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The aftermarket chains are crap that Sliver sells as a OEM replacement and the Honda ones are £££
And always thought the 500 camchain mechanism was better than the 400/4 with that auto tensioner that didn't work well and the damage to the horseshoe caused by worn chain.
Surely it would be easier to adapt the carrier rather than the barrels. Looking at it I'd imagine it wouldn't be hard. How are you supposed to take tension off the chain for removal and fitting BTW
There is an alternative if you are prepared to make a small change to the bolt hole in the barrel. (Elongate it by about 4mm..Benelli 500/654 tensioner. I took this one from my benelli .It's done 29000 miles...looks fine..Much simpler...doesn't require adjustment.
Same as they didnt put a new chain in the cx500 tensioner mod kit so you ended up doing them again at about 30000
Is "Feelably" actually a word?
This illustrates that mileage as an absolute basis for judging the chain life has potentially large error. The only consistent accurate way at technical level is to count crankshaft revolutions. Chain life at average of 4,500rpm v the same at 7,500rpm will clearly reach the same wear point at very different mileage totals.