Loose part noise coming from my engine!

[motorbyclist]

sweet, yeah i found the tightest point of the chain and got it so it had bout 2 inches of slack, adjusted both sides and the wheel see pretty straight to me.
oh yeap ill try pick sum up when i ge pad.
sure thing

you know what happens when chains come off right? they either lock the rear wheel possibly causing an accident, or they get flung through the crank case, usually writing the whole engine off in the process.

2.5cm = 1 inch. myself i run tighter but in doing so run the risk of damaging the bearings on the driveshaft. remember it tightens when you sit on it too

[Ixion]

No. normally when they come off, they just end up skithering around the rear hb, while you sit there going nowhere with the engine revving and an embarrased look on y' face. And have to jump off and cam the chain back on.

[motorbyclist]

No. normally when they come off, they just end up skithering around the rear hb, while you sit there going nowhere with the engine revving and an embarrased look on y' face. And have to jump off and cam the chain back on.

i wish! the only time that happened to me is when i took all the teeth off the rear sprocket several years ago, and then the chain never actually came off... then there was the xr100 but it didn't have the grunt nor a heavy enough chain to do any real damage

every other time had been either bike squiggly line and funny looks from pedestrians, or looking at oil leaking from the flywheel cover.

(chain comes off rear, drive sprocket revs up and sends chain flying forwards and through the engine. chain keepers help but usually they break off by breaking the threads in the main case)

besides, prepare for the worst and what's the worst that could happen?