Topic: Slipper Tensioner for the Road????

[jaguar]

Any one run one on the street?
are they safe to use?  what needs to be known to make them work on the street?
are the M3 and the cycle X parts the same?

[simon#42]

the m3 one works fine , there were no tricks to it i just replaced the standard tensioner with the slipper tensioner 

[Pinhead]

The CB650's factory tensioner is of the "slipper" type. I don't see any disadvantage, IMO.

[Retro Rocket]

Any one run one on the street?
are they safe to use?  what needs to be known to make them work on the street?
are the M3 and the cycle X parts the same?

They will work fine, probably better, and if they can survive the ravages of racing i see no reason as to why they wouldn't work just as well on the street. Lots of bikes use slipper guides. I am using them on my bikes without hesitation. {i am a fussy bugger} 

[jaguar]

Guess i was more thinking that a race part wears out faster or is normally checked more often then a street part

[Retro Rocket]

Guess i was more thinking that a race part wears out faster or is normally checked more often then a street part

Correct,  but like i said, there are lots of bikes using this type of tensioner, they are simpler and have no moving parts.........

[Leino]

For example my GS 1100 racebike... I built it from a crashed streetbike with stock tensioner and 220000km on the clock.
I replaced the tensioner guide with some hi-tech stuff the big boys use but the old one was still in useable condition 

[lordmoonpie]

No difference road or track, it's just a tensioner - go for it...

[turboguzzi]

put a CBR600 tensioner in my 500/4 racer, no wear whatsoever

[jaguar]

Thanks for the help guys