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Title: Chain recommendation
Post by: eeshed on August 06, 2013, 12:28:40 PM
Hey there,
I see prices of 530-110 chain all over the map and I am confused.  What would you recommend for a chain replacement?
Thanks,
Eyal
Title: Re: Chain recommendation
Post by: rktmanfj on August 06, 2013, 12:41:47 PM
DID-ZVM or EK-ZZZ
Title: Re: Chain recommendation
Post by: Pat Conlon on August 06, 2013, 01:13:11 PM
Bingo
Title: Re: Chain recommendation
Post by: eeshed on August 06, 2013, 01:23:02 PM
Thank you. I will follow your lead.

Eyal
Title: Re: Chain recommendation
Post by: Capn Ron on August 08, 2013, 06:31:10 PM
Quote from: not a lib on August 06, 2013, 12:41:47 PM
DID-ZVM or EK-ZZZ

What he said.  Any chain will last longer if it's properly maintained...that being said, the low-end chain a dealer installed in a pinch before my trip was driving me OUT of my mind with adjusting the slack out of it.  By the time I got to South Carolina (5,500 miles), I had enough.  I replaced it with an EK-ZZZ chain along with both sprockets.  I put 12,000 hard, wet, dusty miles on the new chain before I reached home.  I wiped it down at the end of each day, shot it with some Chain Saver Teflon and adjusted it once.  ONCE!  Got another 3,000 miles on it and still regard it as my "new" chain.

Cap'n Ron. . .
Title: Re: Chain recommendation
Post by: movenon on August 08, 2013, 11:01:14 PM
Here is where I bought mine. 139.00 plus shipping ? I think some other members have also purchased from them
http://www.indysuperbike.com/EK_530ZZZ_Chains-700059.html (http://www.indysuperbike.com/EK_530ZZZ_Chains-700059.html). Last winter it was the best price I could find.
George
Title: Re: Chain recommendation
Post by: Capn Ron on August 08, 2013, 11:42:32 PM
Quote from: movenon on August 08, 2013, 11:01:14 PM
Here is where I bought mine. 139.00 plus shipping ? I think some other members have also purchased from them
http://www.indysuperbike.com/EK_530ZZZ_Chains-700059.html (http://www.indysuperbike.com/EK_530ZZZ_Chains-700059.html). Last winter it was the best price I could find.
George

Very helpful post there George!  I paid over $200 for the same chain and was happy at that price!

Cap'n Ron. . .