shag
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Apart from touratech for the sprockets...try here
http://www.motorworks.co.uk [url...co.uk/catalog/motorcycle-did-chain-x-ring.php
But i got a better deal in the end with my local honda dealer for the chain but sprocks..yup bmw
► Chains, oilers, sprockets
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Apart from touratech for the sprockets...try here
http://www.motorworks.co.uk [url...co.uk/catalog/motorcycle-did-chain-x-ring.php
But i got a better deal in the end with my local honda dealer for the chain but sprocks..yup bmw
nikp
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Fingers crossed
I'm a bit worried about mine on me 800 at present.
Just spent the weekend touring the Normandy landing beaches and the chain is starting to make some worrying noises. Got the scottoiler wound up to keep it nice and juicy but I've got a 600 mile ride home tommorow with the chain now at 3.5k.
Assuming I make it home I'm definitely changing mine without delay. It was embarasing enough today that I layed it down whilst riding through a sleepy French village today in front of. 15 others in my tour without having the constant worry that the 'unstoppable' machine might throw it's chain at one of them at any moment.
Everybody keep your fingers crossed for me!
I'm a bit worried about mine on me 800 at present.
Just spent the weekend touring the Normandy landing beaches and the chain is starting to make some worrying noises. Got the scottoiler wound up to keep it nice and juicy but I've got a 600 mile ride home tommorow with the chain now at 3.5k.
Assuming I make it home I'm definitely changing mine without delay. It was embarasing enough today that I layed it down whilst riding through a sleepy French village today in front of. 15 others in my tour without having the constant worry that the 'unstoppable' machine might throw it's chain at one of them at any moment.
Everybody keep your fingers crossed for me!
everywherevirtually
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Mind started making worrying noises at 16000 miles in Hungary. I rode it for two months and a further 2000 miles before I had the spondoolies to replace it and the sprockets. Nothing like living on the edge
shag
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BMW assit
PS fingers crossed
BMW assit
PS fingers crossed
nikp
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Mind started making worrying noises at 16000 miles in Hungary. I rode it for two months and a further 2000 miles before I had the spondoolies to replace it and the sprockets. Nothing like living on the edge
Thanks john, that makes me feel a bit easier. It's going to be a long day tommorrow and as long as I make it up through France and north of the m25 then jobs a gud'n.
nikp
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Cheers shag. That miight just end up being my lucky number within the next 24 hrs!!!
Also, off topic but have you heard any news from hps regarding delivery of the screens yet?????
Cheers shag. That miight just end up being my lucky number within the next 24 hrs!!!
Also, off topic but have you heard any news from hps regarding delivery of the screens yet?????
shag
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No news from hps...Getting inpatient now. Should be ready soon
It's a pity it didn't arrive before you trip to normandy.
Shag
everywherevirtually
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I found that putting your headphones on also blots out the clanky sound of the deteriorating chain
. Denial is a beautiful thing D6
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Digger06 it's nowt to do with weight, just the movement of the rear wheel up and down. OK... the greater weight the more movement, but this can also be accomplished by a lighter person on a bumpier road
www.adventure.gs
so your sayng a fatter person keeps the chain at the same tension as a light person on the same bike/same pre tension,? try it
like u say thou, use the instructions
Thanks shag- DID now ordered.
sijohnston
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i was due to be leaving to head around ireland on a trip at the end of last summer. With 3000 miles on the bike one of my links was broken. i had no option but to go to a bike store, by a heavy duty jap chain, fit it, and then leave early the next day. hursts motorrad couldn't do anything in time for me. however, when i got home, i brought them the broken chain and they said that when it was done, they'd fit a new heavy duty chain and sprockets for me under warranty. Got that done a few weeks ago with 17k on the bike. so, don't go spending money on this stuff guys, BMW should cover it!!!
Blobby
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Mind started making worrying noises at 16000 miles in Hungary. I rode it for two months and a further 2000 miles before I had the spondoolies to replace it and the sprockets. Nothing like living on the edge
Can I clarify - you got 18k miles out of a BMW chain on the 800???!!! Brilliant news if you did.
shag
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they'd fit a new heavy duty chain and sprockets for me under warranty. Got that done a few weeks ago with 17k on the bike. so, don't go spending money on this stuff guys, BMW should cover it!!!
Nice one!
I'm having trouble just getting the sprockets done under warranty. They will only fit a BMW chain so i just fit me own aftermarket but good luck if you can get it all on warranty.
fireman
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800gs scottoiler
spent an age looking for the cheapest scottoiler and after looking in all the usual places to my suprise i found williams bmw in manchester is doing them for £74. a nice saving to everywhere else that are asking £89.
thought this little snippet might save one or two of you out there a few quid.
spent an age looking for the cheapest scottoiler and after looking in all the usual places to my suprise i found williams bmw in manchester is doing them for £74. a nice saving to everywhere else that are asking £89.
thought this little snippet might save one or two of you out there a few quid.
lunchbox
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205 euro seems very steep for a chain at today's exchange rate, especially if you have to pay postage too, unless they also include the sprockets. I got my chain for £95 (110 euro) from Motorworks UK - it is a DID 525VM (but check with the shop as they do not specify on the website). The heavier ZVM is a great chain but well in excess of the demands of 85hp and would undoubtedly outlast the BMW sprockets, so would be a bit of a waste of the extra £30 it costs.
http://www.motorworks.co.uk/bmw/pro..._15_72_DA_45&header_text=&header_text_image=0
ZZ10
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It is complete with sprockets, 220 euro with postage to stockholm, I will check with motorworks.
mw 525 chain seems to be with a soft link(clip?) clip is not recommended....
this one is safer(if mounted correctly) but "needs" a tool to be fitted
lunchbox
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soft link
220 euro is not so bad if it includes sprockets but checking with Motorworks may be worth doing. A soft link, like the DID chain has, is one that needs riveting with a heavy duty chain riveting tool - although a Brit bike shop near me say they use an angle grinder to remove the old chain and fit the new one with centre punch and lump hammer, I am not sure I would be happy with that! A good tool costs alot (£40 or £50) so it is best to borrow a splitter/riveter to remove your old chain and fit the new one or get a dealer to do it.
The pictures you post show 2 kinds of split links with spring clips.
The first one is fairly standard and can usually be fitted with a pair of pliers. It will not be as strong as a soft link but I've heard of a few people fitting them and doing OK - including heavy off road use. The second type I must admit I have never seen before and looks rather insubstantial and possibly weak - but I would be interested in other views on it.
220 euro is not so bad if it includes sprockets but checking with Motorworks may be worth doing. A soft link, like the DID chain has, is one that needs riveting with a heavy duty chain riveting tool - although a Brit bike shop near me say they use an angle grinder to remove the old chain and fit the new one with centre punch and lump hammer, I am not sure I would be happy with that! A good tool costs alot (£40 or £50) so it is best to borrow a splitter/riveter to remove your old chain and fit the new one or get a dealer to do it.
The pictures you post show 2 kinds of split links with spring clips.
The first one is fairly standard and can usually be fitted with a pair of pliers. It will not be as strong as a soft link but I've heard of a few people fitting them and doing OK - including heavy off road use. The second type I must admit I have never seen before and looks rather insubstantial and possibly weak - but I would be interested in other views on it.
Scotoiler Install
Has anyone put the dispenser outlet near the front sprocket rather than the rear.
I have done it before on a Vstrom and it makes a much neater install.
The plastic front sprocket protector would make a nice place to put it but before I start drilling wanted to check here first.
Yes I know the instructions state the rear but front has advantages as well as disadvantages.
Has anyone put the dispenser outlet near the front sprocket rather than the rear.
I have done it before on a Vstrom and it makes a much neater install.
The plastic front sprocket protector would make a nice place to put it but before I start drilling wanted to check here first.
Yes I know the instructions state the rear but front has advantages as well as disadvantages.
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The purpose of the Scottoiler isn't to lubricate the chain (this should be built in via the O-ring technology), it's to lubricate the interface between the chain and the sprockets. Which is more important, rear sprocket or front?
Interesting - did not realize that.
Regarding sprockets - my first thought is that the front spins faster than the rear and therefore each tooth (on the front) will have proportionally more contact with the chain than each tooth on the rear. however the rear will experience more force as the chain 'tightens and loosens'
On my Vstrom with the oiler on the front sprocket the chain did not need adjusting for 10,000 miles
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