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Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: Camo on June 14, 2011, 06:26:35 PM

Title: Which Chain For Sand?
Post by: Camo on June 14, 2011, 06:26:35 PM

Which chain do I buy for the dunes? The O and X chains get eaten by the sand so I was told to buy a regular chain but a good quality. Which one do you recommend? The O and X are also wider and It may rub the side of my paddle tire slightly so regular is what I am looking for. Thanks.

Title: Re: Which Chain For Sand?
Post by: Camo on June 15, 2011, 05:15:30 AM

I'm looking for brand name please. I'll do the rest of the searching. Thanks.

Title: Re: Which Chain For Sand?
Post by: Motorrad on June 15, 2011, 05:30:29 AM

I wouldn't run a regular chain in the sand..  That is asking for it..   There is a reason they sealed them with o-rings

Title: Re: Which Chain For Sand?
Post by: Friar-Tuck on June 15, 2011, 05:33:13 AM

  I don't have any experience at the Dunes, however I had a DID 520 ERT2 Chain on my XR 600 (628 kit)  
    for 5yrs with no trouble and very little stretch.  
  I figure it had about 40hrs. actual ride time on it when I sold the bike.
           I do try to take care of my stuff, (maintenance!) and there was about 1-1/4" bow last time I took it off and cleaned soaked oiled it.    
  http://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/productDetail.do?navType=type&webTypeId=36&navTitle=Drive&webCatId=9&keyword=did+chains+er&prodFamilyId=973

         Tuck\o/

Title: Re: Which Chain For Sand?
Post by: Camo on June 15, 2011, 07:42:23 AM

Well the word from the sand box is the sand eats the o-rings eventually. No experience myself. My quads are shaft drive.

Title: Re: Which Chain For Sand?
Post by: Motorrad on June 15, 2011, 07:51:54 AM

Quote from: Camo on June 15, 2011, 07:42:23 AM

Well the word from the sand box is the sand eats the o-rings eventually. No experience myself. My quads are shaft drive.

Yes. Eventually.   Better than getting sand inside the links right off the bat..

Been a dunes guy for over 25 years..

Title: Re: Which Chain For Sand?
Post by: Motorrad on June 15, 2011, 07:54:36 AM

Normaly by the time the orings start to fail your due for a new chain anyways...


Think of them as a airfilter on your car you never plan to change..

Will it eventually pack up and start passing dirt? Yes..  Better than just not running one in the first place???

Title: Re: Which Chain For Sand?
Post by: Camo on June 15, 2011, 08:17:06 AM

Thanks fellas. Makes perfect sense. I'll check into it.

One other thing... do I want an aluminum rear sprocket or steel for the sand on the 500?

Title: Re: Which Chain For Sand?
Post by: bleeding green on June 15, 2011, 12:02:26 PM

if you want it to last run steel. i know there are some high dollar alloys out there guys are having luck with but for my money on a 500 i run steel sprockets with an x ring chain. 95% of the trails i ride are sand.  i used to run a regular chain and got tired of adjusting after every ride. good luck whatever you decide.

Title: Re: Which Chain For Sand?
Post by: sniper1 on June 15, 2011, 05:26:16 PM

       I ran a sidewinder for 3 years of going to the dunes just about every weekend and the chain and sprockets still looked like new, I had to adjust it about 3/8" in the 3 years so once my paddle was in position I didn't have to worry about knocking a link out due to stretch just my .02.

       

Title: Re: Which Chain For Sand?
Post by: Polar-Bus on June 17, 2011, 11:29:11 PM

Quote from: Camo on June 14, 2011, 06:26:35 PM

Which chain do I buy for the dunes? The O and X chains get eaten by the sand so I was told to buy a regular chain but a good quality. Which one do you recommend? The O and X are also wider and It may rub the side of my paddle tire slightly so regular is what I am looking for. Thanks.

My local riding area is very sandy, and I am running a Regina ORN6 on both my 500 and my yz450,  extremly impressed with the strength and quality of the Regina  ! One TOUGH chain !  I've tried every chain over the past 24 years and nothing compares IMO...