After our snowy ride my bike was in dire need of some maintenance. The chain was so badly stretched it was making clanking noises on the last day and was well beyond the red zone on the adjustment and it was still loose.
The rear tyre was also cactus, with less than 1mm of tread left. I got 12,256 kms from the Motoz Rallz which was less than the Motoz Adventure and it was noisier than the Adventure also, so I went back to the Adventure tyre on the rear.
I had two weeks off at christmas so it was time to get cracking. So the day I went to do it was surprise, surprise going to be 41°C. F*ck this heat. There's always tomorrow.
So next day I picked up a new rear tyre from Tyres for Bikes at Dural and started the process of replacing the tyre and the chain & sprockets. Plus the bike needed a good wash.
I replaced the rear Tyre and rear sprocket first and put it back into the bike and then gave it a wash.
I was fearing the front sprocket change as I remember how hard it was on the R1, but in actual fact is was quite easy. I Jammed a screwdriver through the chain from underneath, then undid the nut. I came off quite easy. I was surprised to see that it was heavily rust stained. inside where the shaft contacts the sprocket. I put the new sprocket on with some marine grease to hopefully stop the rust. We shall see how it looks at 60,000kms. Front drive sprocket 54nm. Rear drive sprocket nuts 100nm.
I'd bought the new DID 525 Chain and sprockets before the trip but thought it better to put them on after the trip. The chain didn't get oiled the whole trip as it was coming off anyway. I'd bought a chain breaker previously when I was at AutoOne and time to actually use it. I ground the head off the pin with a grinder The chain breaker made quick work of pushing the pin out.
I was wondering what the f*ck a x-ring chain actually is. To the naked eye the x-rings look quite like o-rings, but on closer examination you can see they are actually made in the form of an 'x' or a '+'. Probably easier to say x-ring than +ring.
Using the chain breaker to make the new link was also easy, I've not used one before so I searched the University of Youtube for knowledge. Pretty easy really once you know how. I used the rivet link as I don't trust using the circlip link.
This is the 4th rear tyre I've put on the bike now with 33,600km on the dial. I would have been on the 6th on the R1 by now. Hopefully I'll get another 15k from this tyre.I must say that working on the bike was quite therapeutic, not as good as riding it but just spending time on the bike was good for my soul. A well earned beer was required
12 and a 1/4 000 kilometres from a tyre is pretty damn good! Not much less than the adv model. You were a bit vague on who fitted the tyre there.... made it sound like you fitted it....I call bullshit because you wouldn't have been so calm and drank only 1 beer if you had.....😆
ReplyDeleteYes was pretty good, but the last 2000 of that had next to no tread left, so effectively 10k was it limit. The adventure Tyre is less noisy than the Rallz, its the noisiest tyre I've ever had and probably wouldn't go back to it again. The shop fitted the tyre to the rim, I just changed the wheel in and out.
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