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Re: How foten do you adjust your chain?

rrgunslinger

Book says every 300 miles. I keep my oiler open just a little on my 73. Messy but saves the chain. I clean when I adjust it.

Harvey

On Aug 1, 2012 12:11 AM, "shinyribs [via Honda CB750'S]" <[hidden email]> wrote:
If i putt around I can get ~300 miles before it needs adjusting. And i mean really putting around,like never going over 3 or 4k. Normal riding i have to adjust every 200 or so miles,which is not even two tanks of fuel! No way this is right or normal. What am i doing wrong. And my sprockets still look like new. I'm surprised they are not chewed up to be honest, but they really look perfect.
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Re: How foten do you adjust your chain?

Re-run
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Oilers are awesome really. A scottoiler works awesome.

I don't have one but have heard good things about them.

Me, I rarely need to adjust my chain but I use an o-ring chain. I lube it every few hundred miles and clean it once a summer or so. In short, I give little attention to my chain!

It has held up very well though.
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Piute
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rrgunslinger wrote
Book says every 300 miles. I keep my oiler open just a little on my 73.
Messy but saves the chain. I clean when I adjust it.

Harvey
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      Re-run ""scottoiler works awesome"",
  Sounds like something I need to oook into,
  just adjusted my chain again and is good ,also oiled ,
  Don't park this bike in the house so a lil mess looks like it's being ridden
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Re: How foten do you adjust your chain?

sgtslag
Here's one review of the Scott Oiler system:  link.
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Re: How foten do you adjust your chain?

Piute

  Got thru a few chapters,looks good so far lot more there then needed,but guess they figure it as another toy is "Y".read rest later,

         Thx looking into chain tentioner also,Still havn't decided what size chain to switch to,
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Re: How foten do you adjust your chain?

shinyribs
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Yeah,I definitely had a junk chain. No clue what the tensile strength was on my old chain,but my new 9,700lb chain is much bigger.