A Shaftie would be nice right about now

[WesV]

Hey Ya'll,
I guess I need to start getting on here regularly again, this reregistering every time I decided to slip back here and post is getting old. :shock:8-[

Anyway, I don't know if many of you do remember me since I haven't been a regular poster for just over a year now (gonna change I promise), but my '81 450L is still running like a champ (even though she doesn't like the hot weather) and I am still wishing for an 850 or bigger.

My story:
I think my bike is quite fed up with me. I will admit, ever since I bought the Lincoln back in Feb, it has been getting the weekly time that used to be spent washing, waxing, polishing and general pampering that was allocated to my bike. The bike knows this too! She has decided to leak from the clutch rod seal again (this one is only 5 or 6K old). Well I took her out on 4th of July riding for a while just after a nice wash, chain lube and adjustment and routine maintinance. She runs fine until I park her to watch the fire works and then I decided to head home. 30 ft from where I parked, the master link must have popped out because the chain just all of a sudden dropped and wedged up inbetween the tire and swingarm and also between the countershaft sprocket and case. Admittedly the chain was gonna be replaced in another 1000 miles or so (had 4600 on it) but I really didn't need to be stranded in the middle of town as several buddies passed by on shafty cruisers grinning.

As much as I love my bike, I think I really need a shafty, the chain is the only thing that has ever left me stranded on it :?

WesV

 

[marvinsc]

YES SHAFTS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[crag antler]

YES SHAFTS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[-X ](*,) :^o :^o

 

[marvinsc]

[-X ](*,)

:twisted: WHAT!!

 

[tconroy]

:twisted: WHAT!!

Im with marvinsc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shafts all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[crag antler]

Im with marvinsc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shafts all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like the script from BrokeBack Mountain:shock: :-D :-D

 

[crag antler]

Everybody now
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
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Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,ChainsRULE\\/ \\/ \\/

 

[crag antler]

:-D sorry,must be the allergy meds.\\/

 

[marvinsc]

Sounds like the script from BrokeBack Mountain:shock: :-D

:shock: :shock: errr, Broke Chain Mountain!

 

[WesV]

Glad to see it still takes nothing to get the ole passions a flaring! :-D:-D

 

[brenno]

Everybody now
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
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Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
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Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
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Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains
Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,Chains,ChainsRULE\\/ \\/ \\/

Did i get that right Doug "chains rule'?

Brenno

 

[JHawkins]

Hey Ya'll,
I guess I need to start getting on here regularly again, this reregistering every time I decided to slip back here and post is getting old. :shock:8-[

Anyway, I don't know if many of you do remember me since I haven't been a regular poster for just over a year now (gonna change I promise), but my '81 450L is still running like a champ (even though she doesn't like the hot weather) and I am still wishing for an 850 or bigger.

My story:
I think my bike is quite fed up with me. I will admit, ever since I bought the Lincoln back in Feb, it has been getting the weekly time that used to be spent washing, waxing, polishing and general pampering that was allocated to my bike. The bike knows this too! She has decided to leak from the clutch rod seal again (this one is only 5 or 6K old). Well I took her out on 4th of July riding for a while just after a nice wash, chain lube and adjustment and routine maintinance. She runs fine until I park her to watch the fire works and then I decided to head home. 30 ft from where I parked, the master link must have popped out because the chain just all of a sudden dropped and wedged up inbetween the tire and swingarm and also between the countershaft sprocket and case. Admittedly the chain was gonna be replaced in another 1000 miles or so (had 4600 on it) but I really didn't need to be stranded in the middle of town as several buddies passed by on shafty cruisers grinning.

As much as I love my bike, I think I really need a shafty, the chain is the only thing that has ever left me stranded on it :?

WesV

If you only get 5000 miles on a chain you are doing something wrong. At that rate I would be changing twice a year.

I have over 10,000 on my current chain, with no sign of stretch at all after the initial break in.

Now, ... for the interesting part. When I got back from my last ride the clip on my masterlink had disappeared! The link was still fully intact, just the clip missing. Right now it is in place with aircraft safey wire, which looks like it might be a better solution anyway. I will however be going with a rivet type master link to avoid this problem in the future.

 

[Jethro]

Same reason I use rivet styles now. Chains should last at least every valve adjustment- what's that, 8k miles? I think I get 10-15k out of mine on average.

 

[Jethro]

Oh yeah, Doug..... chains.

 

[Desolation Angel]

So, basically, the consensus is that SHAFTS are the way to go in the 21st Century.

I knew it all along! :-D

 

[WesV]

Well depends on the use as to how many miles I get out of my chains. When I put it on fresh in the spring and was riding paved roads only, I got a good 8500-9000 out of it (DID and RK chains). In the winter they last only 6000 or so with all the salt an crap put down on the road. Now I am riding a lot of dirt roads and this chain sat for over 8 months while I wasn't around to ride. I expect to get about 6-7000 out of the new chain with all the dirt roads I ride. Sure I would look toward 10k maybe if I rode only in nice weather, paved roads and used oring or x ring chain, but I tried an oring chain one time and ther salt from the roads that winter seemed to eat it up, so I am back to the standard unsealed chain and a lot of chain wax.

Herb, you still have your 450 around? Don't see it in you sig, so just wondered.

 

[mdole]

Chains rule but only until you get shafted.

The best chain I have had experience with was a DID Xring chain that went about 27k on a smaller bike.

 

[JHawkins]

Well depends on the use as to how many miles I get out of my chains. When I put it on fresh in the spring and was riding paved roads only, I got a good 8500-9000 out of it (DID and RK chains). In the winter they last only 6000 or so with all the salt an crap put down on the road. Now I am riding a lot of dirt roads and this chain sat for over 8 months while I wasn't around to ride. I expect to get about 6-7000 out of the new chain with all the dirt roads I ride. Sure I would look toward 10k maybe if I rode only in nice weather, paved roads and used oring or x ring chain, but I tried an oring chain one time and ther salt from the roads that winter seemed to eat it up, so I am back to the standard unsealed chain and a lot of chain wax.

Herb, you still have your 450 around? Don't see it in you sig, so just wondered.

hmmm, I was under the impression that chain wax was intended more for O-ring or X-ring chains. I would think you need a proper lube on a regular chain.

 

[WesV]

Nope, Chain wax works just as well on standard chains too. You still have to follow procedure and make sure that the chain is pretty warm so that the wax melts into it, but just like any Oring or Xring chain, it keeps it quiter and cleaner then any standard lube I have ever used.

 

[Billyboy]

Nope, Chain wax works just as well on standard chains too. You still have to follow procedure and make sure that the chain is pretty warm so that the wax melts into it, but just like any Oring or Xring chain, it keeps it quiter and cleaner then any standard lube I have ever used.

Yeah, you gotta like a lube that makes the equipment last longer and keeps the ol' girl quiet while you're ridin' her hard.

8-[