pros and cons of having your chain with very littleslack.
cbr f2 with about 1/2 inch

 

you ever see the AOL HIGHSPEED commerical......well if your chain is to tight thats what happens you go so fast you cant control it and as soon as accelerate from 0-80 in 2.3 seconds your stock flux capacotor kicks in and takes you back to 1980.............

lol anyway....if its to loose it can grind away the teeth on the sprokets

your fine with a 1/2 inch......nothing to worry about

steve

 

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HAHAHAHA

Seriously, though, having a chain that's too tight can be detrimental to your suspension settings, making your bike extremely twitchy. I'm not sure what the freeplay is supposed to be, but check the owner's manual.

 

Pros-

it's not too loose


Cons-

increased component wear, particularly the countersprocket and shaft

decreased suspension travel

decreased chain life do to the above

loss of applied power due to greater drivetrain loss (not much but it's there)

 

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hahaha

just keep it around 1/2 in. like everyone's sayin.

 

you load your transmission bearings and strech your chain. It's really bad.

 

Half an inch is way too tight. Once you sit on the bike and compress the suspension then there is probably no slack at all. Loosen it up a bit. About half an inch with the suspension compressed is good.

 

Also if it's too tight, you can wear out the bearing in the rear wheel. And if you do that, going about 80 is going to suck because the rear wheel will lock up and won't be pretty.

 

it should be 1 1/4th of an inch of free play

 

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cbr f2 with about 1/2 inch</TD></TR></TABLE>

Pro's ....nothing

Con's....

reduce chain life
reduce gearbix bearing life
reduce power
decrease handling

Go and get a a Scottoiler and adjust it, simple.