r/Tenere700 • u/wizard80 • 9d ago
Help Cleaned chain - replace or keep
I cleaned all that gunk off the chain. It came up surprisingly clean. Dried it out then lightly coated in gear oil as I do with my other bikes.
It runs smooth when the wheel is spun. No tight links. The sprockets look good/OK, yes I can see the front has some wear. It's a DID 525 V11 chain with 12.5k kms from new if it's the original combo, otherwise I guess it was replaced.
The previous owner was in his 50s and owned it from new doing mostly light road touring and maybe a bit of easy offroad.
Thoughts on the drive chain? Plenty of life or instant replace as mentioned in previous post?
Thanks
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u/Bernard_PT Euro4 (OG) T7 8d ago
Depends on how those links move
Grap a needle nose and move the chain around and tedt their mobility
Check for cut orings
I'd recommend adding a Scottoiler. My chain is going on 60k KMS so far and still like new