newbee first build

[adam valentine]

still working out the kinks

 

[gearhead222]

Looking good! If you have'nt read about it, be very wary of keeping the fenders on. Your chain looks a bit loose, but I guess that you have not tightened it yet? My .02-Gearhead

 

[StoreKeeper]

How do you know if the chain is to loose?

Rx Bruce

Looking good! If you have'nt read about it, be very wary of keeping the fenders on. Your chain looks a bit loose, but I guess that you have not tightened it yet? My .02-Gearhead

 

[RingTing]

That's a really cool lookin bike. The cables and colours are in perfect harmony!

 

[motorpsycho]

How do you know if the chain is to loose?

Rx Bruce

too much slack in the chain or a drooping chain is a dead giveaway of it being too loose.

 

[motorpsycho]

wow, lots of cables on that bike!

 

[StoreKeeper]

[How do I know if the chain needs adjusting?

Rx Bruce



QUOTE=motorpsycho;301542]too much slack in the chain or a drooping chain is a dead giveaway of it being too loose.[/QUOTE]

 

[motorpsycho]

[How do I know if the chain needs adjusting?

Rx Bruce



QUOTE=motorpsycho;301542]too much slack in the chain or a drooping chain is a dead giveaway of it being too loose.

[/QUOTE]

if the chain moves excessively up & down while riding, it needs adjusted. i think the max up & down movement that you should have is like 1/4 inch, but i may be a little off.
I just know when a chain is too tight or too loose because i have had mortorcycles my entire life.
it's just something you get to learn by feel over a long period of time.

 

[adam valentine]

ok guys i need help maiden voyage lost the chain to the inside twice. tighten the tensioner all it would go rode lost chain right away. do i maybe have the sprocket too far out i have a rubber on the inside and one on the outside of the sprocket or do i need to take out a link and make it super tight. to get the chain back on all i did was set the top of the chain on sprocket and roll backwards

 

[Chris Crew]

Check your sprocket alignment--wobbly sprockets and flapping chains will wreck a motorbike. You might also check to make sure that the motor is square in the frame.

If you can't roll the bike backwards without the chain binding, you probably have an alignment issue.