Help me out please :)
 

Hi everyone,

I�ve recently bought a 09 XTR, I barely know anything about bikes and want to know how to take care of it myself. I don�t want to be one of those guys that just regularly drops it off at the workshop or one of those guys that gets NRMA out for a fallen off chain. Which brings me to my next point, my whole drive system needs replacing, both sprockets and chain. It has been stretched as far as it can go and the chain fell off, leaving me without any mode of personal transport. I�m really keen to learn how to do it myself (by way of someone showing and helping me), I�m basically asking for someone to help me out this weekend. Please help me out guys :)


Regards,
Nick.

Hi Nick,

Welcome to the Forum.

North Cove ? Not sure which part of the world that is ??

Sorry mate, that was real slack of me, I'm in Sydney

:hello: and :welcome: to :660:

all that you need is in our Workshop Encyclopedia which can be purchased at this link: http://www.xt660.com/site/node/325

Hi Nick,
Welcome to the forum and to XT ownership!
After many years riding bikes most of us take for granted changing chain and sprockets.
However, I remember well my first bike whilst living in '80's London bedsit land with no tools, garage or mates with bikes. It took ages for me to build a reasonable set of tools.
Have a good read of the service manual and you will soon find that general maintenance is pretty straightfoward - just make sure you always use the right tool for the job and don't rush it.
Good luck and enjoy!
Rick

Well you are a bit far away from me for help but read these posts and you will be ok!!! Obviously you need a good set of tools and then plenty of patience, you can get all the info you need on here. Cheers, Simon

:hello: Hello and welcome camels.

You wouldn't go far wrong forking out for a Haynes manual, its very easy to follow for a C&S change, even for someone with little experience. The service manual is good for diagrams and steps, but it assumes quite a lot of prior experience and knowledge, it doesn't give "instructions" as such. The Haynes would be far easier to get on with initially.

However, I bet there's someone from NSW who pop along soon who can lend a hand...

Welcome mate.:sbike:

welcome to the forum mate. haynes and a decent toolkit is a good starting point.

Hi Camels and welcome

Have a wee peep here for later on in ownweship..(although not a chain change...you'll find various stuff relevant)



http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=18695









:)