far out! 40000km service makes me nervous!

[Wolfman]

Mike (soon to be me...) lubes the chains on all bikes on a regular basis - come back from a long ride, while still warm - lube it.

Does his on his XJR about once a week. Guys at the Yamaha dealership said that his chain and sprockets are in excellent condition and won't need replacing - even after 30000 kms.

Dont talk to me about chains & sprockets....i am up for replacement sprockets & a chain, right freakin now, and, after only 25000km's on the lot that is on the bike now...

And yes, i practise regular maintenance, etc...

My only guess is that the lightweight 520 chain & rear sprocket on my bike, which is more designed for track use, isnt quite as durable as a 530 set up...

oh well....

 

[ozzieboy]

I easily got 43,000km out of the chain on my FZ6. One of the main reasons for changing it was to go -2 on the front. Otherwise I would've gotten over 50,000km from it......and I never, ever cleaned it. It only had one or 2 slightly frozen links when it came off and no perceptable sprocket wear.

I rode it every day, rain, hail or shine, and I rode it hard.

Bel Ray chain lube, bubbles and fizzes when it comes out. I sprayed loads into the 'O' rings every now and then and then wipe off the excess, unless it was very wet weather and then I just left it caked on, to protect it. Also, makes it hard to freeze links and go rusty if you ride it constantly.

But the 520 chain stretched a lot faster. Considering the amount of difference I reckon it makes to power, or responsiveness, I'd be inclined to go with the 530 if I was to do it all again. Quieter, and less maint. involved. Add to this double the life span and I'm pretty well sold.:thumbup:

 

[Wolfman]

I easily got 43,000km out of the chain on my FZ6. One of the main reasons for changing it was to go -2 on the front. Otherwise I would've gotten over 50,000km from it......and I never, ever cleaned it. It only had one or 2 slightly frozen links when it came off and no perceptable sprocket wear.

I rode it every day, rain, hail or shine, and I rode it hard.

Bel Ray chain lube, bubbles and fizzes when it comes out. I sprayed loads into the 'O' rings every now and then and then wipe off the excess, unless it was very wet weather and then I just left it caked on, to protect it. Also, makes it hard to freeze links and go rusty if you ride it constantly.

But the 520 chain stretched a lot faster. Considering the amount of difference I reckon it makes to power, or responsiveness, I'd be inclined to go with the 530 if I was to do it all again. Quieter, and less maint. involved. Add to this double the life span and I'm pretty well sold.:thumbup:

yes well, i have sorta worked this out now, but the 520 conversion, does make a difference to pick up from a start, and from a closed throttle, is just that insy winsy bit more direct...

i suppose it just comes down whether your prepared to wear the extra expense, over the life of your bike.

:thumbup:

 

[Kriswithak]

So the 520 conversion, does that mean you have more power (or torque or whatever) down low?
At the moment I really would like second gear to have more power down lower, so I can use first gear alot less, and if this was the case it might be an ideal change.

 

[Wolfman]

So the 520 conversion, does that mean you have more power (or torque or whatever) down low?
At the moment I really would like second gear to have more power down lower, so I can use first gear alot less, and if this was the case it might be an ideal change.

A 520 chain is narrower , and lighter than a 530 chain, and thus offers less rolling resistance, which gives you slightly better drive, and suppodesly less snatch, if adjusted correctly, that is...

Hence why most race brakes run a 520 set up.

It's not the size of the chain that affects gearing, it's how many teeth on your front & rear sprockets...Go down on the front, and you get quicker pick up, but lose top end speed, same if you do the opposite on the rear, that is go up a teeth or two....better pick up, more loss of top end speed.

My -2, +1 combo has affectively made 6th gear useless as an overdrive gear, but the bike pulls hard all the way to redline in all gears, and pulls harder from lower revs...

1st gear has become very tall, and i find that i change up to second within 50 metres of leaving the lights most of the time, and spend most of my time i traffic in 3rd, or 4th gear, when i want meaningful acceleration....rather than having to shift back to second below 60km/h.

Does that make sense?

:thumbup:

 

[Rumpole of the Bailey]

someone must adjust the valves and 40,000 is a while between drinks aye?
There are several good shops here in Geelong and none are dealers!!!!

 

[TownsendsFJR1300]

Do you know if they changed out any valve shim's, or were they within spec?

 

[stink989]

Do you know if they changed out any valve shim's, or were they within spec?

did they have to change any shims?

good question

 

[Wolfman]

Do you know if they changed out any valve shim's, or were they within spec?

good question

Nope...nopthing needed to be adjusted, all was within spec...

Throttle bodies needed a little bit of syncing, but overall, everything was in pretty good order apparently...

:thumbup:

 

[ozzieboy]

My blue beast never needed any changes. Open, check, close. I'm guessing it didn't need anything either.

 

[Wolfman]

My blue beast never needed any changes. Open, check, close. I'm guessing it didn't need anything either.

No, nothing needed, except the tools decided my throttle was sticky, so they shot a load of WD40 down between the switch block, and the end of the throttle grip....idiots!

This resulted in me losing all throttle vcontrol yesterday, as the grip was sliding around and around on the throttle tube housing...which resulted in me having to take the bike to my shop, and fix it properly...take mirror & bar end off, slide grip off, get rid of all the "lubricant", and replace, with a bit of hair spray sprayed inside the grip housing to give it some grip....

All of this would not of been needed, if the dealership fixed the problem properly, and moved the switchblock away from the throttle grip by about a millimetre...

sometimes....where is a cricket bat when you need one!

 

[Kriswithak]

God you should do a good check of your bike, with something like that its suprising they didn't WD40 your brake calipers to stop rust, or lower your tyre pressure so you get a larger contact surface on the road.... (or polish your disc brakes)
Jokes aside I'm stll trying to figure out how to fix my rear brake lever after the last service, they moved it for me, but did exactly what I didn't want (moved it extremely low, which I could have done myself but I wanted it in between the two different teeth settings) and now when its used at any speed it makes a popping noise.

That aside I finally got my topbox the other day, and your right Wolfman, its awesome!!!!
I did have somewhat of an issue at tafe the first day, couldn't get it to lock properly, so I went back to the dealership and told them I was having problems and that I was probably doing something stupid and wrong. They where really good and showed me the trick to closing it - funny how closing the lock can be so impossible when your doing it wrong!

I'm thinking I'll try them next time the bikes up for service, its the Alto Motorcycle Dealership on Pacific Highway right near chatswood. They are really friendly and helpful every time I have been there and I am tempted to give them a go since the place I got my FZ6 is about 60km away (and I wasn't super happy with the service last time).
My Dad also got his Brutale at Alto.