chain care

[Arnie]

My simple siphon chain oiler:



This is located between the battery and the fuel pump on the Right side of the bike
There are 2 holes in the cap of the bottle.  One has a short vent tube that is loosely capped.
The other is the siphon supply tube and goes to the bottom of the bottle.
The cap on the vent tube is loose so that air can get in.



This shows the tube run.  The clear tubing is so you can see that the line has no air in it.



Minature fuel valve purchased from model hobby store (for RC models)



The siphon tube is cable tied to the swingarm and held in position by the wire you can see.
There is a wire stuck up the tube to help keep it shaped correctly and to reduce the amount of oil flow.
Make sure the end of the tube does NOT touch the chain, nor get hung up on the chain or sprocket when pushing the bike backwards.

Cheers,
Arnie

[NJona86FJ]

  grrr... went and got brand new chain, cut to specified length by manual... 55 plates 110 links including link plate.... with the sprocket i have on the rear i have NO adjustment left... 45 tooth rear sprocket, old chain was 53 plates so therefore 54 plates 108 pins with link plate.....Im sure it doesnt matter , just an annoying thing on an otherwise perfect day... o and the link pin doesnt have a clip its a beat the pins type one.... you know burr the ends over to stop it coming off.... so thank Jebus i saved the old link plate with clip...( and yes i know the argument / discussion over link plate verse link/clip plate... but i have never had an issue with the clip... if it aint broke dont f**k with it...)

[Harvy]

Neil, just take it back off and remove one more link mate. I always buy a 120 link chain, set the wheel as far forward as possible and then wrap the chain onto the sprocket to get the correct length......would not have a clue how many links I have, just cut it correct length.

Harvy

[NJona86FJ]

yeah all good harvey... cheers mate... but i opened my big mouth about how easy the clips are and then spent 2 hours wrestling with the C*** of a m******* thing lol... ended up with g clamps, a nut and few other bits to get it on ... all good ... makes a HUGE DIFFERENCE with a new chain.....

[andyb]

yeah all good harvey... cheers mate... but i opened my big mouth about how easy the clips are and then spent 2 hours wrestling with the C*** of a m******* thing lol... ended up with g clamps, a nut and few other bits to get it on ... all good ... makes a HUGE DIFFERENCE with a new chain.....

Get the right tools for pressing on and off links, and you won't be wrestling with bigass clamps again.