20-09-13, 07:10 PM
FZS1000 is up to 2 inches if I remember correctly.
This is my thinking. With a Scottoiler fitted my chain pretty much does not stretch.
I know a few folks who have suffered chain breakages, the money is always on a tight chain. It can cause you serious injury if it results in you loosing control of the bike or ending up have a collision etc. Chains usually break on the throttle, engine revs take off, the chain gets pulled in by the front sprocket but the last link often goes straight on sometimes punching a hole in your engine casing. Another pal has his side panel nicely chewed up by a broken chain, preferable to having yer leg chewed I guess.
A tight chain can also kill your gearbox.
A slack chain, unless it's way slack just increases the wear rate on your front sprocket, perhaps the rear too.
So I set mine towards 2 inch, and whether I'm solo, loaded up, carrying a pillion, well I don't have to bother with it. Set it when I get a new tyre, and that's where it stays till the next un.
This is my thinking. With a Scottoiler fitted my chain pretty much does not stretch.
I know a few folks who have suffered chain breakages, the money is always on a tight chain. It can cause you serious injury if it results in you loosing control of the bike or ending up have a collision etc. Chains usually break on the throttle, engine revs take off, the chain gets pulled in by the front sprocket but the last link often goes straight on sometimes punching a hole in your engine casing. Another pal has his side panel nicely chewed up by a broken chain, preferable to having yer leg chewed I guess.
A tight chain can also kill your gearbox.
A slack chain, unless it's way slack just increases the wear rate on your front sprocket, perhaps the rear too.
So I set mine towards 2 inch, and whether I'm solo, loaded up, carrying a pillion, well I don't have to bother with it. Set it when I get a new tyre, and that's where it stays till the next un.