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Past Site Supporter- May 2002
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- The only Henniker on earth
Non o-ring chains are fine, just keep it clean and lubbed. I only buy o-ring chains because I have found them to be less noisy.Currently bikeless
'81 GS 1100EX - "Peace, by superior fire power."
'06 FZ1000 - "What we are dealing with here, is a COMPLETE lack of respect for the law."
I ride, therefore I am.... constantly buying new tires.
"Tell me what kind of an accident you are going to have, and I will tell you which helmet to wear." - Harry Hurt
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GS700Jim
Picked up My chain today, decided to work on it tonight. after taking off the exhaust to also do another oil and filter change, I was able to get the bike on a milk crate and sitting stable. turned the tire freely and holy crap what a site.. can't believe I was riding with the chain so bad 8O . took the front sprocket casing off and ouch.. found a pile of grease/dirt and about 80 bad O rings in a pile towards the bottom of the case about a 2" ball of it!! so... cut the old chain off,clean all the areas nice, relube things, check the sprockets and go to install the new chain....TOO F__KING LONG, by about 7 links, so much for the Zuke dealer's #s being right. out came the dremal tool and grind the link pins and shorten it a bit.
Finally get the chain on , lube again, adjust rear tire.... SMOOTH as a baby's a$%. what a difference, now I will polish some of the casings while they are off and clean up more, I WANT TO RIDE!!!!
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Past Site Supporter- Oct 2002
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- Angeles Forest, So.Calif./Red rocks of Southern Utah.
That's why I suggested taking the chain in and matching it up/counting the links. Glad you got it going.And on the seventh day,after resting from all that he had done,God went for a ride on his GS!
Upon seeing that it was good, he went out again on his ZX14! But just a little bit faster!
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