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Old 02-13-2008   #1 (permalink)
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47,006 miles on the T-100 and still going strong! Just replaced the chain.
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first or second chain replacement?

glad she's running good! as if we expected anything less!
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Congrats she is now broken in!! 1st chain I will guess? Did you do sprockets too? & same ratio??
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Please tell me that was the 2nd chain replacement.
Mine only lasted 20K miles.
I know I'm tough on chains but iffen you got 45K+ then I really got to work on smoothing things out.
I can't be that bad.

These little bikes are turning out to be real burros.
I'm starting to think that 100K+ is not unreasonable before a engine tear down.
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these bikes are made to last!

thats wot I like to hear in these days of throw away trinkets and gizmos

congratulations
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Wow, that is 75.649 kms. Bet you can remember a few good times from all that riding.
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47,000 miles...im expecting at least three times as many miles as that from my baby before any serious work needs doing

When you say just replaced the chain do you mean drive chain or cam chain?

These bikes should have plenty of durability considering how overbuilt the engine is...
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I replaced the chain and both sprokets. Yes first chain replacement.
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Yes first chain replacement.
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Thumbs up Chain

Goes to show ya - Take care of them & they take care of you!! Good work- my buds Honda Shadow chain only lasted 36000 mi!
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