[dsn_klr650] chain

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In a message dated Mon, 10 Apr 2000 3:21:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Bogdan Swider writes:

> > > > > Is there any dimensional difference that counts between standard and > > o-ring chain? Put another way, if stranded someplace, could a non o-ring > > chain be put on the OEM (o-ring) sprockets to get home? > > Or are the sprockets different widths for standard and o-ring chains? > > Thanks. > > Bob Kaub > > > Bob, I believe they're interchangeable. One of the old MCN staffers had a > klr and wrote about his experiences with it. This guy had more time than > money; or maybe he was just cheap. He figured out that standard chains were > more economical that O-Ring even accounting for the fact that they had to be > changed more often. After the original bit the dust, he only used standards. > Bogdan

I think on the KLRs they are interchangeable, but on earlier bikes, I think there were clearance problems as the measurment from the outer side of each plate on an o-ring is great than that of a same size non-o-ring chain. I'm pretty sure this is the case on old Yamaha SR500s and XS650s which were equiped with non-oring chains from the factory. Gino