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Welshd1k
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PostPosted: 18:04 - 29 Jan 2011    Post subject: 'maxtop' chain ? any one used? Reply with quote
just looking for a chain for the hornet atm and a 'maxtop' chain has been spotted rather cheap like 1/2 the price of any other chain. any one have any experience with these?
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PostPosted: 18:15 - 29 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I'll let you decide Thumbs Up although you could have 2 chains for the price of a normal one
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PostPosted: 18:53 - 29 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
He could have a lot of damage to his bike and leg too if it lets go at a decent pace, get a DID, Tsubaki or whatever Honda fit at the factory and know its good. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 18:59 - 29 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
stonesie wrote:
He could have a lot of damage to his bike and leg too if it lets go at a decent pace, get a DID, Tsubaki or whatever Honda fit at the factory and know its good. Thumbs Up


Definately this. I have been known to skimp and bodge many things, but there are only 2 places I can think of where I wouldn't.

Brakes and Chain.

Get chain and sprockets online. I got a DID set for 80 or 90 quid last year. I have heard of people charging 200 quid or something but that's ridiculous.
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PostPosted: 19:04 - 29 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
A cheap chain isn't cheap if it lets go and holes your cases.
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PostPosted: 08:17 - 30 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
^^^^^^This^^^^^^

I fitted a cheap chain yonks ago, it let go and tore a nice hole in my engine casing and also bent the gearbox output shaft and took out the clutch release mech to boot, i have learnt from my mistake and hopefully i can stop someone else making it too! Laughing
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PostPosted: 16:50 - 30 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is it really worth skimping on a chain?
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PostPosted: 17:12 - 30 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
david_m213 wrote:
Definately this. I have been known to skimp and bodge many things, but there are only 2 places I can think of where I wouldn't.

Brakes and Chain.


So you'd skimp on tyres?
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PostPosted: 09:50 - 12 Sep 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
stonesie wrote:
He could have a lot of damage to his bike and leg too if it lets go at a decent pace, get a DID, Tsubaki or whatever Honda fit at the factory and know its good. Thumbs Up


They are a big company and do industrial chain and other components so may be fine. I'm fitting one to my old bonneville now so will let you know how I get on
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PostPosted: 12:10 - 12 Sep 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
steveb19 wrote:
stonesie wrote:
He could have a lot of damage to his bike and leg too if it lets go at a decent pace, get a DID, Tsubaki or whatever Honda fit at the factory and know its good. Thumbs Up


They are a big company and do industrial chain and other components so may be fine. I'm fitting one to my old bonneville now so will let you know how I get on


You're an idiot then.
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PostPosted: 13:46 - 12 Sep 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
just to add a slightly different spin on this - I work with fairly large cranes amongst other stuff, and for the suspended cab, we use Reynolds chain, as the tsubaki stuff we have used in the past was shit, and we had a fair few failures within a 1/4 of the life of the Reynolds stuff. mind you, it was about 1/4 of the price too.

just goes to show that a supposed 'good' brand can also be crap in other applications......
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PostPosted: 14:04 - 12 Sep 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
ms51ves3 wrote:
david_m213 wrote:
Definately this. I have been known to skimp and bodge many things, but there are only 2 places I can think of where I wouldn't.

Brakes and Chain.


So you'd skimp on tyres?


I do as I normally order single compound older models such as the pilot road 1 and do the fitting and balancing myself.

I know their capabilities and ride accordingly.

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PostPosted: 15:49 - 12 Sep 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ive had the chain in stock for years which is why I used it, its well packed and the company that makes it meets international quality standards.

Ive quite a lot of bikes ranging from 1950s to modern stuff and Ive rebuilt most of them . I have a workshop and make many parts myself, and do my own fabrication awelding and painting. I also ride a lot, home and abroad and have competed in enduro and sprinting.

So I am an idiot? , lets hear a little about your qualifying experience with motorcycles.
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PostPosted: 15:55 - 12 Sep 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
steveb19 wrote:
So I am an idiot?
I wouldn't have accused you of idiocy so much as poor obs. The thread was comfortably dead for nearly three years, after all; at least, it was until you decided to chip in.
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PostPosted: 18:47 - 12 Sep 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
nowhere.elysium wrote:
steveb19 wrote:
So I am an idiot?
I wouldn't have accused you of idiocy so much as poor obs. The thread was comfortably dead for nearly three years, after all; at least, it was until you decided to chip in.


Also a Bonne isn't exactly stressing a chain.
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