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Old 10-10-2010, 05:06 PM   #1
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After you make your sighting warmup laps at Cycle Ranch MX park in Floresville TX... 13T out of 49, lesson for the kids here - keep your chains tight. This was 3 hours of riding on "eh it's tight enough"


Thankfully their pro shop on hand - Moto-Shack had the hookup and I got to replace it today after using my "practice" bike yesterday.
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Old 10-10-2010, 09:37 PM   #2
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More like a reason not to use aluminum sprockets
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Old 10-10-2010, 11:00 PM   #3
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More like a reason not to use aluminum sprockets
Contact Yamaha direct, it's theirs.
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Old 10-10-2010, 11:11 PM   #4
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What'd the front one look like?
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What'd the front one look like?
Still looks brand new with the chain.
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Old 10-11-2010, 10:24 AM   #6
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interesting. I usually do 'em in pairs because I'm paranoid like that
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interesting. I usually do 'em in pairs because I'm paranoid like that
I checked the front and all the links when I cleaned off the dirt.

I guess my style of riding MX just destroys the rear sprocket when the chain's too loose. If it was the Aprilia, I wouldn't chance it because we're talking about 4x the horsepower AND torque. That could potentially cause it to lock up or have the chain snap and slap my leg.
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Old 10-13-2010, 10:55 AM   #8
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I checked the front and all the links when I cleaned off the dirt.

I guess my style of riding MX just destroys the rear sprocket when the chain's too loose. If it was the Aprilia, I wouldn't chance it because we're talking about 4x the horsepower AND torque. That could potentially cause it to lock up or have the chain snap and slap my leg.
I totally missed the "MX" part of your post and thought it was off the RSV instead of the YZ and was like

Now it makes more sense
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I totally missed the "MX" part of your post and thought it was off the RSV instead of the YZ and was like

Now it makes more sense
LOL this is the "dirt" subforum right?
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Old 10-14-2010, 08:28 AM   #10
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LOL this is the "dirt" subforum right?
Nobody pays attention to subforums. We all just click the "new posts" button at the top.
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