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Please take this poll so we can get some quantifiable research on which brands of chain give the best life on our bikes.
We want to know the brand of chain and the number of miles it lasted.
Cheers, Richard
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09 America, Staintune Pipes, K&N, Breathe, Hagon Nitros, AI & O2 removed, tune 20184 (modified), MTX-L a/f gauge
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Obviously skewed due to overwhelming participation, but the OEM chain seems to be the obvious choice?
Keith
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Ridin'Texas
'04 Speedmaster
AI removed, Pingle, UNI Filter, 1 shim, straight-through slash-cut TORs, Stage 1 DynaJet, 140 mains, 3 turns, 16/42 final drive, 115K
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Only 25 members have chains? Come on guys, take the poll and help us out here.
Anyone know who makes the OEM chain? My dealer only supply's aftermarket brands.
Cheers, Richard
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I was the first to answer, but I also change my chain and sprockets in sets. I never put a new chain on a used sprocket. May last rear sprocket showed no visible wear and the front only slight wear and I still changed all 3 as a set. I have old set hanging on the shed wall as I think it had a little life left in it. If memory serves I got about 23,000 out of it with no lube but I forget for sure, I know it was over 20,000.
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Well I voted, but I'm still on the original chain with plenty of life left.
15000 miles and only adjusted once, that's not counting the time I had the rear wheel off (bloody disintegrating tyres)
Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
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 I screwed up again,it was the OE not the RK.It's still in the box waiting for a boreing winters day.28000km.
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Are you saying that you voted 15-20,000 miles (24-32000kms) on RK and it should have been OEM Triumph?
Cheers, Richard
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Me too.I voted.I haven't put the RK chain on yet.Still on my Triumph original.24,000ks.It should see more than 32,000.
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Should be Riding
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Should be Riding
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Blowing gravel off rural roads
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Fe Butt
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Suppose I should have pointed that out, been running DID as long as I can remember.(Probably longer)
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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Should be Riding
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my OEM chain barely made it 20,000 miles, I have about 15,000 on my RK chain at this point and it still looks brand new
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Oem D.I.D got me 21000 miles, RK replacement got 23,000 miles so I'm on my second RK. (Speedmaster with 16t front sprocket)
I clean and lube (chain wax) my chains and I don't change the sprockets unless it's worn out. Or to change size of course; in fact I may get a few less miles on this set since I went to a 44 rear with the 16 front.
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The oem chain on my bike was a DID.
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Speedmaster with the 790 here too and stock sprockets 16 tooth was stock front that year.
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imho, chain life is directly related to riding style all other things being equal. The manufacturer also is a valid consideration, yet not as strong a determinate as riding style. Perhaps a poll looking at tire life vis-a-vis chain life would show that correlation.  
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That would be an interesting comparison.
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Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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imho, chain life is directly related to riding style all other things being equal. The manufacturer also is a valid consideration, yet not as strong a determinate as riding style. Perhaps a poll looking at tire life vis-a-vis chain life would show that correlation.
Yes. Also pairing new chains with used sprockets could promote premature wear. However if we get enough participants in the poll it should average out the various riding styles and other factors giving a general indication of the lifetime of one brand versus another.
So while an individual experience of a particular brand will be strongly influenced by their riding style etc, it will serve as a guide to which chain brand/s should last longer.
Cheers, Richard
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Quote:
Are you saying that you voted 15-20,000 miles (24-32000kms) on RK and it should have been OEM Triumph?
Yes thats right.
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23,000 miles on my OEM chain. I will be replacing the chain and sprockets over the winter.
2003 TBA Thunderbike pipes / floorboards / and the most uncomfortable seat known to man....
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Bump. Some mor participants in this chain life poll would really help.
Cheers, Richard
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D.I.D ...you cant go wrong
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01010100 01110010 01101001 01110101 01101101 01110000 01101000 <3
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Running a nice tight TBS cush as opposed to the sloppy OEM one probably adds a few klicks.
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Over 23,000 miles on the OEM (chain & cogs), ain't nu'in' falled off it yet. I DO drive it hard, but smooth. 
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I had about 23,000 miles on the OEM when I changed it out sprockets too.
Got about 7,000 on the RK I put on and seems to be wearing just fine.
FYI 4 rears (OEM Metz 9k, Bridgestone S11 10K, STINKo 4k, and MC2 going strong at abot 7K) 2 fronts (OEM Metz changed when I changed my first rear but didn't need it and now still on same Bridgstone S11, gonna replace it soon)
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I got 25000 miles out of the stock chain, but it needed replacing at 20000.
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