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Posted by Boaski
 - January 07, 2014, 17:11:51 PM

Since it's too cold to do much I decided to check the message board. I noticed that I haven't followed up. Long story short: the "clunk" is gone since I put in the new chain. Only one hundred mile loop since the change, but things went will.

Another 3 or 4 months and I'll be riding again!

Posted by Boaski
 - October 15, 2013, 21:18:17 PM

Man, this gets better all the time; my bike gets cleaned too!

Posted by greenbarn
 - October 15, 2013, 19:29:19 PM

I'm just the service writer/parts orderer/ floor cleaner.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - October 15, 2013, 18:58:33 PM
Quote

as my bike spends more time dirty than it does clean. Daily riding does that

45 mins well that is nothing that is a easy ride......get your bike worked on by a master mechanic, have a free meal, and your bike cleaned before you head home again......win win for all of us eh!
Posted by greenbarn
 - October 15, 2013, 18:57:28 PM

Yours is probably cleaner than mine...  I believe the last 8 out of 10 times I rode it, it was either raining or had just rained, or it was at night, and the bugs are thick...    Hopefully this weekend I can give it it's fall washing.

But bring about a 12 pack of Batch 19s and we'll get something done....

Posted by Boaski
 - October 15, 2013, 18:20:29 PM

I usually will ride of if it's 40 or above when it's time to leave, providing there's no chance of rain when it's that cold.

Richwood is about 45 minutes to the West and a touch South. There would be a certain amount of shame in that trip as my bike spends more time dirty than it does clean. Daily riding does that.

On the other hand; if I would have known that a trip there involved food while I got my bike worked on.....

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - October 15, 2013, 15:19:08 PM

  my neighbours always use me as a indicator as to the weather because it is nice I ride chance of rain ...truck...lol....

Understand if you ride over  / down to / up to / over to / Richwood you can get free food and your bike worked on while you eat and relax.......

or so I heard........any truth to that .......

Posted by Boaski
 - October 15, 2013, 15:07:38 PM
Quote from: John Hopkins on October 15, 2013, 07:48:31 AM

That is coming from your wallet.

John.

LOL

I haven't had a chance to tinker with it more. Hopefully I'll get a chance to tinker with it tonight. The bummer is the recent nice Ohio weather is supposed to change tonight. I like to ride to work any chance I get but rain and low 40's take the fun out of it.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - October 15, 2013, 09:00:38 AM

  not sure were you are with this update or repair right now, but I would clean up everything really good and take a close look at the sprockets and it is a new chain so that is good to go, if the sprockets look good then I would just go ahead and close up you have the right sprockets on according the book of GreenBarn, and soon I will be up to his standard also. Just need to do chain maintenance and adjustments and we are good to go. I check my chain prior to every ride and I have  had to do one adjustment all summer, so now I'll see once I check things for the winter, and clean in and around the front sprocket, just because.

Posted by John Hopkins
 - October 15, 2013, 07:48:31 AM
Quote from: Boaski on October 13, 2013, 17:58:47 PM

Well, I put on a new DID X ring chain. I cleaned the sprockets before I put it on. It was a royal pain getting the new connecting link plate stuck on. The holes in the link plate were about .0005" smaller than the pins that needed to go in them. After I got it in we reworked a pointed tool for the pneumatic rivet gun. That worked much better than the pin tool I used last time.

Anyhow... the question I have is; should I put new sprockets on since I put a new chain on? The sprockets that are on there were put on about 8K miles ago, but look good. I rode around the block (about 8 or 10 miles) and need to adjust the chain. No "clunk" yet, but I do notice a different whine.

That is coming from your wallet.

John.

Posted by DC
 - October 14, 2013, 07:03:58 AM
Quote from: CDNRatMan on October 05, 2013, 20:38:45 PM

50 years old......wow almost as old as DC, he had a tex as a pet when he was young........anyway

Old to some, but not to my wives.  Take my vitamins, exercise, conduct a few HD exorcisms, etc.  It's all in a days work and keeps me young and fit.
Posted by Boaski
 - October 13, 2013, 17:58:47 PM

Well, I put on a new DID X ring chain. I cleaned the sprockets before I put it on. It was a royal pain getting the new connecting link plate stuck on. The holes in the link plate were about .0005" smaller than the pins that needed to go in them. After I got it in we reworked a pointed tool for the pneumatic rivet gun. That worked much better than the pin tool I used last time.

Anyhow... the question I have is; should I put new sprockets on since I put a new chain on? The sprockets that are on there were put on about 8K miles ago, but look good. I rode around the block (about 8 or 10 miles) and need to adjust the chain. No "clunk" yet, but I do notice a different whine.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - October 05, 2013, 20:38:45 PM

  50 years old......wow almost as old as DC, he had a tex as a pet when he was young........anyway

ok good idea about a new chain, and it is money well spent.  Stupid hurts longer when you get older is correct and bones take longer to heal, an I do not heal anywhere as fast as I used to.......

I did the 18T front and was impressed, but please do not tell GreenBarn his head will swell and he will not get his helmet on.......this winter I am doing the rear sprocket to a 38T as well.

Hope this cleans up any issues.

Posted by greenbarn
 - October 05, 2013, 20:06:23 PM

18/38 - like you said, best upgrade ever for the 800...

Posted by Boaski
 - October 05, 2013, 19:53:47 PM
Quote from: CDNRatMan on October 05, 2013, 17:41:10 PM

So now presuming that you have cleaned it all and made it tidy, and put everything back together, has the noise left?

Nope, I've decided that I'm not putting it back together without installing a new chain. I feel like the bikes given me "fair warning" and I'm going to listen. I'm 50 years old & really don't feel like flopping down the highway. I've had bikes throw me down before, the last one being about 3 years ago when my GT380 had the front brake lock up. It started to drag, but I was close to home and thought "I'll just limp it home". Funny thing happened when I pulled onto my stone driveway.

Stupid hurts longer when you get older.

If it's something else, at least I'll know I did something to help the situation.

BTW; I'm running a 38T rear sprocket.

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