Hi Guys, just getting some bits ready to do a service in Feb, I went onto intobikes.co.uk and I just put my bike make and model in and then went through all the items that I needed I got this chain and sproket kit; Renthal SRS Ring Chain & Sprocket Kit suitable for a Honda CBR1000 RR9 (2009) I wanted to make sure that I had the right link kit (I have got a x ring one), the Honda specs say the chain is a O ring, and what I have bought is a SRS type (never heard of it) Does it matter if you use a x ring chain or a o ring chain? Anyone heard of this SRS type and can i use it on my honda? Can my x ring link tool link the SRS chain together? What a numpty! ta
Last time I went to buy a chain I asked or the cheaper O ring and the guy said "NO ! On older bikes yes but on a bike like yours you need an X ring "
an srs chain is supposedly better than a did x ring. watch out though renthal use solid rivets. check you have the correct chain tool. I had a renthal srs on my previous blade with no problems.
SRZ SRZ SROZ, X-ring O-ring and all the others equate to diddly.. Really you should aim for the chain strength and buy the O-ring x-ring based on your riding and application. Racers use o-ring because of a lower frictional value, X-ring was aimed at tourers and people who are shocking at maintenance - check the guides out for EK EK MOTORCYCLE CHAINS | Enuma Chain Mfg. Co., Ltd. They produce an ausome product for similar money to DID, the problem with DID at the moment is some companies are importing Machinery chain for less money and selling it cheaper to get business but its application is not suitable for motorcycles. put a DID chain next to an EK and you'll see the difference in quality.
I wasn't trying to spark a debate, i was linking a site with technical information so people can see chain x O z and S means nothing when you have the wrong chain strength to start with. Loads of people buy chains off ebay for 1000cc machine that look the same but are only suitable for 600cc machine. The pitch and type is not always a give away. Experience is just that, experience, if you don't lube a chain once, it can snap O-rings off and it buggered straight away, but you can just as easily lube it on a daily basis and have 25,000 miles from one. but having fitted over 1000 chains to customers bikes in 2 years the only complaint i have ever had over chain life was a guy who used a scottoiller because he was too daft to realise it only did one side of the chain. X ring has 4 points of contact that generate more friction than a single O-ring with only 2 points of contact.
