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its what I run on both of my bikes, and plan on buying another for the gen-3. the one in my gen-1 is 2 years old and still in great shape, infact it looked new until pismo, now theres a little surface rust on the black parts

Try letting those aftermarket peices break in. When I installed TM Designs guards and sliders that shit was loud as hell. Like you described, so noisy I felt embarrassed...like fourstroke embarrassed. After a couple hundred miles of riding it wore in and is now quiet as a mouse. Patience is a virtue.

dannygraves wrote:...by far the best deal I could find
DID-520-VM-X-Ring-Gold

Only 8120 lbs "average" tensile strength Is this for your boy's mini bike?

k, what chain do you run?

Sidewinder 520 RNX. 16,000 lbs tensile strength. 4lbs 2oz. Used the last one for five seasons, over 200 rides.

http://sidewindersprockets.com/titanium_chain.html

MICK wrote:

dannygraves wrote:...by far the best deal I could find
DID-520-VM-X-Ring-Gold

Only 8120 lbs "average" tensile strength Is this for your boy's mini bike?

Wear Resistance is important too. The one above is 3,220. Its close to the ERV2 that I ran for 4 years which has been replaced by the ERV3.

http://www.didchain.com/specs.htm

I got a ERT2 from a Vet X prize, wear re.... rated @ 430 I don't expect it to last a year.

MICK wrote:Sidewinder 520 RNX. 16,000 lbs tensile strength. 4lbs 2oz. Used the last one for five seasons, over 200 rides.

http://sidewindersprockets.com/titanium_chain.html

thats a non o-ring chain... Seems like a fine chain and plenty strong, but if my done up light switch '86 motor can run 2 seasons at dumont shooting hills on that did chain, then I don't need anymore strength. But like Iggy said wear is a problem, especially in the sand. a couple rides in the sand on a non o-ring chain and my chain will be hitting my frame.
just my .02

I know DID's are good chains. I was just talking shit. O-rings are great low maintenance, hose off and forget chains.
The material the Sidewinder's links are made of are hell for stout. It's resistance to wear blew my mind for a non o-ring. I feel 90% of it's wear can be attributed to chain lube and the foreign matter it attracts. I'm not using chain lube on this new one. It rests in a bath of gear oil until the night prior to a ride then I drip dry it. Stays clean and free rolling all day. Whereas before the sand would cling and pack to the lube and make it flex like an o-ring chain.

Just to finish this topic up... Got a new OEM Honda lower roller in today and put it on and....... No more noise, you can hardly hear the chain roll across the roller