a lot of people indeed tighten the chain way too much on the AT!
We disconnected the rear shock once to check out the optimal play on the chain, the result:
- Put the bike on the centre stand, so rear wheel off the ground
- Push the chain against the rear edge of the chainslider (lower part). If it can just touch this plastic it is perfect. May need a bit of force to push it against it, no problem.
Seems to work perfect, as both our bikes were bought with around 40.000km's on them... and the driveshafts are still fine now! (only used JT sprockets by the way ;-))
other tips:
- We moved the rectifiers, they are now strapped to the passenger-footpegs on the left. Nice and in the wind, as they are out of the wind and thus cannot cool enough (I think....) and fail.
- Check the clutch-cable: where it leaves the outer part above the gearbox is where it will wear and break. Bend the bracket a bit so that the inner cable does not touch the metal parts of the adjustment rings, and you'll be fine!
- On this RTW trip, we take apart the brake calipers around every 6.000 km's. Clean the pistons, grease them up a bit. They don't really cope well with salt and tend to rust. 1,5 hours work for two bikes now that we do it regularly, but it can prevent a lot of 'shit'.
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