let's talk chains....

[ATCT]

Just picked up an '84 Honda 250R. Despite being a SoCal trike, the chain is pretty rusty on it. Doesn't look like it had been lubricated since 1985.

Questions:
Is it worth trying to 'resurrect' this chain from the relative dead? If so, what should I soak it in?
If it isn't worth saving, what's a decent chain at a decent price? O-ring chain or non-O-ring chain?


Thanks

[Aulbaugh]

i'd cut it off and buy a good quality new one.

[oldskool83]

non oring if your gonna ride a lot of mud and crap. the oring ones clog up and get stiff where the non oring ones are floppy like you want.

[ATCT]

There's generally not too much mud out here in AZ, but I've been known to like riding through it when it exists. :D Still, probably better to go non-O ring.

[barnett468]

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If you are on a budget, I would get a standard DID chain . . Their standard chain is decent quality and they have been making chains for around 378 years . . The standard chain will have a small empty white box on the top or the letter K in the box or no white box at all . . I guess they were undecided how to label it.

Check your sprockets for wear . . If they are worn much, they will QUICKLY kill a new chain.

http://www.chaparral-racing.com/product/d-i-d-520-standard-chain/312-0600.aspx#2002_-_KTM_-_SX_520_RACING

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You can get a free online service manual also.

http://www.oscarmayer.net/atc/manuals/

[ATCT]

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If you are on a budget, I would get a standard DID chain . . Their standard chain is decent quality and they have been making chains for around 378 years . . The standard chain will have a small empty white box on the top or the letter K in the box or no white box at all . . I guess they were undecided how to label it.

Check your sprockets for wear . . If they are worn much, they will QUICKLY kill a new chain.

http://www.chaparral-racing.com/product/d-i-d-520-standard-chain/312-0600.aspx#2002_-_KTM_-_SX_520_RACING



Thank you for that.

[ATCT]

Good information. Thanks!