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Other Stuff => Misc / Open => Topic started by: MikeM on March 10, 2014, 06:57:14 PM

Title: getting your moneys worth
Post by: MikeM on March 10, 2014, 06:57:14 PM

pinched this photo but woah talk  about leaving it late

(http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae228/INEEDMOREPICS/wornsprocket_zps7df191b8.jpg) (http://s974.photobucket.com/user/INEEDMOREPICS/media/wornsprocket_zps7df191b8.jpg.html)

Title: Re: getting your moneys worth
Post by: Trigger on March 10, 2014, 07:00:12 PM

That must of been slipping a bit ;)

Title: Re: getting your moneys worth
Post by: Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP) on March 10, 2014, 07:00:35 PM

Mike
Like your heading.That has to be the worst I have ever seen and I worked in workshops for 8 years in the 70s.
Cheers
Bitsa

Title: Re: getting your moneys worth
Post by: Trigger on March 10, 2014, 07:02:49 PM

Even a dentist couldn't do anything about those teeth.

Title: Re: getting your moneys worth
Post by: Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP) on March 10, 2014, 07:04:51 PM

Dead right there Trigger and spec savers would not have helped either
Cheers
Bitsa

Title: Re: getting your moneys worth
Post by: Green1 on March 10, 2014, 07:09:58 PM

I bet that's a yanks bike nuff said. ;D
There the same with tyres leave them till you see the canvas

Mick

Title: Re: getting your moneys worth
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on March 10, 2014, 07:20:22 PM

(http://www.nirvana-motorcycles.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Renthal-Sprocket-1-Custom-600x450.jpg)

My Tiger 1050 had a lightweight Renthal alloy rear sprocket fitted when I bought it. Their marketing says "designed for road use - will last as long as steel".

Nope.

This is after 15k miles. The fitter who changed it said "why have you got a racing sprocket on the rear - they wear really quickly you know"...

 8)

Title: Re: getting your moneys worth
Post by: Green1 on March 10, 2014, 07:23:24 PM

That done well to last that long Steve my genuine Triumph S4 sprockets only lasted 13k

Mick

Title: Re: getting your moneys worth
Post by: matthewmosse on March 10, 2014, 11:00:16 PM

When skint I ran my 500/4 chain that bad on the rear sprockett -  went from like the gold alloy one above to toothless in very few miles, and I had to knock a few links out too, glad I now have a proper contract rather than a 0 hours one as I did then. One thing I love about the sohc in line 4's is how smooth they are and how little stress this in turn places on chains - despite the abuse of knocking a link out of a worn chain, I've never had one fail, on my 125 and 250, they have both snapped chains well before it reaches the adjusters end or the sprocketts looked badly hooked.