ive had two chains in the past 4 thousand miles why are they stretching so easy. what chain is the best out on the market just one from the dealership or should i order one from hai or somebody

 

Alot of it has to do with the rider

how do you ride your bike?

 

i mean irde bout like everyone else i guess but no one elses stretches that much i dont know if it has to do with clutching it up when i was learning or what would that make sense? but no one else i know wears them out like this and ive seen people clutching the **** out of stuff

 

It has a lot to do with clutching it up, when I first learned to clutch wheelies I had chain problems....

Don't so much drop the clutch as slip it, which means you let it out fast, but not dropping it.... You're wheelies will stand up alot more predictable that way too

 

when you adjust it, are you leaving enough slack??? there should be 3/4 inch on the bottom side

 

U have to replace the sprockets too when u replace a chain. Putting a new chain on worn out sprockets is like putting new pads on a ground up brake disc. U have to keep it lubed to.

 

are you running an o-ring?

 

its a garbage wheelie guage. the more garbage wheelies you do the faster it stretches.
j/k lol

 

i have had the same chain on my stunt bike for over two years and 20 some thing thousand miles ,drifting , burnouts , clutch wheelies , power wheelies , every thing and my **** still has a ways to go before it's totally stretched out ....

i suspect you may be tightening it too much and not cleaning and lubing it enough


oh and +1 on the changing sprockets with the chain

 

ive tried both o ring and x ring chains and yea its always got slack. my sprocket is brand new too eith only about 4 thousand on it. i live on a dirt?gravel driveway so it dries out quicker but i lube it that much more. how big of a factor would the lubing be

 

Don´t tighten it too much and for me the DID ZVM chains are the best and strongest out there!

 

you also need to clean it. improper maintenance is the most likely culprit.

 

alright thanks for the input now lets change topics to why my FI cage sucks ***** it doesnt matter if you set it down or drop it on the cage it snaps the rearsets on both sides unless the pass peg is folded out the pegs on my rearsets are cut down also does this happen with all 04 636s or what

 

so on your shopping list should be:

- DID 525ZVM Chain
- Sick Innovations Crash Cage

 

Nice sentence! Kudos!