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Just wondering what Ks other 10 owners are getting out of a chain. Mine has 13000km and is definately ready for changing (ie adjusted it Sunday, rode it Wednesday and it needs adjusting again :twisted:
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fark your hard on the gear! mine has 27000 on it, its a bit on the way but not completely rooted yet.
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photomike666 wrote:Just wondering what Ks other 10 owners are getting out of a chain. Mine has 13000km and is definately ready for changing (ie adjusted it Sunday, rode it Wednesday and it needs adjusting again :twisted:
You should def get more than that out of it dude.
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SoundGuy wrote:
photomike666 wrote:Just wondering what Ks other 10 owners are getting out of a chain. Mine has 13000km and is definately ready for changing (ie adjusted it Sunday, rode it Wednesday and it needs adjusting again :twisted:
You should def get more than that out of it dude.

30.000 km is my average. Avoid clutch wheelies and keep the chain clean.
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I've never clutch wheelied, only done a few power mono's and generally ride really smooth - like 9000km out of a Dunlop Qualifier rear kinda smooth. Chain gets lubed every 500-700km or so, depends on the ride/weather etc.

Always got about 30-40,000 km out of a chain on the CBR, so thought 13,000 was a bit shit.
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Yeah I would've though thats pretty short. Mines got 18,000 on it and I reckon it'll be good for 30k. I'm pretty anal about keeping it clean though.
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From memory I got around 24,000 out of mine with the Afam alloy rear sprocket and 16t front.
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:o I've got 34000 km outta mine so far but will be changing them soon cause they are on their way out now
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is it possible you checked your chain tension at the "tight spot"?
i.e did you check your tension in several places as there will be a spot in your chain thats tighter then the rest.
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25000 & still going strong even after a shitload of mono's
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I normally get approx 25K out of mine, but I've seen a chain kill itself in 2K over a weekend of riding in a hard driving rain.
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Mine had heaps of life even at 13,000kms!
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Just replaced mine after 35,500 ;)
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