Check the Sprockets & Drive Chain

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Summary: Checking your motorcycle’s sprockets and drive chain is a simple preventative-maintenance step that can alleviate repair headaches down the road; learn how using the tips in this video.

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Chad Meeker Chad Meeker has been a working motorcycle mechanic for seven years. He has owned and operated a garage, specializing in street bikes, for three years. He has ... read more

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Check the Sprockets & Drive Chain

I'm Chad I present motorcycles in Wilmington, North Carolina on behalf of expertvillage.com I'm here to show you some of my maintenance on our bike before you go out for a ride. Now we are going to check your drive chain and your sprockets. You have a front and a rear sprocket. You can usually visually check your sprockets with a flashlight and make sure the teeth on them are still long and not broken off. Make sure nothing like that is going on. Another thing you want to check your chain and make sure your chain got the appropriate slack on it which you can do with a tape measure just make sure you got a quarter inch travel up and down. Make sure your axles are both tight and basically keep your chain lubed up cause you don't want to those getting really dry and getting really loose cause it can pop off and lock up the rear tire or destroy your case, your motor and stuff like that.