and it lasted about 10thou before it started seriously stretching, and anyone in this parish that knows me will testify that I am not exactly gentle on chains / bikes in general. I would have no hesitation buying another. [1] I think it was the Sigma
Nelly, who owns www.cornerspeed.co.uk recommends them over DID and fits them exclusively now. He says they're much better put together than DID (which I'm sure are the ones that snap!) and cheaper too. The Sigma X-Ring Gold on the 748 was put on about 2 years ago and it hasn't needed adjusting yet. It is a bit OTT though - the side plates are huge! I'd probably go for the Racing Pro version if I bought another as the bike only puts out 105bhp at best. The race bike has the cheaper Omega chain which also has gold side plates (if you like that kind of thing) and has worked well. Again it looks like new and hasn't needed adjusting, although to be fair we have obviously maintained it better and swapped sprockets and the like quite often. I'd have no problem buying another. As for B&C Express, I've bought all my chains (2) and sprockets (about 8 so far!) through them and they've always been next-day delivery and as cheap, if not cheaper, than anywhere else. HTH
The plated chain sideplates are at least more resistant to corrosion when the bike is ridden on winter roads then stuffed under a cover for a month in a seaside resort.
