Dustin
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I just wanted to share the results of a recent experiment.
About 6000 miles ago, I bought a new chain and sprockets for my SV. I was sort of up in the air as to what chain to get and decided to take a chance with a chain from Western Power Sports (WPS) that was a bit lower on the price scale than the quality brands like DID or RK. I compared tensile strengths and read their marketing and decided to see just good or bad a cheap brand would be.
The results were not good. I would constantly have to adjust it basically out of the box and as a result, I ordered a DID 525VX (the replacement for the VM) as I knew it would be in the trash soon enough. I managed 6000 miles out of the chain before it stretched itself beyond my adjustment range. A terrible result.
I know that I did it for an experiment and was kind of expecting this result but I'm still a bit let down. What a piece of shit. It was $75 when I ordered it and the DID I picked up from Riders Discount was only $95 on special!
Sure, it was a waste of money but at least I got to see for myself the difference between a quality chain and everything else. An expensive lesson
About 6000 miles ago, I bought a new chain and sprockets for my SV. I was sort of up in the air as to what chain to get and decided to take a chance with a chain from Western Power Sports (WPS) that was a bit lower on the price scale than the quality brands like DID or RK. I compared tensile strengths and read their marketing and decided to see just good or bad a cheap brand would be.
The results were not good. I would constantly have to adjust it basically out of the box and as a result, I ordered a DID 525VX (the replacement for the VM) as I knew it would be in the trash soon enough. I managed 6000 miles out of the chain before it stretched itself beyond my adjustment range. A terrible result.
I know that I did it for an experiment and was kind of expecting this result but I'm still a bit let down. What a piece of shit. It was $75 when I ordered it and the DID I picked up from Riders Discount was only $95 on special!
Sure, it was a waste of money but at least I got to see for myself the difference between a quality chain and everything else. An expensive lesson
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