Notes From the Road Vol. IV - Derek Mansfield & Motorcycle Chains
Adventure Rider Radio – Motorcycle Podcast
Adventure Rider Radio | Adventure Motorcycling
4.9 • 960 Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2016
⏱️ 87 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Well you're going to choose an O-ring, X-ring, Z-ring, maybe a standard chain, a 5-20, a 525, 530, and it's at a 116, 118, a 120, |
| 0:12.1 | what about the larger counter shafts |
| 0:14.0 | Brockie installed? Hang on, if that sounds like I'm speaking another |
| 0:17.5 | language or just a bunch of gibberish, sit back and soak in some chain |
| 0:21.1 | talk from experts. We've got one from DID Racing Chain, |
| 0:24.7 | another from Regina Chain, two large and very successful and ubiquitous chain |
| 0:29.6 | manufacturers. We're going to discuss the differences between X, O, and Z rings, and just what you should |
| 0:35.1 | be shopping for the next time you replace your chain. |
| 0:38.2 | But first, we got a story to tell. |
| 0:39.5 | We're going to talk with Derek Mansfield about his new book, Notes from the Road, |
| 0:42.8 | Volume 4. |
| 0:43.9 | I'm Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider Radio. |
| 0:46.1 | Stay with us. |
| 0:46.8 | We got a good one for you. |
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| 1:29.8 | Visit them at Cycle Pump.com. |
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