Topic: Chain question, no fighting please!

[jgger]

At the risk of starting an oil style war, I want to find out the scoop on a chain for a friend's Yamaha 600. He is looking at a J T package, both sprockets and a 530x1r chain with c-clip master link. It is a daily rider commuter/lane splitting bike, no hot rod stuff. Can anyone speak for the quality of one of these J T combo kits?

Thanks for any information,  Jim

[jakec]

I got a JT kit and everything worked out great. The chain stretched A LOT on the first ride, but hasn't stretched at all since. I called for some installation questions and they put me on with this nice guy who talked me through it. I recommend them.

[jgger]

Thank you muchly!

[Duke McDukiedook]

I would say he should probably just buy the sprockets and buy a quality O-ring chain to avoid the excessive stretch that occurs with cheaper budget chains. It even happened to me when I bought a non-oring DID chain I have not had those problems since I bought quality o-ring chains since.

[jakec]

O-ring chain

He said no fighting.

[jgger]

The stretch limits out after a few hundred miles, doesn't it?  What is the advantage of the o ring chain and can it be run on the same sprokets?

[scottly]

What is the tensile strength of the chain in the package? When I got a new chain for the FT500, I bought an off-the-shelf non o-ring chain from the local dealer for less than $40, IIRC.
I wasn't concerned with the low tensile strength, as the bike didn't make that much horsepower, and I wasn't planning on putting a lot of miles on it.
When I went looking for a new chain for my 750, I was a bit more picky, and opted for a non o-ring chain of greater strength, which cost about twice as much as the one I used on the FT. I also found that for a given strength chain, an o-ring version cost about twice as much as non o-ring.
O-ring chains can last longer than non o-ring, but they still need to be lubed on a regular basis.

[jgger]

I'm not sure about how I could find the strength listing. It's a package deal from J T with both sprockets and the chain for about $95.00 on eBay. It is for a Yamaha FJ, and like I said he doesn't hot rod it. It has been so long since I have dealt with any motorcycle parts and as a friend he asked me about his chain adjustment. That lead to how to check if it is bad and what the sprockets should look like....... next thing I know is........... how about this one?

I think I'm going to tell him to go for it but check the adjustment every night for a week or so, his round trip commute is about 80 miles a day so that should be enough to put some stretch on a new chain. His old one was dragging on the swing arm so maintenance is not a big part of his life. Lol!