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Originally Posted by GG221
Manual calls for 30-36 mm between chain and swing arm with the bike on the kickstand. This seems very tight to me. If the rear wheel travels up it is tight as a banjo string. Is this measurement right? Has anyone had problems with this?
Is it supposed to be measured from the chain to the top of the chain guard and not the swingarm?
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No that's incorrect. Put bike on a stand so that rear wheel is off the ground. Put it in first gear and turn wheel as far forward that the lower chain strand is tight, then lift chain at the end of the upper chain slider on top of swingarm.
You should get three fingers under the chain unless you've hands like Hulk.
That's about 53 to 56 millimeters if you prefer to measure it. Measure on different parts of the chain and dont forget that the lower part of the chain must be tight...