xwhatsit
7th May 2007, 18:20
Looked at that other thread about O-ring chains and got a bit worried, but it's easier when you get somebody else to do it :D
The chain that came with my bike was not fully used up yet (had plenty of room left on the swingarm), but it was getting pretty nasty due to lots of tight spots. I was having to retension it every four days or so, which isn't much fun. So today I headed off to Motomail to get chain and sprockets (sprockets are in great nick, but there's that rule about replacing them together). No sprockets, chain would have to be ordered. Went to AMPS -- helpful guy told me he could do it, but it'd be fscking expensive due to not having aftermarket bits, try Mt Eden Motorcycles (and gave me directions wot I promptly forgot).
Got to Mt Eden, they said no problem. I decided I wanted the chain today (it was starting to worry me, about snapping or something with all the tight spots), and they told me they could do that -- but I couldn't cut the chain myself. They fit the chain for me, in a crowded workshop, for about $25 which was great in my book. Some rude pricks in the workshop though. Meh, they're mechanics, not salesmen. I pick up the sprockets on Wednesday. I know I should've done them all at once, but waiting a day or two and 50-60kms won't hurt it too much I think. Now that the chain is cut I'm sure I can do the fitting myself.
Plan on looking after this one much better. It's bloody expensive, doing a chain! :shit: Typical story -- rego due, anniversary, Mother's Day, Dad's birthday, chain & sprockets -- and I'm off work (ACC doesn't pay too much, and now I'm back at work I got a while to wait for money again) :whocares:
Went up a tooth on the front, to 15 instead of the 14 that was on there (standard). I understand that this will make the gears quite a lot taller than they were before, and on a low power bike it's not always smart. But it's got a wide powerband, and on the motorway you sit really high in the rev range, so I think it will be a good idea. Low speed 1st gear stuff might mean more clutch slipping, but that's what it's for.
Nothing interesting really here, just that Mt Eden are cool for squeezing me in :D
EDIT: Oh yeah, how much smoother is the bike after that! Gear changes are like silk, and there's no jerkiness at low speed. Very cool.
The chain that came with my bike was not fully used up yet (had plenty of room left on the swingarm), but it was getting pretty nasty due to lots of tight spots. I was having to retension it every four days or so, which isn't much fun. So today I headed off to Motomail to get chain and sprockets (sprockets are in great nick, but there's that rule about replacing them together). No sprockets, chain would have to be ordered. Went to AMPS -- helpful guy told me he could do it, but it'd be fscking expensive due to not having aftermarket bits, try Mt Eden Motorcycles (and gave me directions wot I promptly forgot).
Got to Mt Eden, they said no problem. I decided I wanted the chain today (it was starting to worry me, about snapping or something with all the tight spots), and they told me they could do that -- but I couldn't cut the chain myself. They fit the chain for me, in a crowded workshop, for about $25 which was great in my book. Some rude pricks in the workshop though. Meh, they're mechanics, not salesmen. I pick up the sprockets on Wednesday. I know I should've done them all at once, but waiting a day or two and 50-60kms won't hurt it too much I think. Now that the chain is cut I'm sure I can do the fitting myself.
Plan on looking after this one much better. It's bloody expensive, doing a chain! :shit: Typical story -- rego due, anniversary, Mother's Day, Dad's birthday, chain & sprockets -- and I'm off work (ACC doesn't pay too much, and now I'm back at work I got a while to wait for money again) :whocares:
Went up a tooth on the front, to 15 instead of the 14 that was on there (standard). I understand that this will make the gears quite a lot taller than they were before, and on a low power bike it's not always smart. But it's got a wide powerband, and on the motorway you sit really high in the rev range, so I think it will be a good idea. Low speed 1st gear stuff might mean more clutch slipping, but that's what it's for.
Nothing interesting really here, just that Mt Eden are cool for squeezing me in :D
EDIT: Oh yeah, how much smoother is the bike after that! Gear changes are like silk, and there's no jerkiness at low speed. Very cool.