Many experienced riders ‘just know' when it is time to replace the chain, but there are a few tests that can help assess chain condition if you’re not so sure:

 The rollers should not be loose, but rotate freely without too much side to side movement.

There should not be excessive lateral play in the chain. That is, if you grasp the chain and twist it about a an axis perpendicular to the ground, there should be an amount of give but no sloppiness - try reciprocating the action to be sure.

If you try to pull the chain away from the rear sprocket at the point furthest away from the front sprocket there should be no more than 3 or 4 mm of movement.

If you have run out of adjustment on the chain, you could remove two links and rejoin the chain. We don’t recommend this, though, because a chain that has worn this much will have grown in length so much that it will be wearing your bike’s sprockets badly.

Choose the right motorcycle chain

With pitches from 420 to 630, in standard, heavy duty, O-ring, or X-ring, with gold link options for many, Chainsandsprockets.com stocks chains suitable for all current and thousands of older Japanese and European motorcycles and quads. Brands include popular DID, JT, IRIS, IGM as well as Japanese Izumi and Regina for classic models. We can supply:

Chains – 420

Chains – 428

Chains – 520

Chains – 525

Chains – 530

Chains – 630

DID Standard Chain

DID NZ Super Heavy Duty Chain

DID V O-Ring Chain

DID VM X-Ring Premium Gold Chain

DID VX Heavy Duty X-Ring Chain

DID ZVM Heavy Duty X-Ring Gold Chain

Izumi Chain

Kyoto Chain

TKR Chain

IRIS

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