Hahahha, Hello mate, long time :).Trust me newspaper can come in very handy and its a very cost effective way to keep the surroundings clean, extracting the best out of every thing possible. Yup I know, pushing my luck indeed, I am kinda two minds about putting in the new chain sprocket set. I am even holding myself back with changing just the front sprocket. Fingers crossed. Will update shortly on how long this lasts ;) cheers

@@leuheanrede Always one of my favourite channels :-) We used to turn round the sprockets too to get more mileage out of worn out gear. May as well if the chain's kapput!

Hahaha🙂 Indeed mate. And trust me, I wouldn't have posted this I wasn't sure about the endgame. Which in this case is, couple of more thousand kms🙃 more than even I would have expected actually. Cheers

:D Thanks bhai. I hear ya, its just not in me to let anything go because a paper says so. Thus ending up pushing things beyond serviceable limit( if you remember the episode about rear breaks wearing out to metal on pads on the last day of ride ;) ) It might hold up for another 2-3000 kms, I mean I have tried it on other bikes before but they are ridden in city mostly so not exactly sure how this will hold up on Himalayan with a proper offroad trip coming up shortly. This time I will carry the front sprocket and chain links, which are already tucked under the seat :) fingers crossed, lets see how it goes ;) cheers

Not the optimal way to handle chain set, but I am an pessimistic optimistic 😉 let's see how far it goes. Cheers

🙃 it's all fine mate. I thank you and appreciate your candor. And trust me when I say this, "it's been tried and tested, and it really doesn't matter in which direction the clip is put in. I understand that F9 did do a vid on this with million views and when that happened I was literary shocked myself as to why someone that experienced and knowledgeable would say something like this. But I still appreciate your candor and honesty mate. Thanks and cheer 😊

@@leuheanrede I just forgot to say that it may not really make a difference. Greetings!

I am sorry, dont get me wrong but what the orientation, its done 30+ k kms in some of the harshest terrain known, and its yet to come off, so its kinda non issue and may I add, its same for the rest of the bikes, one of which is well over 100k mark on odo. I might be very well wrong, but i would love to be proven wrong once it happens to me. lets wait for that day then, cheers ;)

Hey mate, sorry for the confusion, I actually cut and removed one link so that chain can be shortened and we can get extra room for chain slack adjustment as the spindle moves backward in the swingarm. I and sorry, I didn't get second question.

😊 nothing of that sort mate. Let's just wait and watch 🙃 cheers

Hahaha🙃 naah. Indeed never is the word. It does take a lot of looking after and one might even stretch 5-6000 kms out of it with some caveats. I guess you know where it is headed already😉 cheers

Hahaha🙂 naah, never do this. But, there is the caveat, trust me