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« Reply #990 on: December 13, 2015, 07:29:19 PM » |
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« Reply #991 on: December 13, 2015, 07:31:53 PM » |
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I measured the chain run as 27" between sprocket centres, but looking at the photo, it looks like it must be more than that. I'll double check.
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« Reply #992 on: December 13, 2015, 07:33:41 PM » |
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Clearer shots of the indicators.
Front.
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« Reply #993 on: December 13, 2015, 07:35:00 PM » |
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And rear.
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« Reply #994 on: December 13, 2015, 07:39:17 PM » |
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New frog key fob.  |
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« Reply #995 on: December 13, 2015, 07:43:08 PM » |
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Looking forward to trying this out in the Spring.
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« Reply #996 on: December 13, 2015, 09:02:40 PM » |
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Its a very good looking bike, you must be very pleased
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Why do every five minute job take all day, and
if it can go wrong it will go wrong
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« Reply #997 on: December 14, 2015, 07:07:46 PM » |
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New chain bought from the local bikeshop this evening. 60 quid. It's gold coloured though, which will simply ruin the colour scheme Apparently a standard XS chain is 104 links. I needed 112 & they had 118 in stock, so I took that. If each link's about an inch long, that'd make about 4" of stretch in the frame, which sounds about right. I asked about cranked links - Jeez, I've been in the business for 20 years & never seen one. You might be able to find them for Brit chains but not Japs. It has a rivet link instead of a split one. Never rivetted a chain before. They reckoned the ends of the link pins can be spread with a small G clamp, but if not they'll lend me their tool. |
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Wot ho chaps, its bloody Whitworth!!
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« Reply #998 on: December 14, 2015, 07:52:23 PM » |
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Use the tool!!
Modern "soft links" are a bit of a misnomer.
There is satisfaction when the new link pin ends have the same shape as the rest.
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« Reply #999 on: December 14, 2015, 07:55:29 PM » |
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« Reply #1000 on: December 14, 2015, 08:09:18 PM » |
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Very well, I shall use the Force, tool.
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« Reply #1001 on: December 15, 2015, 04:39:31 PM » |
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At least with your bike you don't have to worry about splitting the chain to get it around the swing arm, so you could rivet the chain on the bench. Have to take the wheel spindle out to get it on though ! |
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« Reply #1002 on: December 15, 2015, 08:17:17 PM » |
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The usual one step forward & several steps back this evening. With the C thing only a week or so away, it's getting busy at Royal Mail. Already dark each day by the time I finish work. Fortunately I invested in a rechargeable LED light for the lock-up, so if I've got any energy left after trudging the streets in the rain all day, I can do a few bits on the bike.
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« Reply #1003 on: December 15, 2015, 08:20:05 PM » |
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So, chain looped around the sprockets. Although it's 118 links long, you can see at the rear sprocket that it's only a few links over length.
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« Reply #1004 on: December 15, 2015, 08:35:51 PM » |
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I split it, using the chain breaker kindly leant by Mr Olds, but the pin needs punching through the link to remove it & all my tools & my workbench are in Mr Loon's workshop on the other side of town -half an hour away in the evening traffic, (a quick text confirmed he'd locked up for the day anyway). So that'll be a job for tomorrow evening.
The chain's also a lot chunkier than I'd expected. I'm sure they weren't this heavy duty on my previous XSs. So I've got a couple of clearance problems. At the back end it fouls on the stud that the chainguard attaches to. So looks like I'll have to hacksaw the stud off, (no power supply in the garage), file it back as flush to the frame tube as I can without ruining the powder coat, & add a dab of black paint over the exposed metal. I want to keep the chainguard so will try making a curved tab to sit over the frame & slotting over the exhaust mounting stud. Of course, once that's welded to the guard it'll need re powder-coating -again.
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