Side Stand Chain Tension? - SV650.org

10-10-12, 01:35 PM

How do you guys go about adjusting the chain tension with only a side stand?

There must be a simple / easier way.

10-10-12, 02:31 PM

If my friends with stands are not free then i put the bike on the side-stand and put the steering lock on. Then I position a piece of wood under the bobbin on the swing-arm after lifting the rear wheel.

yorkie_chris · 10-10-12, 02:50 PM

Just adjust it on the sidestand it works fine and is how the manual says to do it.

10-10-12, 09:52 PM

I want a center stand

Bibio · 10-10-12, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scylla

I want a center stand

why?

DarrenSV650S · 10-10-12, 11:39 PM

I put it in gear, roll the bike back to tense up the chain, then tighten the axle.

11-10-12, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bibio

why?

So much easier for washing and maintainance

Bibio · 11-10-12, 01:02 AM

why don't you just get a paddock stand?

yorkie_chris · 11-10-12, 07:47 AM

All they're good for on the SV is digging gert chunks of flesh out of your leg.

14-10-12, 04:52 PM

I like a centre stand on some bikes myself.
Of course out and out sports biks you expect no centre stand but on other bikes it just easier to do everything with a centre stand.
And also saves space when parking at work or bike stands

10-10-12, 01:35 PM	#1
Scylla Guest Posts: n/a	Side Stand Chain Tension? How do you guys go about adjusting the chain tension with only a side stand? There must be a simple / easier way.

10-10-12, 02:31 PM	#2
Serdna Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Side Stand Chain Tension If my friends with stands are not free then i put the bike on the side-stand and put the steering lock on. Then I position a piece of wood under the bobbin on the swing-arm after lifting the rear wheel.

10-10-12, 02:50 PM	#3
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: Side Stand Chain Tension Just adjust it on the sidestand it works fine and is how the manual says to do it. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

10-10-12, 09:52 PM	#4
Scylla Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Side Stand Chain Tension? I want a center stand

11-10-12, 01:02 AM	#8
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,569	Re: Side Stand Chain Tension? why don't you just get a paddock stand?

10-10-12, 11:39 PM	#6
DarrenSV650S Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,414	I put it in gear, roll the bike back to tense up the chain, then tighten the axle.

11-10-12, 07:47 AM	#9
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: Side Stand Chain Tension? All they're good for on the SV is digging gert chunks of flesh out of your leg. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

14-10-12, 04:52 PM	#10
Knobby Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Side Stand Chain Tension? I like a centre stand on some bikes myself. Of course out and out sports biks you expect no centre stand but on other bikes it just easier to do everything with a centre stand. And also saves space when parking at work or bike stands

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