Maintenance free chain

[Mick_J]

BMW claims to have developed a maintenance free chain and will be rolling them out for other bikes in the future.  Lets hope they start to make 530 chains as the BMW uses 520 so they wont fit our big girls.
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-tech/bmw-m-endurance-chain/

[grog]

Sounds good to me, the price? Will be huge if made by BMW.

[Hooli]

So how long do the sprockets last? something has to wear. Besides it'll only be maintenance free for the life of the chain, you could claim about about our current chains if you defined their life as 10k miles.

[Dusty ST]

More MCN confusion... Looks like the chain is made by Regina rather than BMW 

[Hooli]

More MCN confusion... Looks like the chain is made by Regina rather than BMW 

I don't think any bike company makes their own chains?

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Hmmm,  doubt the internals of the rollers are coated with the same stuff, meaning that the bushes and rollers will still wear and stretch the chain when you add all the clearances and wear up.

With the coating being that hard, sprockets would wear faster too.

Agree with Hooli.

[steve porter]

I know people that consider all chains to be maintenance free

[KiwiCol]

I know people that consider all chains to be maintenance free

Yeah, well they are, until they break, then ya just buy a new one.

I think we should re-visit Vlads driveshaft conversion, no more oiling or adjusting & super quiet. 

[steve porter]

I'm glad we've got past the boiling the chains in duckhams grease that used to be a ritual. I reckon the maintenance free claim would have to have a few caveats in the fine print though regarding water and dirt being cleaned off. Sounds like bullshit to me

[steve porter]

That DLC coating is what Porsche are using on the valve trains of the cover up replacement engines in the 991.1 series GT3's that keep eating motors due to what appears to be bad design,and they are still eating rockers and camshafts, so the forces involved in that scenario wouldn't compare to what chains and sprockets are subjected to I wouldn't think, but then again I am a cynical bastard

[VladTepes]

moving parts wear. Some slower than others but they all wear.

[Suzuki boi]

 Damn I miss my shaft driven deauville

[steve porter]

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[grog]

Good clip Steve

[steve porter]

It does sound promising, and although cynical, I am also a willing to be seduced by a good idea