Re: Chain Adjustment

Posted by Re-run on Mar 17, 2012; 3:17am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Chain-Adjustment-tp3119193p3833808.html

This is why honda and other manufacturers say to have a certain slack. Unless a person is at just the right weight, you cannot get the swing arm at its halfway point, which is when the chain is at its tightest.
By leaving the slack, you account for the swingarm movement. There is just going to be times that you cannot have a person sit on your bike, say, anytime by yourself.
So, is having a person on the bike the best way, maybe, but it is in no way required.