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Originally Posted by ChipToothy
The swingarm decal say's 25mm of free rotation but doesn't say anything about suspension position. I gave it an inch of slack while the rear tire was off ground then as seen in the last vid it still has about an inch of slack while the rear tire is on the ground. Have no idea of that's right or not of course.
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I can tell you the 'Lee Rail Viking' method of solving this problem. It is most easily done with a helper, but you can do it alone if you have to. With the bike off of its center stand and about a foot and a half away from a wall on the chain side of the bike, lay over the seat, face down and feel of the chain slack. Should be 1 inch at the tightest point. Once you have the chain at the correct tension, get off the bike, put it on the center stand and measure chain slack again. Write it down in the same notebook that you always take with you when you ride. If you ever have a flat, this technique will make it a lot easier to re-set chain tension by the side of the road...ARH
