Triumphrat

7bears

does anyone know if i can just cut the (garbage) chain on my 99 ledgand and just feed the new one through?

Jodel

Last chain I changed over a chain, I just used an angle grinder on two of the rivet heads, pressed out the old link, attached the new chain and pulled it through. I used a chain rivet tool to spread the new 'soft' link.

Conventional wisdom is to change the sprockets at the same time as the chain. If you are doing that, remember that removing the front sprocket cover means draining the engine oil too, as this cover also seals the shifter shaft area which contains oil.

7bears

well...thats just it. do i realy have to change the sprockets? the rear one is fine. i don't want to go through all that b.s. if i don't have to. the only sprockets i can find for the bike come with that crumy chain
thanks....

tbsrider2000

There are other companies with sprockets out there, but if yours are fine then there is no need to change them. My sprockets now have 30,000 miles on them through two chains, and they still look great. I am planning on moving up to an 18 tooth front sprocket pretty soon though..

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Dave Arnold
'04 Rocket III
'01 Trophy 1200 (wife's ride)
La Vernia, TX

Dave,
I'm curious. What do you want to gain by moving up to a 18 tooth sprocket ?

MickMaguire

You can't judge the condition of the front sprocket from looking at the rear one. The front gets over twice the use of the rear one because it has less than half the teeth. You should remove the sprocket cover anyway to check the condition of the sprocket (and to clean it) before you decide to fit a new chain without replacing the sprockets.

As already said, you can cut the old chain and run the new one in via a temporary link. It is quite normal with the Legend to be able to reuse the sprockets once in this way, but you still need to be sure that the sprockets are okay before fitting that new chain as each case is different.

[ This message was edited by: MickMaguire on 2004-07-19 07:48 ]

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Mick...

The whole idea behind replacing your chain and sprockets together is that each set will wear together. It just extends the life of both. But if the sprockets are both like new, I'd personaly not change them. Kyle

I drilled a hole in the sprocket cover on my 95 Tiger so I can check the condition of the front sprocket with no disassembly, and if need be, clean accumulated crap from behind the sprocket. More info here:


TriumphTiger.com



My friend, Joel(he uses no last name) has a 96 tiger. He lies it on it's right side to pull the sprocket cover, thus avoiding the need to drain the oil. This doesn't work so well for me, as I have a sidecar attached to the right side




[ This message was edited by: Loginhell on 2004-07-24 16:16 ]

tbsrider2000

acejones,
An 18 tooth ( 1 tooth larger ) sprocket will drop cruising RPMs by about 500 or so... I'm still debating on this, because the lower cruising RPMs come at the expense of low end torque...

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Dave Arnold
'04 Rocket III
'01 Trophy 1200 (wife's ride)
La Vernia, TX

And going down a tooth will make it easier to wheelie, give you loads more grunt for negotiating rough stuff or squirting off the line quickly as well as encourage you to keep the revs up and ride in the powerband. You lose a little fuel economy and a little top speed but you can still reach reasonably excessive speeds.