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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 05:45 PM
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Keeping the tension in ur chain tight

If some of you have super garbage wheelies it might have to do with tension in ur chain...to much slack is no good.

keep them tight...50 chains are weak and strerch a lot...
you may have to adjust oftten till its done strerchin.
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This is very true. When I was first learning my wheelies were garbage, then I jumped on my friends 50 and wheelied the ***** out of it. Couldn't figure out what was diffrent. Come to find out my chain was loose as hell so there was a big delay between twisting the throttle and getting power to the back tire.
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just make shore that your wheel and sprockets are straight and line up
Old Jan 14, 2004 | 07:40 PM
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Originally posted by NINER
Come to find out my chain was loose as hell so there was a big delay between twisting the throttle and getting power to the back tire.
this is exactly what i mean/telling you.
that is one of the many reasons some cant wheelie all that well.
Old Jan 14, 2004 | 08:23 PM
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i have to tighten mine like every week
Old Jan 14, 2004 | 08:27 PM
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after like 8 times....im done...this itch is as streched as its gonna get
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man, i put a smaller spocket on the rear after the 88 kit, now i think it stretched some more...i think i'm gonna cut a link out tomorrow
Old Jan 14, 2004 | 11:17 PM
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thanx man i just went outside and tried that ****......WOW makes a big difference
thanx
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No Problem....
I figured this could help a few people here.

Just looking out for my peeps
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Originally posted by NINER
This is very true. When I was first learning my wheelies were garbage, then I jumped on my friends 50 and wheelied the ***** out of it. Couldn't figure out what was diffrent. Come to find out my chain was loose as hell so there was a big delay between twisting the throttle and getting power to the back tire.


I have the same problem...when I pin the throttle from a dead stop I have a delay because the rear tire starts smoking from massive quantities of HP going through my little motor.

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Originally posted by 02redr1
man, i put a smaller spocket on the rear after the 88 kit, now i think it stretched some more...i think i'm gonna cut a link out tomorrow
I took two links out of mine when I went down to a 35
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Originally posted by Silver Surfer
I have the same problem...when I pin the throttle from a dead stop I have a delay because the rear tire starts smoking from massive quantities of HP going through my little motor.

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i kept telling my buddy his chain was to loose. His reply was that he weighs alot more than the bike is designed for so when ihe sits down on it will reduce the slack. We were about a 1/4 mile back in the woods and his chain popped off. He had to push the fiddy back.
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Hmmmmm.... Maybe that's my problem.... nope... Just NO skillz LOL
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dont be skuured..we know you gotz skillz
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Old Jan 15, 2004 | 04:54 PM
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if you do alot of jumps i would suggest leaving the chain some what loose, aroudn here everyones stock swing arm gets egged out ont he left side when they jump an dhave their chain to tight........shity design on hondas part i think. if you dont jump you don thave to worry about it. if u look at your swingarm you can see the taperd part that gets egged out.
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my chain sucks, stretches like a **** and im waiting til it stops. but i hear ya on keeping it tight, helps a lot



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