Re: KZZXR
It's a snowy Saturday at work, so I'll take the time to update you folks on the latest 'head scratcher' concerning the KZZXR. ???
I'm also a little bitter I can't be with you guys and gals celebrating at the Daytona 200 Party!! I fully expect incriminating pictures of all the activities!!
O'k... back to the project. ;D
This isn't the best picture to show the problem, so I'll try to explain. The problem is that the chain hangs down and is in contact with the bottom brace of the swingarm. The drive chain is going to saw through it like my Poulan through kindling!! The solution we see as follows:
Our solution was to fab a tensioner, kinda like you might find on your cam chain.
There was a handy hole in the frame where the original foot peg was mounted. We stuck a bolt through it and are running a nylon 'wheel' on the inboard end acting as a tensioner.
We're not really happy with it, as we think it'll be a little noisy. What I really want to find is something similar in rubber or, possibly, a little sprocket.
Any thoughts or suggestions? ???
I think what we have will work, we're just trying to decide if there's a better way.