Chain wear question
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Chain wear question
If I have only two teeth missing from my rear sprocket, it's still good enough, isn't it?
I mean...there are 45 other teeth..considerably more than most people have in their face....
Oh...and if I need anything, another sprocket will suffice, right?
I mean...I'm not missing any rollers on the chain or anything. I'm sure it's OK.
Jay????
I mean...there are 45 other teeth..considerably more than most people have in their face....
Oh...and if I need anything, another sprocket will suffice, right?
I mean...I'm not missing any rollers on the chain or anything. I'm sure it's OK.
Jay????
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Yer good to go, why fixit if it aint broke all the way?
oh BTW, just a lil heads up, some guy's talkin poop about yer sissy bar
http://www.kdxrider.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4541
oh BTW, just a lil heads up, some guy's talkin poop about yer sissy bar
http://www.kdxrider.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4541
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Way don't you go back to the trails you rode last and look for them? Set the teeth with a dab of JB and your good to go.canyncarvr wrote:If I have only two teeth missing from my rear sprocket, it's still good enough, isn't it?
I mean...there are 45 other teeth..considerably more than most people have in their face....
Oh...and if I need anything, another sprocket will suffice, right?
I mean...I'm not missing any rollers on the chain or anything. I'm sure it's OK.
Jay????
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Belt drive? Oh yeah. I can't see mud, rocks and junk causing ANY problems with a belt. I mean...look at Harleys! Their belts NEVER fail!!!
Master tooth? hardeeharhar!!
When the sissy-bar neighsayers (uh..SIC Inda) get up to the hundreds of thousands of miles I've got riding with one..and what it carries..and where it goes...then maybe I'll let them buy a beer outt'a that igloo cooler........
Yeah...current bikes are SOOO much moh bedder. Complete with a 45º angle on your back, room for a granola bar..and a brake master cylinder stuck in your face.
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Re: 'Way don't you go back to the trails you rode last and look for them?'
Really? You think I'll actually find them this time!!??
Master tooth? hardeeharhar!!
When the sissy-bar neighsayers (uh..SIC Inda) get up to the hundreds of thousands of miles I've got riding with one..and what it carries..and where it goes...then maybe I'll let them buy a beer outt'a that igloo cooler........
Yeah...current bikes are SOOO much moh bedder. Complete with a 45º angle on your back, room for a granola bar..and a brake master cylinder stuck in your face.
Neat!
Re: 'Way don't you go back to the trails you rode last and look for them?'
Really? You think I'll actually find them this time!!??
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I got a sprocket hanging on the wall in the garage with 1/3 of the teeth gone. I kept it 'cause I thought it was cool.
About mid way through a long ride a couple of years ago I kept feeling this lurching sensation, like it was coming out of gear for just a second, now and then. When we stopped for a minute, I noticed a bunch of teeth missing. That bunch turned into a bunch more by the time we got back.
No problem really. It wouldn't have motored much farther, though.
CC- I'd say you got a few more rides left on it When just less than 1/2 the teeth are missing, head for home!
Or, hey, here's a thought: carry a spare one with you in your fanny pack. When you feel like you've you got all the life out of it you're going to get, stop a do a trailside swap
About mid way through a long ride a couple of years ago I kept feeling this lurching sensation, like it was coming out of gear for just a second, now and then. When we stopped for a minute, I noticed a bunch of teeth missing. That bunch turned into a bunch more by the time we got back.
No problem really. It wouldn't have motored much farther, though.
CC- I'd say you got a few more rides left on it When just less than 1/2 the teeth are missing, head for home!
Or, hey, here's a thought: carry a spare one with you in your fanny pack. When you feel like you've you got all the life out of it you're going to get, stop a do a trailside swap
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My compressor, hose, and rattle gun won't fit in my fanny pack.
..and then there's the generator required to run a 2 1/2HP motor...
I could change it before next week's 200 mile ride..but that seems like such a waste of perfectly good teeth!
..and then there's the generator required to run a 2 1/2HP motor...
I could change it before next week's 200 mile ride..but that seems like such a waste of perfectly good teeth!
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Last time I looked for a 6mm hex sided rock (8..whatever it is) I din't have much luck.
Same for sticks!
Same for sticks!
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I knew I asked the question for some reason...and there it is!! An answer!!!
Thank you! Obviously they ARE baby teeth..as they are quite small and pointy-headed.
Wow...there's always room 'fer some learnin'!!
Thanks again!!
Thank you! Obviously they ARE baby teeth..as they are quite small and pointy-headed.
Wow...there's always room 'fer some learnin'!!
Thanks again!!
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Speekin of learnin.....just file some new teeth into that 'ol sprocket!
Amazin what an 'enterprisin' feller can do with a file, or two...and a bit of time
Chainsaw file should be a no-go fanny-pack tool, for those of us in the know!!
CC, OK, your sissy bar is a functional one. Still looks just a lil sissy, compared to the one on my ol '83 Cm250 Custom.
Now thats a rack!
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Amazin what an 'enterprisin' feller can do with a file, or two...and a bit of time
Chainsaw file should be a no-go fanny-pack tool, for those of us in the know!!
CC, OK, your sissy bar is a functional one. Still looks just a lil sissy, compared to the one on my ol '83 Cm250 Custom.
Now thats a rack!
Sorry