Dave, you have a mighty keen sense for detecting this phenomena.
I'm thinking... special training?
Louis,
On a somewhat less useless note, regarding Chain & Sprocket wisdom;
There are too many variables for a conclusive answer... so just buy
a good O-ring or X-ring chain, a good set of STEEL sprockets, and
keep spraying/squirting some kind lube crap on it. Then keep it
adjusted. If you don't already have a favorite vendor, just call
Fred and tell him your needs and credit card number, then watch for
the Arrohead parts to come in.
Make sure it runs towards the loose side of adjustment -running too
tight will shorten chain life and cause the seals to fail on your
countershaft (then your motor oil leaks out and you cook the motor
or gearbox$$$).
Chains run $40-180 depending on source, features and strength.
Sprockets, $15-50 front and $25-100 for the rear. I say steel
because I believe that aluminum isn't worth squat for longer
distance riding.
For primarily offroad riding, logic suggests thinner liquid type
lube capable of cutting through and removing the crud. Street use,
a sticky goo that clings for many miles would seem to offer some
advantages. Some folks have turned in good numbers using 90wt gear
lube and even ATF (for the o-rings). And there's always the loobman,
hawke-oiler or scottoiler mechanisms that (manually/automatically)
drip lube onto the chain/sprocket. Again some folks like 'em, some
don't. IMO, simpler = better, so I'd consider the manually operated
loobman first at about $30.
It's been bantered about here before, so a search should pull up a
thread on the cost per mile of, cheap, but well maintained chains vs
expensive and well maintained chains. The advantage went to the
cheap chain as I recall. But the thought of being stranded in BFE
due to a chain break motivates me to drop the extra nickels on the
DID or Tsubaki X-ring style. (I use the web interface to access
DSN_KLR650 so the searching is pretty easy.) And no, it is not the
best cost per mile.
Well cared for, you can get 10-20K miles out of chain/sprocket set,
less if ridden hard in the sand or mud, more if ridden gently on the
street. Certainly I'd toss mine before 25K miles, but then I hate
walking home and will gladly skip lunches to pay for a new chain.
Mark --- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, david gay wrote:
>
> Do I detect more panty wadding?????
>
> Zachariah Mully wrote:On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 13:03,
louis lavoie wrote:
> > I always maintain my chain the best way I can. The question I am
> > asking is very easy to understand. If you dont understand it
please spend
> > your time somewhere else(like riding).
>
> Jeez! You can't take a joke, can you?
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