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Wow this ride is gaining momentum, nice work guys
WikdBeemer wrote:
Quote:Moto wrote:Quote:Thanks Champo, the issue is that Matt doesn’t have a trailer and at the minute can’t get there. I’ve only ever had one bike on my trailer although with a squeeze we might get two. It also means I have to go to the coat first, get his bike, come back to Newy do a ride and then go back to the coast and back to the bay.He’s looking to see if he can borrow his old mans van
He’s said he’ll come if he can get transport sorted.What part of the coast Moto?
I’m near the Entrance & could fit another bike on board.I am sure he lives at or very very close to the entrance. Moto??
Ktmrat wrote:
Quote:Heres a way that my Dad taught me 20 years ago, he calls it the Chain jig, and still asks me if I used a chain jig on my boys bike almost every time he sees us race.
1. Put the bike up on a stand with rear wheel off ground and remove shock(you only have to do this once in the life time of the bike so dont stress)
2. Swing the wheel up and down through its arc and if you can do it easily tighten the chain 1/2 turn, then repeat, keep doing until you find a point where the chain goes tight, this is the point at which the wheel is furthest away from the swing-arm pivot point. You dont want the chain pulling to hard on the drive sprocket so make sure the wheel is not adjusted too far back.
3. When happy that the chain is at its tightest you want at that point to replace the rear shock.
4. Now with the rear wheel still in the air and the bike on the stand, pull upwards on the chain and measure the distance between the swing arm and chain, but here is the critical part, pick the point of measurement at a place you can get to later with the jig you are about to make, on the Katies I use the black plastic swing arm wrap around protector thingy as the point of reference.
5. Once you have the critical number get a piece of the harden broom stick and cut the thing to that exact size, making sure the cuts are parallel
6. DoneTo Use it
Put the bike on a stand or a log in the bush with the rear wheel off the ground, grab you jig slide it in to the spot only you know between swing arm and chain on the top and it should be tight all round if the tension is perfect because the jig took up the desired amount of slack and no more, you will instantly know the exact state of the nation, after a while you know how many turns to adjust what you felt to keep it perfect. Oh My God, I gotta get me a Kato :blink:
I just a S12 140/ 80-18 for the sat, it will grip but only for about500kms if I am on it
Toes tells me yesterday when I meet him his knee is not up to kicking the 650 all day and you will have to ride it, looking forward to equal machinery mate
