favorite chain

[Meat]

Looking to buy a new chain. Interested in opinions on......

 

What is your favorite brand of chain ?

 

O-ring, X-ring, LMNOP-ring or non-O-ring ?

 

Whatchas think about Sidewinder chains ?

 

What tensil strength are you running ?

 

 

-denny

[SandRageShee]

sidewinders are over prices.. stock chain or a D.I.D. o ring chain imo

[Bansh-eman]

Regina non-orings

[Meat]

Sidewinder has a 17,000 lbs tensil strength chain and they say its lighter than thier lower strength chains because of the materials used, like titanium and chromoly. I want to use a chain that is the best, hands down chain for long term use with minimal maintence. Iv ran non-oring chains for along time, my 250r has an o-ring chain on it tho. that 17,000 lbs Sidewinder chain costs 180 bucks.

[SandRageShee]

like i told my friend today. my shee from 1987 is on STOCK chain. and STOCK rear sprocket STILL to this day. never had a problem

[Michael Jackson]

like i told my friend today. my shee from 1987 is on STOCK chain. and STOCK rear sprocket STILL to this day. never had a problem

 

do you ever ride it?!

[SandRageShee]

i ride the livin shit outta it.. every sunday during riding season.. and then sometims friday saturday and sunday ALL DAY

[jbooker82]

RK Chains are pretty goodl

 

GB520EWB

[SAVAGE420]

I run a PD Gold X-Ring and this fucker is the best chain ive ran on anything...almost a year on this sucker and still has not come loose or tightened it up yet and still looks brand new...low stretch, minimal side plate wear, etc...

Great price too

 

Rocky Mountain pulls these chains off of huge rolls. I could tell you the name listed on the side of the rolls of chain, but I woudl have to kill you.

 

Suffice to say it rhymes with "did"

 

Tensile strength rating of a chain really isn't an important factor. The mfg's use it as a marketing tool.

 

All it really tells you is the ultimate pull force it takes to cause the sideplates to fail and break. The most powerful dirtbike on the planet can only create about half of the force needed to break the cheapest of cheapo chains.

 

You can throw the tensile strength numbers out the widow as far as it being anything of real value. A chain with a higher rating could have thicker plates and pins, yet use inferior metals. Another chain with high quality metal, but a lower tensile rating, will far outperform and outlast the higher rated chain.

 

If you are going to use a ring chain, keep in mind that it has a finite lifespan. In other words, the mfg knows just about how many revolutions you are going to see from that chain, because the lubricant is metered and kept in place. Providing you take good care of the rings and keep them from wearing or tearing.

 

A standard non ring chain requires your care to stay alive. And keeping the chain properly cleaned, lubricated, and adjusted are the keys.

Users of cheaper standard chains can easily keep their chains in service longer than that of the high dollar, finite lifespan, ring chain users.

Edited August 6, 2008 by savage420

[Snopczynski]

I use the cheap DID chains. Usually get two summers out of one.

[_Hex*]

trade secret almost every racer uses regina non oring rx3's and gpxv's

[SAVAGE420]

trade secret almost every racer uses regina non oring rx3's and gpxv's

 

Yeah but when your a sponsered racer you get a free new chain every race.

[NYUK]

regina or tsubaki. spend a little take care of it it will be the last chain you will ever buy.pre stretched, high tensile strength.

[okbeast]

I use logging chain

[BenBB]

IMO Sidewinder chains aren't worth the dough, the sprockets are but the gold o-ring top-of-the-line chain I had didn't last any longer than anything else (actually it wore out faster). I like D.I.D. x-ring chains, for the money and the little effort I put into 'em they hold up well. Pre-stretched would be nice, I've looked at Regina before, might try theirs next. I know Tsubaki is huge in industrial chains, we've used them on the Caterpillar elevating scrapers at work, I'm sure they make some high quality shit.