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Post by renegade on Apr 2, 2015 17:50:16 GMT
Ok i know this is going to sound stupid but !!! I have always checked the tension sat on the bike ,whilst checking the handbook for my xjr1300,it says check on the centerstand .So i thought lets google it and ......no help as both methods are favoured ,some even using both ?? Including one from a mechanic who sticks a 8mm screwdriver in between the chain and sprocket then moves it till it makes the chain solid before adjusting ?? . So at the risk of sounding daft over one of the simplest tasks i wondered what the advice on here was.  |
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Post by titus on Apr 2, 2015 18:07:13 GMT
I just do mine on the stand Mal  |
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Post by renegade on Apr 2, 2015 19:26:05 GMT
Cheers Kev,see thats opposite of what i've always done ,lets see if we get any other suggestions  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 19:51:27 GMT
I do mine with no weight on it, however I do like to run mine on the slightly tight side.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 20:42:12 GMT
After Joe Kings chinese capricious chain calamities Dayglodavid posted this :- |
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Post by renegade on Apr 2, 2015 21:26:05 GMT
I wonder if Lee would check mine  |
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Post by nickw on Apr 2, 2015 22:21:09 GMT
I'd go with the handbook. Yamaha's knowledge of the bike is far greater than ours...
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Post by titus on Apr 3, 2015 16:44:54 GMT
I do mine with no weight on it, however I do like to run mine on the slightly tight side. The tight side.....does Soapy do it then ? |
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Post by renegade on Apr 3, 2015 21:07:36 GMT
I always understood the you check the tension while sat on the bike ,because obviously when riding the tension must take into account the weight of the rider ,this differs when checking with no weight on the center stand surely. So maybe i have been doing it all wrong for the last 30 plus years |
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Post by Lee on Apr 4, 2015 6:31:40 GMT
Im back this weekend Mal, speak to kev to get my number and have a run over.
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Post by titus on Apr 4, 2015 16:08:53 GMT
Im back this weekend Mal, speak to kev to get my number and have a run over. Mal give me a bell, I will give you Soapy's number, he has all the kit in his man cave |
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Post by renegade on Apr 4, 2015 20:27:21 GMT
Cheers Lee ,will do.
Will ring you Kev mate .
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Post by Lee on Apr 5, 2015 6:30:16 GMT
Mal, I might have unintentionally misled you with my post. It's the coming weekend that i'm back. I get home Thursday afternoon and I'm around 10th, 11th and 12th of April
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Post by renegade on Apr 6, 2015 20:27:53 GMT
Thanks Lee ,Kev told me.So if you dont mind i will take you up on the offer and ring you at the weekend to sort something out.
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Post by renegade on Apr 13, 2015 11:42:03 GMT
All sorted now thanks to Lee ,thanks Lee . |
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