<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: MikeM

with all those bikes, I'm not sure you could put the kind of miles on it that would show you the issue I had with chains. Chains stretch. More miles, more stretch. Cheaper chain more stretch. My method was standard chain, frequently replaced. Never had a chain break since. Never worried about it either.</end quote></div>

I have plenty of miles on all of my machines. Most of it in extremely muddy conditions. I like to put on a chain and forget about it as long as I can. Hard to do that with a cheapie. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] My CR500 could wear out a cheap chain in a matter of minutes.

 

funny how we can differ on opinion with such a simple thing.

I can see your point, but not a 'cheap' standard chain - same strength chain without o or x rings

only cheap compared to an o or x ring.

After I broke one particular chain and busted the chain guide boss and pushed it home leaking oil I was more concerned with breaking a chain, so I replaced chains and the sprokets regularly. It only took a few minutes while I was doing general maintenance, once a year at a fraction of the cost.

 

It is pretty funny because we both got the same result.

No Chain Problems.