Which chains are endless?

I'm looking for a chain and sproket for my K3 naked. However as I've just popped (read: blood sweat and tears) the swingarm off I thought I may as well get an endless chain.

Any recommendations for cheap and strong chins and sprockets for mainly commuting purposes - I'll buy a scottoiler to save doing this again!

The OEM one is a fantastic chain.

[Lissa]

Originally Posted by Dangerous Dave

The OEM one is a fantastic chain.

Agree with DD. We've always gone for the OEM chain. Got over 30,000 miles out of one

http://www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/accessori...on_road&search[range]=on_sv&search[model]=650&search[year]=undefined&search[keyword]=&offset=0

It doesn't look endless to me though!

I am toying with getting a new chain and sprocket set in the near future. The OEM one was tempting as it seems a good price for OEM but, will something like a DID etc be a better replacement.
Your thoughts greatly appreciated oh great org......

I think the oem one is a 525v, a classical and a bit obsolete did o-ring chain.
Now I also think the did 525 vm2 x-ring chain is a fair bit better in terms of keeping grease inside & thus will last longer.
What I did at 24000 km now is: I bought a new oem pair of sprockets (80E or 65Gbp) , cause these are VERY strong: neither front or rear shows visible wear! The did 525v is at EOL though. I also bought an endless DID vm2-chain cause I don't trust the quality of the rivet-links (and weakest link defines strength of chain remember ).
mounting an endless chain gives you the opportunity of regreasing the needle-bearings of the links & the swing. (& cleaning up properly the swing itself )

I bought my gear here: http://www.sv-ig.de/ig-shop/index.ph...t_enabled=true
he DID 525vm2 is only around 83E. Very good alternative in my opinion is the RK 525 XSO around only 63E. I believe the RK will be far better than the oem DID525v

[yorkie_chris]

There's nothing to stop you doing swingarm bearings with any sort of chain except for laziness

DID ZVM is the stongest chain on the market, it is available in 525 and 530. It doesn't come endless, but it is easily rivetted.

With a Scottoiler fitted I got 25,000 miles out of one on an abused ZZR1100 before I sold the bike - the chain was about 3/4 worn by that time. I only ever needed to adjust it when I swopped rear tyres every 3,000 miles or so and sometimes it didn't even need that.

Originally Posted by Aidan

It doesn't look endless to me though!

Thats because that isn't a picture of the SV chain and sprocket set mate.