New Chain

[White trash]

, a chain shouldnt last longer than 10,000 km after that it gets in poor condition

What? I'm pretty sure a chain should last longer than 10,000. Mine already has and I'd say that old anal Jimbos will still be going strong at 50.

The Author of The Bikers Bible, Graham Alardice has travelled over 70000km on the original chain using a Scott Oiler.

[F5 Dave]

Depends lots on the bike & how often you oil it & what weather you ride in. Singles & twins tend to wear chains quicker as the power delivery is lumpier than fours.

Italian bikes probably come out with something like Regina chains. Chain companies make several grades of chain. I don’t know if Regina make a good one but I have never seen one.

I have just taken the original 35 thou km DID chain of my Yam. The only reason I am taking it off is to do a 520 conversion (saved 1.25kg over 532) & lower the gearing. The chain did not need replacement & I’ve only adjusted it a couple of times. Did scrape a fair old amount of old chain lube from the side cover though.

Just bought a Scotoiler for the touring bike though, man I am getting old :disapint:. The Sport bike will never see one though. Only gets ridden for 500k at a time at most & in the dry.

[vifferman]

I just measured it , it is 3.5 cms shorter than it was, what ya reckon

That sounds like an awful lot of stretch. Are you sure the new chain is the same pitch and has the same number of links as the old one? Even allowing for humungous stretch, 3.5 cm doesn't add up.

Your bike should be marginally quicker steering, but it shouldn't affect the stability much, as you haven't changed the steering geometry significantly. If anything, it should be better, as having the rear axle further up the swingarm should have made the back fractionally lower, thus very fractionally decreasing the effective steering head angle and increasing trail. Marginally.

The other thing is crappy old chains eat up horsepower (measured at the rear wheel), through frictional losses.

[Cajun]

What? I'm pretty sure a chain should last longer than 10,000. Mine already has and I'd say that old anal Jimbos will still be going strong at 50.

The Author of The Bikers Bible, Graham Alardice has travelled over 70000km on the original chain using a Scott Oiler.

The wife has done over 10,000kms on her chain and it still looks factory, and its only been adjusted like 3 times in its life, but she also rides smoothly, the more you are hard on the gas will do more wear to it,