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Re: [ST] Chain tension
- Subject: Re: [ST] Chain tension
- From: Ben Snyder <bensnyder@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 08:28:08 -0700 (PDT)
While not religiously fanatic about the tension of my
chain, I tend to keep my chain withing the tolerances
set forth in the manual. I know it's bad, so go ahead
and bash me for it.
Time to adjust it? Takes just a couple of minutes
from start to finish. The first time I did it, it
took me longer to get the tool in place than it did to
actually adjust the chain...whish that wrench handle
was longer, or my hand was smaller.
- --- Scott.Fehr@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I've read the manual on proper chain tension for the
> ST. I've noticed that
> while supposedly in tolerance at around 1", my chain
> is much looser than my
> buddie's 02 VFR (his chain probably only has about
> .25-.5 inch play). Is
> this simply a design issue where the Triumph's chain
> is intentionally
> looser? How tight do y'all keep your chain? And
> the "I'm not a mechanic"
> give-away question: how long does it typically take
> to adjust the chain?
>
> Scott
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Snyder [mailto:bensnyder@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 7:44 AM
> To: stlist
> Subject: [ST] maintenance 'stuff'
>
> Anyone know of a good site/book/whatever for
> how-to-type of things for performing a lot of the
> preventative maintenance on our bikes (or any bike
> for
> that matter)?
>
> Things like oil, coolant, brake fluid etc are pretty
> simple for someone who can turn a wrench or screw
> and
> pour some liquid. I'm more interested in something
> like fork oil (never even SEEN it done),
> chain/sprocket replacement (again, never even SEEN
> it
> done).
>
> I'm fairly mechaincally competent, but I want to
> know
> a little about what I'm doing to my bike before I
> try,
> that way I dont have to send it in for service and
> pay
> a REALLY inflated bill because they spend time
> fixking
> my screwups.
>
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