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Kawboy's restoration/conversion of a 1980 KZ13 7 years 10 months ago #12475

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Well done getting the chains reproduced! How are you going to refinish the gears? Plate-link chains and their respective gears are usually replaced as a matched set.

How bad were your originals?
1981 KZ1300

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Tyler wrote: Well done getting the chains reproduced! How are you going to refinish the gears? Plate-link chains and their respective gears are usually replaced as a matched set.

How bad were your originals?


Don't know how bad they are. I need to pull the engine and breakdown. The one gear on the crank is integral. But you're right, standard practice would be to change the gears at the same time.

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Christmas time in May. Just picked up the primary and secondary chains from Ramsey Products. I also got back the missing chains that floated around North Carolina for 3 weeks when USPS couldn't deliver the EBay purchased chains to Ramsey Products. Time to start tearing into the engine. FINALLY !!!!

New chains and sample chains side by side

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Kawboy's restoration/conversion of a 1980 KZ13 7 years 9 months ago #12877

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This is a great result - well done for your perseverance. Can you - just for interest - take any measurement from the chains to show the amount of wear?

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biltonjim wrote: This is a great result - well done for your perseverance. Can you - just for interest - take any measurement from the chains to show the amount of wear?


I'll see what I can do. first have to pull the engine and tear it down. Had a few "Honey do" items to take care of first. Hope to get into it next week.

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I'd also be interested in seeing the difference. Good on you for sticking with it!
Cut to approximate, smash to fit!

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