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Originally Posted by
Pleiades
The safest (and easiest) way to check the tension at the tightest point (when the axle is in line with the front sprocket/output shaft) is to undo the dog bones from the swingarm; you can the raise and chock the rear wheel at the desired height with minimal effort.
What I would do is set the tension as you would normally, then undo the dog bones, lift the wheel and verify if your "normal adjust" gives enough slack with the axle/sprocket in alignment.
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I so have to get off my proverbial and do this!!
Center stand the bike, drop the dog bones and use a jack to raise swing arm to perfectly in line with the front sprocket. Adjust chain till no slack and back off a tiny smidge. Cycle swing arm up and down and ensure chain was adjusted in the correct location and chain does not go tighter at any other point through travel.
Drop swing arm down and scribe a mark on swing arm as set measure point and take a measurement with vernier. Record the measurement and never have to stuff around with chain measuring again. Just raise bike on center stand and measure as per MY spec!
Matt.