13-10-13, 08:19 PM
Got a chance to finish this today and she's all back together. Sounds sweet at idle, no more ticking. Went for a spin and had it at full wack a few times and it all sounded good. I'll take the cover off in a few days and check the chain again but it seems happy. Just in case someone finds this in a search the bike has less than 40,000 miles on it but the old chain was definitely worn out. The tensioner had one adjustment left and with the cover off you could clearly see the chain wasn't sitting on the exhaust sprocket properly. When I got it out of the bike there was no siezed links but I'd say one in three was a bit notchy and stiff. Fairly poor imo after that mileage.