catzo
New Member
For those of you that check the slack in your chain, do you notice that these bikes have alot of slack?
My reason for asking is when I was getting the bike safetied the mechanic who is a friend pointed out the chain seems really loose, but that he didnt know for sure because he doesnt know the specs for my bike. He also doesnt work on bikes often. He advised me to check it. It did look really loose.
So today I cleaned my chain with kerosene and measured the slack and its dead on for what the manual recommends. Yamaha recommends between 1.77-2.17" and every single measurement I took all along the chain fit inside that range.
So I guess what I'm asking, do you guys notice that our chains are fairly loose? Is that just normal for our bikes? Or am I taking the measurements wrong? Thoughts?
My reason for asking is when I was getting the bike safetied the mechanic who is a friend pointed out the chain seems really loose, but that he didnt know for sure because he doesnt know the specs for my bike. He also doesnt work on bikes often. He advised me to check it. It did look really loose.
So today I cleaned my chain with kerosene and measured the slack and its dead on for what the manual recommends. Yamaha recommends between 1.77-2.17" and every single measurement I took all along the chain fit inside that range.
So I guess what I'm asking, do you guys notice that our chains are fairly loose? Is that just normal for our bikes? Or am I taking the measurements wrong? Thoughts?