Chain stretch?
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:31 am
Well last week I took what was (for me) a long ride. It was about 2.5 hours on the bike, probabably a total of 145 miles covered or so. I was out riding with a buddy of mine, (he has a '10 HD Softtail Springer) and I had the wife with me. Now, I can't point to a specific incident (except for maybe one panic stop where I used a large amount of engine brake), but in the last 10 miles of riding or so I noticed the chain was louder than normal. I figured maybe I just baked some lube off or something, but when I pulled into my driveway and looked at it, I found the chain has stretched maybe a links worth.
Has anyone had this happen to them? Do note, it is quite possibly the original '92 chain, as the bike just turned 13k miles.
Has anyone had this happen to them? Do note, it is quite possibly the original '92 chain, as the bike just turned 13k miles.