will do!

 

When you find out how easy it is to adjust a chain, you're going to kick yourself in the backside for wasting $20. ;-)

 

I get how you adjust it. It seems very easy, much easier than I thought. I may just pick up some chain lube at that shop and do it myself. Ive tackled MUCH harder wrenching upgrades with the jeep (full suspension lifts in my driveway, axle swaps lol) im sure I can do this. Just not sure how it will go without a rear stand...

 

I need a rear stand too.. when I clean and lube my chain in front of my house I start in front of my driveway and I finish two houses away rofl.. I went there to check the place out one day at the beginning of the season.. they cleaned and lubed the chain and checked the clutch adjustment for $20.. I have gone there for other things like the CCTL and a front tire.. fair prices and good work. They seem honest.. I have only gone there.. I like to find one shop and stick with them..

 

did you have to make an appointment or did you just roll up and they helped you out?

im right by island powersports (formerly crazy freddies) and I just didnt like the attitudes I got in there. Also tried to sell me anything they could, and friends have said their work isnt great and is pricy, so I stay away from them. Its a shame because they are so close to me.

 

You're kidding me right? How do you make up for the slack in the sag of the suspension then? Empty weight??

Think about this for one second...., let's say you have an already tight chain. You get on your bike and go riding. You don't think the added weight will affect the way your chain performs?

 

Absolutely. The rear stand def makes the job easier. Kinda like a pry-bar does w/ those axle swaps.

 

I didn't want to buy a stand so when I changed my rear a few weeks ago I took an air jack under the center of the swing arm then jacked it up high enough to get two jack stands under each side made it simple as pie

 

I believe your comments are misdirected. You should direct those comments to Honda engineering, not to me. They came up with the procedure, I didn't.

To answer your question(s), though, it wouldn't be difficult at all to calculate the change in chain tension as the swingarm runs through its arc, and calculate out to what the 'preset' tension has to be under static bike weight in order to achieve optimum tension through the entire travel.

That's just me thinking about the geometry and math involved, though. As I said, it was Honda engineering that came up with the procedure, not me. Cheers!