THANKS motorbike guy

**Rajol** · 14th February 2012, 22:17

Thank you to the motorbike savior who helped me tonight

I was driving home from work

And a funny thing happened!

My Chain came off!

I didn't know it could come off, or anything about chains, besides the fact that I have to oil it.

-

He went back and got his tools from his house to help me out
Taught me about chains

loosened it and pulled the tire forward, put chain back on, aligned it for me
and I was home straight after

I didn't know what I was going to do I was stuck! No one to call / no AA card either.

he told me not to ride over bumps fast anymore, which is what I have been doing

**Rajol** · 14th February 2012, 22:18

Also I think my chain is too tight???

I tried driving home and I could barely get to 70km/h, where It usually gets up to 110km/h easy (before the chain came off)

Will get it fixed tomorrow, how much will it cost?

**tigertim20** · 14th February 2012, 22:26

Originally Posted by Rajol

Also I think my chain is too tight???

I tried driving home and I could barely get to 70km/h, where It usually gets up to 110km/h easy (before the chain came off)

Will get it fixed tomorrow, how much will it cost?

if its just adjusting the chain - do a youtube search on how to do it. there should be about an inch, or 25mm of slack in the chain, with you sitting on the bike - its easy as fuck to do and takes about as long to do as it does to make a cup of coffee.
a youtube video will show you how quickly and easily you can do it yourself.

You might want to check that the chain isnt stretched and in need of replacement as well.

Goos on the dude that helped you out

**Rajol** · 14th February 2012, 22:34

Originally Posted by tigertim20

if its just adjusting the chain - do a youtube search on how to do it. there should be about an inch, or 25mm of slack in the chain, with you sitting on the bike - its easy as fuck to do and takes about as long to do as it does to make a cup of coffee.
a youtube video will show you how quickly and easily you can do it yourself.

You might want to check that the chain isnt stretched and in need of replacement as well.

Goos on the dude that helped you out

I was too shy to ask him if he was a KB member, maybe he'll post

**blackdog** · 14th February 2012, 22:40

Ask Katiepie about chains on Keeways, she used to have to tighten hers every day. Perhaps invest in something that is a little better quality (chain or bike) if you don't want to have to do this on a ride by ride basis.

**GingerMidget** · 14th February 2012, 22:45

If you are still in Wellington, take it to Scooterazzi in Victoria street. From memory they sold and maybe still do sell keeway stuff. I personally wouldn't take one even if it was free. Prefer to stick to brands I trust.

**Rajol** · 14th February 2012, 22:58

I don't think it's the bike, It's a 2010 keeway supershadow

I've been riding it pretty hard and it's kind of brand newish, had it for a month and the chain came off on a big bump while I was going fast, I was told when I got it, to get the slack checked because it was kind of loose, but I didn't bother, and have done ~ 1800km on it so far,

Will get it checked at the shop tomorrow to get it re adjusted then will report back on how long it takes for the slack to become too loose again so we can find out if there is a problem with the keeway brand

**Rajol** · 14th February 2012, 22:59

Originally Posted by GingerMidget

If you are still in Wellington, take it to Scooterazzi in Victoria street. From memory they sold and maybe still do sell keeway stuff. I personally wouldn't take one even if it was free. Prefer to stick to brands I trust.

Thanks, will do.

Was thinking of taking it to that place near the newtown turn off near basin reserve

**Berries** · 14th February 2012, 23:04

Originally Posted by Rajol

I was driving home from work

And a funny thing happened!

My Chain came off!

Quick KB tip. When you are on two wheels you are riding.

**Muppet** · 14th February 2012, 23:04

Originally Posted by Rajol

Thank you to the motorbike savior who helped me tonight

I was driving home from work

And a funny thing happened!

My Chain came off!

I didn't know it could come off, or anything about chains, besides the fact that I have to oil it.

-

He went back and got his tools from his house to help me out
Taught me about chains

loosened it and pulled the tire forward, put chain back on, aligned it for me
and I was home straight after

I didn't know what I was going to do I was stuck! No one to call / no AA card either.

he told me not to ride over bumps fast anymore, which is what I have been doing

Same thing happened to me when I was 16. Riding my dads cb175 on Russley Road (when it had a 100km/h speed limit and no roundabouts just stop signs!) about to take the bike up to 100, got as far as 20 km/h and off the chain came! Knew nothing about chain tightening, I do now, check it every week.

**Rajol** · 14th February 2012, 23:17

Originally Posted by Berries

Quick KB tip. When you are on two wheels you are riding.

whoops

noted

**sinfull** · 15th February 2012, 06:49

Originally Posted by tigertim20

if its just adjusting the chain - do a youtube search on how to do it. there should be about an inch, or 25mm of slack in the chain, with you sitting on the bike - its easy as fuck to do and takes about as long to do as it does to make a cup of coffee.
a youtube video will show you how quickly and easily you can do it yourself.

You might want to check that the chain isnt stretched and in need of replacement as well.

Goos on the dude that helped you out

There is some real muppet videos out there Tim lol I think letting him search for himself may not be such a goos idea !!