Chain noticeably looser after trackday
Discussion
Thinking about it, it's got to be normal but I thought I'd ask for opinions anyway.
So I put a D.I.D X ring chain on at the start of the year, and I've probably done around 1000 miles since, always kept a close eye on tension and it's never needed adjustment.
Done around 100 miles at an airfield riding day a couple of weeks ago, where there were mostly hard acceleration in 2nd and 3rd and every 90 seconds a straight where I was over 180mph most laps.
Just give the bike a once over not ridden it since the trackday, and the chain is noticeably looser, to a point where I will need to adjust it a little.
Now common sense tells me that this is the first time it has really had to "work hard"' so it's got warm and stretched a little, which is no big deal, All bolts, axle nuts, adjusters etc are fine, so it can't be anything else can it?
So I put a D.I.D X ring chain on at the start of the year, and I've probably done around 1000 miles since, always kept a close eye on tension and it's never needed adjustment.
Done around 100 miles at an airfield riding day a couple of weeks ago, where there were mostly hard acceleration in 2nd and 3rd and every 90 seconds a straight where I was over 180mph most laps.
Just give the bike a once over not ridden it since the trackday, and the chain is noticeably looser, to a point where I will need to adjust it a little.
Now common sense tells me that this is the first time it has really had to "work hard"' so it's got warm and stretched a little, which is no big deal, All bolts, axle nuts, adjusters etc are fine, so it can't be anything else can it?
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