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Replacing your chain & sprockets
By James Whitham on 23/11/2010 11:32:38
Whitham bestows his advice on how to change your bike's chain and sprockets
Fitting a chain and sprocket set is a necessary evil as time and the good old British weather takes it toll on your final drive. It’s also a great way to improve the looks of your bike or to alter the overall gearing to suit your riding. And it
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10 Steps for changing your chain
By Daryll Young on 28/07/2008 12:55:21
Follow this guide and fit a brand new chain with ease
to access its nuts.6 Refitting is a reversal of removal but use some threadlock and torque the nuts up proper. Some bikes have tab washers here. You might need new ones.7 Wheel in and break out the chain breaker. This is a professional one from Regina
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Free Silkolene chain clean and lube at Cadwell
By Visordown News on 09/06/2010 13:26:11
Even if you're not on track at Cadwell this Thursday, come on down and get some love for your chain
THE SILKOLENE gang will be at our Visordown Trackday tomorrow (Thursday June 10th) and are offering you a free chain clean and lube, for anyone who turns up.The Visordown Cadwell Trackday is run by Focused Events and we've got ex-GP legend Simon
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D.I.Y: Changing your Chain & Sprockets
By Daryll Young on 28/07/2008 15:02:38
Tools out for another mechanical masterclass. Fitting a new chain and sprockets
Replacing a chain and sprockets is a relatively involved job, usually pretty messy and takes a bit of time, but it isn't that difficult as long as everything is done in the correct order. The only thing some people fall down on is not having a chain
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Chain Pain
By mark forsyth on 22/06/2011 20:09:45
Massive energy at work
If ever you're in doubt as to why you should clean, lube and carefully adjust your chain, check this video out. This is a sixth gear roll-on using a brand new chain. The back wheel is traveling the equivalent of 167mph at the point it hits the rev
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Single sided chain adjustment
By Andy Stevens on 14/04/2010 15:27:26
Much easyer than it looks!
We don’t get the manuals with our long term bikes and I didn’t want swallow my pride and ask triumph how to adjust the chain on the Speed Triple.For the life of me I couldn’t figure it out. The single side swing arm with centrally mounted disk is a
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Scottoiler launch BMW F800GS and F650GS chain kits
By Visordown News on 21/04/2008 09:47:32
Do you own a F800GS or F650GS? Always forgetting to lube your chain? Scottoiler have the answer
Scottoiler's new BMW kit. Tucks away nicelySCOTTOILER is soon to launch a new chain oiling kit designed specifically for the BMW F800GS and F650GS models.The kit has been specifically designed to meet the requirements of the new models with easy
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Proof: Change chain, gain power
By mark forsyth on 22/06/2011 18:35:11
Tsubaki power increase
Point six of a BHP may not sound like much but, in my book, any gain is a good gain, especially when it’s as simple as changing a chain and sprockets. After all, you're going to have to do it sooner or later when your old chain and sprockets die
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Supermarket chains pledge fuel price drop
By Visordown News on 22/07/2008 12:56:39
Several supermarket chains and an oil company pledge to reduce fuel by up to 4p per litre
SOME GOOD news - a number of national supermarket chains and an oil company are to lower the price of fuel. Asda said it would cut the price of unleaded petrol and diesel by 3 pence per litre, while Morrisons said it would cut both prices by 4p per
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VIDEO: Chained Honda CB550 on full throttle
By Visordown News on 17/09/2008 08:56:07
Modern art or just utter claptrap? Check this footage of a classic Honda thrashing about on full throttle
Who said modern art was just a load of nonsense?THIS IS the latest work of installation art at Jack the Pelican Gallery in Brooklyn, in New York City. It's a Honda CB550 chained to the ceiling of a warehouse with the throttle stuck open. The work
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