Dr. Overkill

Gang, The chain tension adjusters are turned all the way in on my '01 shee but it's still on the loose side. The chain is in apparently good condition according to a MXer friend (he checked it out when we had it off the bike). I have a 13-tooth front sprocket but otherwise stock chain & rear sprocket AFAIK. I was going to pull a link out of the chain, but a friend of mine said he did that with his bike and the chain ended up being too short, even with the adjusters backed out all the way. Should I try the -1 link (will require buying the gizmo to pop out the link) or just plunk down on a new chain (will require more $)? BTW, my Clymer manual says to check the chain with the wheels off the ground, and that it should have 0.6" slack in the middle. I could swear my old factory manual for my '96 shee (which I no longer have) said to check it on the ground and that it should have about 0.75" slack? thanx... _dennis

Does that mean increasing the advance 4 degrees? Is this timing mod worthwhile on a nearly-stock (just pipes, K&N, jetted) engine? Does it require higher octane fuel, rejetting or running a richer premix? TIA, _dennis

I haven't heard of this back-cut before. Got links? Also, is this better than this gizmo I've heard good things about? http://www.shiftpro.com/shift-pro_new_001.htm I have an '00 shee, and it's next to impossibe to get into neutral with the engine running. Before that, I had a '96 shee and after 6 years with it, neutral was never as hard to find as it is on this '00. TIA, _dennis

Yeah. I don't know about burning it up, but when I was setting up my bike at Ricky Stator, he told me to try to keep the total wattage of the components to about 75% of the stator's max output. _dennis

On my previous bike ('96) I ran 4 Ricky Stator Aluminators (2 in the stock location, 50w each; and 2 on the handlebars, 35w each) and his 260w dual-output stator (no longer available). I also ran his battery kit (also NLA) so I could power these and my GPS, tail light, whip light, and a little LED without worrying about keeping the R's up alll the time. Pix: http://members.cox.net/dr.overkill/index_b.html I'm planning to run HIDs on my current bike ('00) but am waiting to see Lazerstar's "improved" HID they're supposed to be coming out with ~ January. I want to do another battery like before (so I can run the HIDs and hardwire the GPS to it), but it will have to be a custom fabrication this time unless someone knows of another manufacturer making battery kits. _dennis