chain adjustment

Tiiimmmaaayyyy · April 17, 2014, 09:56:30 PM

Depends if it's slack or not I suppose.

Carbon_ZX6R · April 17, 2014, 10:00:18 PM

Quote from: Tiiimmmaaayyyy on April 17, 2014, 09:56:30 PM
Depends if it's slack or not I suppose.

don't think ive adjusted a bike chain since I had my Chinese 50 whos chain was made of cheese and that's aprox 400,000 miles ago...

ben68 · April 17, 2014, 10:02:43 PM

Quote from: Carbon_ZX6R on April 17, 2014, 10:00:18 PM
Quote from: Tiiimmmaaayyyy on April 17, 2014, 09:56:30 PM
Depends if it's slack or not I suppose.
don't think ive adjusted a bike chain since I had my Chinese 50 whos chain was made of cheese and that's aprox 400,000 miles ago...

Carbon_ZX6R · April 17, 2014, 10:06:22 PM

Quote from: ben68 on April 17, 2014, 10:02:43 PM

Quote from: Carbon_ZX6R on April 17, 2014, 10:00:18 PM
Quote from: Tiiimmmaaayyyy on April 17, 2014, 09:56:30 PM
Depends if it's slack or not I suppose.
don't think ive adjusted a bike chain since I had my Chinese 50 whos chain was made of cheese and that's aprox 400,000 miles ago...

it proper was I ended up tightening it every other week just had a look at one my my zx6rs got about 2 inchs of play..

ben68 · April 17, 2014, 10:25:41 PM

hahaha and there is me panicking about mine being too tight

Carbon_ZX6R · April 17, 2014, 10:26:38 PM

Quote from: ben68 on April 17, 2014, 10:25:41 PM
hahaha and there is me panicking about mine being too tight

your notice if its too tight don't you worry

ben68 · April 17, 2014, 10:49:16 PM

i i rechecked mine in a few different places on the chain it has an inch or just over of play so i am happy with that

J3Math · April 18, 2014, 08:49:53 AM

Quote from: Druid on April 17, 2014, 09:29:45 PM
That reminds me, must do mine. Just shy of 9k and 6 years and I've not done it once. Is this bad????

Yes, you're not riding it hard enough!

Druid · April 18, 2014, 09:25:39 AM

Quote from: J3Math on April 18, 2014, 08:49:53 AM
Quote from: Druid on April 17, 2014, 09:29:45 PM
That reminds me, must do mine. Just shy of 9k and 6 years and I've not done it once. Is this bad????

Yes, you're not riding it hard enough!

Ridden hard, yes. Ridden often, no. That's the problem.

Maverick Vinales · April 28, 2014, 07:02:15 PM

Quote from: Tiiimmmaaayyyy on April 17, 2014, 08:26:35 PM
I've never had a bike yet that needs to be loaded to set the tension.

Hardly practical is it for a routine maintenance activity to require two people?!

Is there really bikes that require the slack to be measured when loaded?

Out of interest how frequently do you guys have to adjust the tension on your ZX6Rs'?

PJ · April 29, 2014, 02:16:18 PM

I thought the slack was measured unloaded so that when loaded the slack was negligible but not too tight....

Gilby104 · April 29, 2014, 03:15:00 PM

Quote from: PJ on April 29, 2014, 02:16:18 PM
I thought the slack was measured unloaded so that when loaded the slack was negligible but not too tight....

I honesty can't remember who told me.... I think it was my dad but he hasn't ridden in 40 years! Being as it was my Dad and therefore the found of all knowledge, I never questioned it!

Superkev · May 21, 2014, 08:58:48 PM

Remember lube it when it's warm,
Adjust it when it's cold :-)

ash · May 22, 2014, 02:42:35 PM

Quote from: Tiiimmmaaayyyy on April 17, 2014, 02:25:33 PM
It varies from bike to bike. My gixxer is 30mm but the beemer says 40-50mm which seems really slack to me. What bike is it? I tend to measure with a ruler rather than rely on the swingarm markings which can be out a bit.

Are you doing any of the local bike nights ? - I saw a couple of S1000RR's at last nights meeting in Stroud.