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Ichy
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PostPosted: 20:24 - 10 Mar 2010    Post subject: Chain and Sprocket kit Reply with quote
After 17,000 miles the OEM chain on my 2000 CBR600FY needs changing. Before I part with the money I thought it was worth asking if there are any recommended places to get one from. Good quality is the only thing I care about, I'm definitely not a name whore.

Chain is a 525 - 110 links. 44 and 16 tooth sprockets. Best price at the moment is £70 for a DID pro X ring from DK. Sounds good to me.
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Wafer_Thin_Ham
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PostPosted: 20:36 - 10 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
B & C Express consistently get good reviews. Thumbs Up
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Ichy
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PostPosted: 20:42 - 10 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm going to have to count the links. Haynes and Clymer have 110 but most online dealers suggest 108 links Confused
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Wafer_Thin_Ham
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PostPosted: 20:47 - 10 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Perhaps Haynes/Clymer are just eering on the side of caution more than the retailers.

May also be worth seeing how much an OE C&S kit is from somewhere like David Silver Spares.
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neatbik
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PostPosted: 20:50 - 10 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
I would definitely say go for a DID chain, they seem to last well Thumbs Up
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 20:56 - 10 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi

Another vote for B&C here.

All the best

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neil.
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PostPosted: 21:10 - 10 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
+1 DID. The OEM one they put on my YBR lasted over 15k miles. Do not buy an IRIS chain, there are quite a few reports of them snapping, including from myself.
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Ichy
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PostPosted: 21:12 - 10 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
B&C express work out at £113 for a tsubaki chain and steel sprockets. Is it worth £40 more than the DID?
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 21:16 - 10 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi

Does the £70 for DID include sprockets? If so then I would go for the £70 DID kit (assuming it is an appropriate spec).

All the best

Keith
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Ichy
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PostPosted: 21:22 - 10 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks like it does but its DK, who knows what I might end up with Laughing

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PostPosted: 21:30 - 10 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hey, it's 108 not 110, mine's the same model. I've just bought a supersprox front and rear, great quality, highly reccomended.. Ordered directly from:

https://www.supersprox.com/uk/our_products_stealth.php

And an X-ring D.I.D chain, ordered from:

cat--Honda-CBR600F-CBR600RR-Performance-Chains--All

Got to say i'm impressed with the service from supersprox, arrived in next to no time and it looks great.
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 21:42 - 10 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Marki wrote:
Looks like it does but its DK, who knows what I might end up with Laughing


£70 is about what I would expect for a chain alone, so £70 for a kit is a pretty good deal.

All the best

Keith
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t121anf
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PostPosted: 10:01 - 11 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
+1 for B and C express,

delivered within 24hrs for me
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PostPosted: 10:11 - 11 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Or go to your local Hein Gericke shop. They order from B&C but you don't have to pay shipping Very Happy

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Ichy
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PostPosted: 17:05 - 13 Mar 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kickstart wrote:

£70 is about what I would expect for a chain alone, so £70 for a kit is a pretty good deal.

All the best

Keith


Picked it up today and have nothing to complain about, DID X ring chain and sprockets. No one else could price match.
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