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From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 2 Mar 2010 11:05 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) saying something like: >They really needed 'em, yes. My old CB750F1 was the last model Honda >made with the old weedy chain The first model CB750 was notorious for snapping 'em at the cost of a lot of crankcase damage, although this tended to happen earlier than it would have on a SOBB. A mate had his snapped by an MoT tester who couldn't resist taking it out for a spin around the block (it only being out a couple of years at that time and it was the first one he'd been on - big Jap fours were still a rarity Notb). Much sturm and drang ensued when the crankcase damage became known, but the MoT guy saved his bacon when he spotted that the chain was actually made of several pieces of shite old BSA /Norton/Triumph chains riveted together; the owner being a notoriously tight-arsed git. Not surprising it snapped.
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 2 Mar 2010 11:08 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> saying something like: >You won't get a racebike past scrutineering with a split link fitted if >you're entering a tarmac event. I've only once used one on a carebike, Zimmer 350cc?
From: Pip on 2 Mar 2010 11:33 Grimly Curmudgeon wrote: > We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the > drugs began to take hold. I remember "Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> > saying something like: > > > You won't get a racebike past scrutineering with a split link > > fitted if you're entering a tarmac event. I've only once used one > > on a carebike, > > Zimmer 350cc? Well within the scope of Loz's description. -- Pip: B12
From: Beav on 2 Mar 2010 11:46 "Mark Olson" <olsonm(a)tiny.invalid> wrote in message news:u-mdnSWqFuP8RRbWnZ2dnUVZ_s-dnZ2d(a)posted.visi... > Pete Fisher wrote: >> In communiqu� >> <284efff6-9532-4ff0-8532-983854567cc7(a)c16g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, >> Steve <steveloukes(a)hotmail.com> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >>> On 1 Mar, 14:43, Pete Fisher <Pe...(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>>> Ah. I'm not sure I will ever attempt a chain job on anything that can't >>>> be run with just a split link. >>> Anything can be run with a split link surely? >>> Bikes were hitting 180mph at Bonneville in 1967 and I dont think >>> endless chains came in till the 80's? >>> >> >> Well yes, but perhaps it's more a question of power applied through the >> chain rather than speed. >> >> I'm not even sure you can even get split links for the size of chain used >> on the Voxan. >> > > It's *really* not difficult to rivet a link using primitive tools. The > pukka tool just does it in a little neater and less sweary manner. > > I find that pressing on the side plate is where the tool is most > appreciated, > but that part of the job can also be done with a G-clamp and a couple of > small sockets. I've got a splitter/riveter for chains and still use a "G" clamp and 2 4mm sockets to press the new plate home. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
From: Beav on 2 Mar 2010 11:51
"Grimly Curmudgeon" <grimly4REMOVE(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in message news:vddqo5ttphu6ua9iqjsfdm2ck3bu54luak(a)4ax.com... > We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the > drugs began to take hold. I remember totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The > Older Gentleman) saying something like: > >>They really needed 'em, yes. My old CB750F1 was the last model Honda >>made with the old weedy chain > > The first model CB750 was notorious for snapping 'em at the cost of a > lot of crankcase damage, although this tended to happen earlier than it > would have on a SOBB. > A mate had his snapped by an MoT tester who couldn't resist taking it > out for a spin around the block (it only being out a couple of years at > that time and it was the first one he'd been on - big Jap fours were > still a rarity Notb). Much sturm and drang ensued when the crankcase > damage became known, but the MoT guy saved his bacon when he spotted > that the chain was actually made of several pieces of shite old BSA > /Norton/Triumph chains riveted together; the owner being a notoriously > tight-arsed git. > Not surprising it snapped. My pal's SV650 was >< that close to needing a crankcase when his split link "let go" and the chain bailed out. I riveted a replacement chain on and it didn't spit the new one off. It really put me off using split link fasteners. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 |