Need a new Chain for my Ducati 999?

[andyb]

Originally Posted by nogaromill998

If its good enough for the thrashing Virgin Yamaha dish out to their 200bhp BSB bikes, I think it'll handle a road going Ducati, or am I missing something? Besides, quite often price is nothing to do with it, just that importers charge a massive mark up so they can give dealers a big trade discount, so the end user pays through the nose.

Who also change it after every race..........what 40 miles?

[zimbo]

Originally Posted by nogaromill998

If its good enough for the thrashing Virgin Yamaha dish out to their 200bhp BSB bikes, I think it'll handle a road going Ducati, or am I missing something? Besides, quite often price is nothing to do with it, just that importers charge a massive mark up so they can give dealers a big trade discount, so the end user pays through the nose.

A fair point David but it's worth considering that the requirements of a chain on a race bike are very different to those on a road bike. Race chains tend to have little or no seals, the aim is to keep friction and drag as low as possible and thus minimise power loss in the drivetrain, the chain is carefully cleaned and lubed by hand every few tens of miles. It's treated as a consumable and will probably be changed after just a few hundred miles on track.
Personally I'll stick to what I know and trust, and for me that means Tsubaki! True about dealer markups though, irrespective of brand!


*edit* too slow, beaten to it!!!

[nogaromill999]

Well, I'll give you that, its true that the race chains are well looked after, but they are also used by Dixon Racing in World Championship Moto X, and they ARE fitted with X rings to keep the sand and grime out. I've used them for 13000 miles on my bike and they've been fine. I can only speak as I find.

[andyrh]

Zimbo

Thanks for the explanation, now I know

Don't think I have ever owned a bike long enough to have had to buy replacements.

Cheers

[andyrh]

Originally Posted by nogaromill998

Well, I'll give you that, its true that the race chains are well looked after, but they are also used by Dixon Racing in World Championship Moto X, and they ARE fitted with X rings to keep the sand and grime out. I've used them for 13000 miles on my bike and they've been fine. I can only speak as I find.

Is that Dixon Racing who use to be based in Godalming and were a Bimoto dealer? Owner was David Dixon as I recall.

[zimbo]

Originally Posted by nogaromill998

I've used them for 13000 miles on my bike and they've been fine. I can only speak as I find.

Fair enough then, I've never tried them myself! We tend to stick to what we know

[Tortuga]

I have a Gold X Ring Tsubaki 525 on my bike with a Renthal sprockets. I Changed the gearing by going up 2 teeth on the back sprocket while I was at it. I have been pleased with it so far. I got the complete kit from B&C express. I have to confess to liking the design of the Renthal rear sprockets, they are kind of sexy looking

[Jagstang]

Guys,

I've thought long and hard here before posting, as I don't want to seem subversive. Triple s chains are made in China for a southampton firm called Bike-It.

They are okay as a replacement but they are definitely a budget chain. There were some cases of them snapping (or rollers shattering) on high power bikes (mainly fireblades) and I have seen the remains of some of these.

The yamaha BSB team don't (or never have) used them, but they are sponsored by Bike-It, hence the advertising.

That said, I used one for 4,000 miles on an R1 with no probs. You pays you money and takes your chances, as the old saying goes, and I bet that all the main high end brands have had chain failures at some point. Hope this helps.