Quite surprised how slack the chain is on a brand new bike with only 90 'steady' miles on it, quite a way out of tolerance. Have ordered a socket as I don't want to do the full 600 miles run in with a chain this slack. It's so slack it can hit the underneath of the swing arm.
I might be teaching you to suck eggs but you need to rotate the rear wheel until you find the tightest point caused by the out of roundness of the front and rear sprockets, which is normal. That is where you check the chain tension with the bike on the side stand and if you have the S, with the rider mode in (I believe) Urban. Andy
Have done all that. I believe the bike was delivered with the chain this slack. Re the non concentric sprockets, surely on a brand new bike the sprockets should as near concentric as possible, I'd be concerned if they weren't. I just think this was a PDI miss!
Manufacturing tolerances make it near impossible for the front and rear sprockets to be concentric, same for any chain driven bike. I also notice that the position of the gauge will make a difference and the picture in the owner's manual, isn’t brilliant. Andy
Thanks for the responses but this is so slack equally, both top and bottom it in my opinion is an assembly/PDI error.
I have found the chain tension “procedure” to be a bit of a faff. Don’t understand why they make it so. I guess they feel the need to show how to do it on a bike with no centre stand. But they could have specced the instructions for both options.
Have you told the supplying dealer? I’m sure someone would happily lend you a socket while you wait, I certainly will if I have the correct size and you’re near Salisbury.
Surely this is normal given its a new chain, it'll stretch a bit the first few hundred miles. As others have said, find tight point and tension it. Even better, chuck out the OEM chain (and sprockets if you're picky like some of us) and replace with DID. Avoid the inevitable crap that is the rusty OEM chain all together!
The OEM chain on the V4 is a DID chain, so far mine has lasted 21K miles and just recently adjusted it one flat, I think that is the the third time I have made a small adjustment in those 21K miles. The V4 is much kinder on chains that the V2's. The front sprocket is showing signs of wear and will be changed soon, the rear looks fine but will do a full chain and sprocket set in the New Year.
From experience, trust me…. If there are multiple options and scenarios, the errors and mistakes will multiply. It seems pretty difficult in some cases with the just the one.
Just changed mine after 16000 miles. Very few adjustments in that time. No tight spots developed and could see very little wear against the new one on the chain and the sprockets. I replaced it with the same OE from Ducati, for not a lot of money. An easy job to fit. (First time I had done it myself. )
