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Yea it seems I made a mistake. It's too loud and there was a slight vibration increase, it seems it's under 2". However I noticed yesterday that it seemed to be more difficult to turn in one direction than another, sure enough I tested it by removing my hands from the handle bars at a low speed...

Alright so I had some time today to adjust the chain. The chain is at the point that when the swing arm is loaded, the chain just misses the swing arm (when trying to push the chain up) but can still hit the protector, it seems to be around 2". The chain on my first ride out however seemed a...

Hey guys, sorry for the lack of updates, I've been pretty busy and finally had time today to go over the bike more (and thank you FinalImpact for that epic post). After cleaning it (the chain and other components) I had someone sit on the bike while I examined the chain slack/tension. Even with...

Thanks for the replies guys. I understand the downward play bit, as well as combining them to get the freeplay. What I still don't understand is, if for example TownsendsFJR1300 your chain hits the swing arm on the upward travel, how do you know you're actually at the 2" mark since you don't...

Hey guys, long time lurker first time poster here. I bought a used 08 FZ6 with 8k miles on it back in October, and have used this forum for numerous things up to this point, it currently has 11.5k miles on it. Anyways while going over some basic maintenance the other day (checking engine oil...