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ozzieboy · 11-04-2008, 11:16 AM

Owners manual doesn't say anything about it. Just gives the required tension

. I'm going to ask the mechanic on Friday when my bike goes in for service what he thinks of where my chain adjustment is at

. I will then make a vid which I will post showing how tight or loose it needs to be

.

Let's face it, to give a distance measurement and no measurement of the required force to push the chain up and down to measure it renders the figures given almost useless. Someone may push harder or softer than me.
Cheers
Mike

Fz6Sa · 12-11-2008, 06:22 PM

I have done close to 5500 miles on my bike, and I have still not needed to ajust the slack.
It was ajusted after the first 600 miles (At the service), but nothing since. Should perhaps be noted that I oil it once a week(after a wipe off with a dry cloth), and do the whole WD40 cleaning once a year.

Oscar54 · 12-11-2008, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hellgate

On a side note, the new BMW Enduro bike has the drive sprocket in the swingarm pivot so that whole problem is solved, kind cool.

Attachment 7195

Nice tid bit! Thanks

11-04-2008, 11:16 AM	#21 (permalink)
ozzieboy Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: South Australia Bike: 2007 FZ6 Blue Posts: 675 Rep Power: 10 Member #4760	Re: Chain Adjustment Question... Owners manual doesn't say anything about it. Just gives the required tension. I'm going to ask the mechanic on Friday when my bike goes in for service what he thinks of where my chain adjustment is at. I will then make a vid which I will post showing how tight or loose it needs to be. Let's face it, to give a distance measurement and no measurement of the required force to push the chain up and down to measure it renders the figures given almost useless. Someone may push harder or softer than me. Cheers Mike

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Fz6Sa Planetary River desiger Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Danmark, Near Aalborg Bike: Yamaha FZ6SA 2006 Black/Silver Posts: 194 Rep Power: 2 Member #5715	Re: Chain Adjustment Question... I have done close to 5500 miles on my bike, and I have still not needed to ajust the slack. It was ajusted after the first 600 miles (At the service), but nothing since. Should perhaps be noted that I oil it once a week(after a wipe off with a dry cloth), and do the whole WD40 cleaning once a year. __________________ - FZ6SA "Common sense is not as common as you might think" "This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy."

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