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Hello people, I recently bought my Versys 650 (2022) and I decided to check the chain slack (it was about 45mm, whereas in specs says it must be between 25mm and 35mm). However, while riding over a speed bump (see picture below), I am still hearing the noise of the chain hitting ¿something...

Normally, I wouldn't ask such a rudimentary questions, but here goes-is anyone running an X-ring chain on a Gen3 V650? The spec is for a standard chain, but I don't use them on anything made since the 1970s. Width specs on 520 pitch chains can vary from 20mm (std) to 21.5mm (o or x ring?), so...

Hello All ! We've finally had enough warm weather, and a little time off from work, for me to ride and adjust the chain on my X 300 ! The bad news is ... I reckon I need a new chain. It has just under 10K miles ... and may have almost half a tooth showing when I pull the slack on the back...

I was riding yesterday at about 25 MPH and my rear wheel locked up, skidding me to a stop. I had to get a tow, and when the tow truck driver and I were dragging the bike backwards off the flatbed, the chain became dislodged, and I was able to drive it 100 feet or so to park it. Today I pulled it...

Has anyone here run into the same issue? I purchased a screw extractor kit but I'm still worried about damaging my swing arm and possibly having to replace it. Any Help/ suggestions would be highly appreciated.

So I need to replace my chain at 24000 Kms and as this is my first time I thought I would throw out a few questions to the more experienced folks. 1. O or X chain? most of my riding is around town with a little hwy so fairly non aggressive. 2. OEM or DID? 3. I didn't see any ware on my sprockets...

I took the V out for a three day cruise round the southern part of Nova Scotia, ride report here, and over the 1800km ride and camp trip, experienced a few problems with the bike that now has 71,000 km on the odo. First off, I pulled in for a cup of coffee, sat down on the curb to finish...

Hi all, I am living in Thailand and riding an Kawasaki Versys since 2011. And I love it ..... well there is one thing I do not like an that is the chain. At 22.780km I had to replace the DID 520 SP2 chain that comes standard with the bike. The bikes sold here are made in Thailand and also the...

Hi! Just bought (a month ago) a 2011/11 Versys 650 with 10K miles on it. Great bike, great and strong engine, good and reliable suspensions. Put some aftermarket parts (Puig windscreen, SW-Motech front sliders, GIVI hardbags and original handguards). Few days ago I've installed a pair of...

I was blasting through another Forum looking for an explanation on the various types of chains (ie. o-ring, x-ring, w-ring) and came upon this article which cleared a few things up for me. The most interesting thing I noted was that a red discoloration on the exterior of the chain links...

Hello all! I recently had a 16 tooth undampened front output sprocket put in my V at the dealer. I mentioned the noise issue that is well documented here and the dealer said it may make some noise, but that it probably wouldn't be that bad. At install, the dealer said that my chain had a lot...

Hi fellow V riders, I'm a new V owner (and a newbie biker too) and glad this forum exists...I'll be using it a lot :thumb: I have read a lot on here about chain lubing and the Dupont teflon multi-use seems to be very popular. Unfortunately I can't find it in Eastern Canada (New Brunswick - we...