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Old 10-19-2011, 07:05 AM   #1
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Default I broke the KLR yesterday

Well, the chain anyway. Was riding a local trail yesterday all of a sudden the bike had issues where it would bog down every few tire rotations. It was like a light switch, everything fine - then problem. Stop, get off the bike, and I see that the chain is sitting up in top of the sprocket for a few teeth and pulled the chain 1 tooth tighter. That threw me into limp home (12 miles) mode. I loosened the chain so it didnt over tighten and fuck anything else up, made it 2 miles to my house then the chain slipped off. Put it back on and went into super limp home mode
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Old 10-19-2011, 08:24 AM   #2
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at least you were relatively close to home...
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Old 10-19-2011, 09:13 AM   #3
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Just wear, or defect?
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Old 10-19-2011, 11:05 AM   #4
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Its a 22k chain, probably lived its life. I think a rock got between it and the sprocket and tweaked it
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Old 10-19-2011, 11:24 AM   #5
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Are you using an o-ring chain?
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Old 10-19-2011, 07:06 PM   #6
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No, its the stock chain that came from the factory as far as I can tell
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Old 10-19-2011, 07:57 PM   #7
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Its a 22k chain, probably lived its life. I think a rock got between it and the sprocket and tweaked it
22k is pretty cool I guess.

Must be all that horsepower
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Old 10-19-2011, 09:59 PM   #8
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I only got 9000 miles out of the stock chain & sprockets on the Husky. AL sprocket, big bore thumper and no cush drive will do that.
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Old 10-19-2011, 11:28 PM   #9
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22k is pretty cool I guess.

Must be all that horsepower
I'm not complaining, but damn, the chain wasnt even close to the end of its stretch. And yes the massive amounts of horsepower is known quite well in KLR circles for tearing chains into pieces
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Old 10-20-2011, 12:45 PM   #10
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remember to replace all 3 units... both front & rear sprockets and a new chain.
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