Chain & Sprocket Chainging on a CBR600

[TwoSeven]

nah mate - once you have the nack for doing it, its pretty simple - would have to be a bad mechanic or someone that hadnt seen that bike before to take a long time on it.

Its not so much as what has to be done but the order you do it in and knowing what tools to use - once you know that you can be pretty fast. I'd expect someone to be able to swap a rear wheel on a cibby in under 2 mins - 1 min if they practice hard - my fastest time was 52 seconds on the F2. In fact if you plan it properly to change the rear sprocket you dont have to take the rear wheel off, just have to pull the axel part way thru and wiggle the spacer out - although I find it easier to drop the wheel out.

Then its really easy to zap all of the bits with the rattle gun. I havnt timed myself to do a complete chain and sprockets, but the one I recently put on done in under 10 mins, so i'd double that to take the old one off.

Someone that does tires and chains/sprockets for a living shouldnt be charging more than half an hour FRT.

[Slim]

Hmm, lets see, remove side panel, to access fairing panel bolts, remove side inspection panel to uncover further bolts, undo about 1/2 dozen other screws, to lower fairing side, do I need to do same on other side to drop belly pan altogether? Right now I can see sprocket cover..... Mate the bloody 97 CBR has to have about the most mickey mouse fairing panelling you can imagine, everything slots into something else, you have to take off this to get to that, blah, blah, blah. Bloody Honda just being too damn clever again......

I miss a key release seat!

There's a wee phillips screw underneath, at the front, that joins the 2 lower side fairings, then undo the allan screw that joins the triangular piece behind the front wheel to the side panel you're removing, plus the half-twist screw at the bottom of the triangular bit & you can take off just one side fairing.

HTH.

How long did it take you to twig to the fact that one of the allan screws on each side fairing is longer than the rest??? :sly:

[gav]

Well, to be fair, when I first got my bike, most of what was left of the fairing was in a cardboard box! Hardest bit was buying s/h fairing panels then finding I had to get extra bits, like the inner panel that the indicators bolt onto. Still missing some, like the headlight inspection panel at the bottom of the upper fairing (if you can follow that).
Hey 27, point taken, fastest I changed a rear tyre on a CBR was quicker than we could fill the tank! But there were 3 other guys, a racetrack, some TV cameras, something called the "Castrol 6 Hour".....

[TwoSeven]

he he ..

I always practice everything til I can do it with my eyes closed. Then I look up the honda FRT time and find I still have a way to go - but I can beat the times on most things for the 600 - except probably dismantling and reassembling the engine.

[Velox]

Basically the 'chain tool' costs about $150 for a good unit that will both split the chain, press the links and bur the riviot.

I'm guessing the tool is specific to the size of the chain (and therefore rivet)eh? Does that mean you can only use certain tools on certain bikes?

[TwoSeven]

They normally do a range of sizes for the tools. I think the one I have does 430-530 (I use it to do mainly 520 and 530 chains).

[Velox]

They normally do a range of sizes for the tools. I think the one I have does 430-530 (I use it to do mainly 520 and 530 chains).

Cheers TwoS. Do you reckon you could get one that would do a 520 and whatever a 600cc is likely to use or is that a bit too much variation in size?

[TwoSeven]

yep - just google for chain tool.