[dsn_klr650] nklr bike loans and moto guzzi tours

[kenneth scott]

Dear List, I have a chain problem and I am going riding Sunday AM. It seemed a little loose on side stand with pre-load set at 4. I jacked up the bike and turned the nuts a little and I moved the 'tick' about 1/3 of the way between the marks. I moved both sides the same. I lowered the bike and it seemed a little tighter BUT now when I spin the tire I hear a ticking. I first thought that the bike's chain was too tight but it doesn't seem to be. Then I thought that some how the wheel is out of alignment and the chain is 'ticking' on the sprocket. It is just a little sound and I didn't seem to notice it before. But I am really nervous that I have to ride a lot Sunday and about 2 hours are on the highway at 70mph. I don't want any trouble. Any help would be great. Ken A13 The Ticker __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

[Jim Hyman]

Ken, Inspect your chain carefully by slowly rotating the rear tire & look for anything out of the ordinary, tight or kinked links, dirt, bad rollers, or cracks. Also check to see if the tire is now rubbing against the chain guards or front of the swingarm. The chain slack (total up AND down) movement at the chain's mid-point should be 2 1/2" while on the sidestand. If there are any tight spots on your chain, you want to find the tightest spot & then adjust your chain. Professor A9 Federal Way, WA. [USA] ================================= --- kenneth scott wrote:

> Dear List, > > I have a chain problem and I am going riding Sunday > AM. It seemed a little loose on side stand with > pre-load set at 4. I jacked up the bike and turned > the nuts a little and I moved the 'tick' about 1/3 of > the way between the marks. I moved both sides the > same. I lowered the bike and it seemed a little > tighter > BUT now when I spin the tire I hear a ticking. I > first thought that the bike's chain was too tight but > it doesn't seem to be. Then I thought that some how > the wheel is out of alignment and the chain is > 'ticking' on the sprocket. It is just a little sound > and I didn't seem to notice it before. But I am > really nervous that I have to ride a lot Sunday and > about 2 hours are on the highway at 70mph. I don't > want any trouble. > > Any help would be great.

[Fred Hink]

[b]It sounds like the same group.  They come here every year and did have a support box van.  They didn't have any spokes with them though. DOH!  I did get them fixed up and back on the road again.[/b] [b][/b]  [b]Fred[/b]  

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] stingray@... [b]To:[/b] DSN_klr650@egroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Monday, August 21, 2000 10:16 AM [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_klr650] NKLR bike loans and Moto Guzzi tours > Subject: Re: RE: Tubeless spokewheels. > > I just had a bunch of Italians in my shop yesterday who were riding Moto > Guzzis.  One of them had some broken spokes in the rear of the tubeless > spoked wheel.  Hmmm...  A friend of mine was in the Grand Canyon two weeks ago, and came across a Moto Guzzi tour group.  He said, "They had a large chase van, probably full of spare parts!"  I wonder if it's the same group...