Where to get new chain + sprockets in Auck??

[Ragingrob]

Hey guys I need a new chain on my bike due to a really tight spot, can anyone recommend a well priced place to get them from and fitted? Got a quote from Cycletreads for about $240 which I thought was a bit over what I want to spend lol, that was for an o-ring, an x-ring being $80 more!

So yeah any places around that you know have been good for you would be great :). I need one asap I think, would hate the chain to hop off or snap!

[jimbo600]

$240 for new chain and sprockets fitted sounds pretty good to me mate.

[R6_kid]

If you got for an old style chain and budget sprockets you might be able to get them all for $140 if you are very lucky.

[Morcs]

Yep 240 is a bloody good deal.

[Ragingrob]

Hmmm ok well maybe I'll just go for it then, rather spend a bit than it to cause a crash. I just thought it sounded pricey but I've never been in the market for one before so had no idea :bash:

Lol cheers for the opinions.

[Squiggles]

Hanne got just under 240 for an xring fitted for her zzr250 from them, me 280 for the tl (530 xring)

[Robert Taylor]

Yep 240 is a bloody good deal.

And you only get what you pay for, cheap chains and sprockets equals grief and short life. False economy.

[cowpoos]

And you only get what you pay for, cheap chains and sprockets equals grief and short life. False economy.
ditto!!! I have expensive chain...expensive sprokets....I have not needed to adjust my chain after 6 superbike meetings!! and I'm running a 520 conversion...

[sAsLEX]

And you only get what you pay for, cheap chains and sprockets equals grief and short life. False economy.

I would also point out that lack of maintenance is normally the culprit for poor chain life..... aye K14!


What you need is a decent Pixie Oiler, will increase chain life exponentially!...... I hope!

[Jantar]

Try amotostuff in USA, bloody good prices, and only took 4 days from USA to central otago.

http://www.amotostuff.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?

[Robert Taylor]

Try amotostuff in USA, bloody good prices, and only took 4 days from USA to central otago.

http://www.amotostuff.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?

Well done! Is the business that you are in affected by offshore internet sales?

[Coldrider]

Well done! Is the business that you are in affected by offshore internet sales?

Unfortunately, or fortunately it is a free market world now, the money is in design/development not manufacture and supply. The sooner NZer's realise this we can reinvest the savings into higher productivity.
I empathise with retailers but on third world wages and paying top dollar...

[vifferman]

Well done! Is the business that you are in affected by offshore internet sales?
I've no idea what that means. :confused:

But (however) I buy my chains'n'sprockets and tyres and other stuff locally. I reserve the right to use the Interdweeb to buy other stuff that's overpriced and/or hard to get. It's my money, I'll spend it how I like.

[Robert Taylor]

I've no idea what that means. :confused:

But (however) I buy my chains'n'sprockets and tyres and other stuff locally. I reserve the right to use the Interdweeb to buy other stuff that's overpriced and/or hard to get. It's my money, I'll spend it how I like.

Dont complain then when you may lose your job because of internet sales offshore seriously hurting the viability of your overtaxed overlevied employer ( I am saying this as a generalisation )

[Ixion]

It does somewhat depend on circumstances. I always try to give business to the NZ supplier, unless there's an absurd difference.

But we are a small country. SOmetimes what is needed is just not available in NZ. If you run a 1927 Fartmocycle, there is maybe only one source in the world for parts. This is one thing that the iddawibble has done, it has made extreme specialisation possible. Once, no-one would have set up a business suppling Fartmocycle parts. The amount of business from any customer within geographic reach would have been too small. But the iddywibble is world wide, and in the world there are enough customers.

IMHE , internet sourcing for parts that are available locally is somewhat overrated. Once freight charges are taken into account, along with commissions on the foreign exchange, the difference is usually slight. Not worth the risks of parcels going astray, incorrect parts being sent, delays etc. And the difficulty of trying to resolve a problem with someone half a world away.

[Coldrider]

Yep, individuals will weigh up the risks vs the savings and make a choice, the more they do it, the more confidence they will have.
Ron Brierley was actually doing the country a favour long before we knew it.

[Ragingrob]

OK so back on track, I've just got a new chain and sprockets fitted from cycletreads :) for a price of $210!!! EDIT : And that's $210 for an NZ company :P

Now, how much wearing in do they need? Take it easy for a few hundred k's or what? How easy lol?

[Coldrider]

Lube it up and go, keep an eye on the joiner link for a while.

[Taz]

They don't really need running in. Just check the tension a few times in the next couple of hundred K's and retension as necessary. Remember a chain that's too tight is as as bad if not worse than a chain that's too loose.

[Ragingrob]

Lube it up and go, keep an eye on the joiner link for a while.

The joiner link? :blank:

[FROSTY]

I'd ride normally but check the chain tension after a couple of hundred k's

[Ragingrob]

They don't really need running in. Just check the tension a few times in the next couple of hundred K's and retension as necessary. Remember a chain that's too tight is as as bad if not worse than a chain that's too loose.

Hmmm it seems to have a good 2-3 inches slack right now, which I may tighten slightly...

[Taz]

Oh and if cycletreads fitted them double check all nuts and bolts before one falls out/off.

[Coldrider]

The joiner link? :blank:
The link that splices the two ends together. It will be one with a link that is a clip, or one that is pressed closed. Unless they have used a seamless chain in which case they would have removed the swingarm to fit. Don't think that is common for aftermaket chains. I inspect the joiner link a few times after fitting to make sure all is well. It may save your life one day.

[Taz]

Sometimes they fit a new chain with a rivet link instead of a clip link.

[Morcs]

OK so back on track, I've just got a new chain and sprockets fitted from cycletreads :) for a price of $210!!! EDIT : And that's $210 for an NZ company :P

Now, how much wearing in do they need? Take it easy for a few hundred k's or what? How easy lol?

210?!? And it took chris ages too...
I just paid $245.

As for wearing in im not sure, I turned onto the road and screamed away on the back wheel :D

[Squiggles]

Ride her as you would, they will have riveted the chain, 2-3cm slack midway between the sprockets with the suspension a bit compressed is what i go for, but im on the upper end of 3cm for the tl thanks to the weak countershaft sprocket bearing the 97's had <_<

[Ragingrob]

210?!? And it took chris ages too...
I just paid $245.

As for wearing in im not sure, I turned onto the road and screamed away on the back wheel :D

Chris? Wait... :Pokey: how do you know!

[Ragingrob]

Ride her as you would, they will have riveted the chain, 2-3cm slack midway between the sprockets with the suspension a bit compressed is what i go for, but im on the upper end of 3cm for the tl thanks to the weak countershaft sprocket bearing the 97's had <_<

Is that 2-3cm slack both ways or just one way? As in completely wiggling chain up an' down or just push it up see how far?

[Morcs]

Chris? Wait... :Pokey: how do you know!

My streetfighter was in there all morning... I was the dude hanging around in the black singlet :2thumbsup

[Ragingrob]

Haha true! Yeah apparently he broke the chain linker tool or something and had to do it manually. Luckily I'd had someone pick me up so I could bugger off for a few hours.

[Jantar]

Well done! Is the business that you are in affected by offshore internet sales?
Thank you. No, my employer is not affected by offshore internet sales.

I generally do support my local motorcycle shops, but when they tell me that the chain and sprockets I ask for are not available in the sizes and types I want, then I have no compunction about getting them offshore. Then to find that that the whole set, including freight is around half what the local shop would charge if they could have got them, and its no contest. I don't mind paying a small premium to support the local guys, but then I expect some service.

[ElCoyote]

I generally do support my local motorcycle shops, but when they tell me that the chain and sprockets I ask for are not available in the sizes and types I want, then I have no compunction about getting them offshore. Then to find that that the whole set, including freight is around half what the local shop would charge if they could have got them, and its no contest. I don't mind paying a small premium to support the local guys, but then I expect some service.

I agree with the landed cost being about half. I have purchased many things for my B4 Legacy plus a few for the bike but only when I feel the dealer is being greedy. In the case of the sub that is often. :wavey:

[Ragingrob]

OK new question... Rode home today on the motorway and I was sure the bike was revving higher than usual, almost 9,000rpm as opposed to 8,000rpm at just over 100kph. Is a change in the way the bike rides normal at all with new sprockets and chain?

[Katman]

OK new question... Rode home today on the motorway and I was sure the bike was revving higher than usual, almost 9,000rpm as opposed to 8,000rpm at just over 100kph. Is a change in the way the bike rides normal at all with new sprockets and chain?

It sounds like they've fitted a larger rear sprocket or a smaller front sprocket than you had on there to start with.

[Squiggles]

same number of teeth on the new set?

I'd expect it to be less jerkly and more smooth than your last chain

[Ixion]

OK new question... Rode home today on the motorway and I was sure the bike was revving higher than usual, almost 9,000rpm as opposed to 8,000rpm at just over 100kph. Is a change in the way the bike rides normal at all with new sprockets and chain?

Not possible unless you've inadvertantly changed the number of teeth.