Hondo53
Active Member
Seems to me that the purpose of the rubber ring chains is to try to preserve them for the absent minded croud (like me). They can survive longer without external oiling. So i got to thinking...why O-rings when you have a chain oiler. It doesnt need O-rings to seal the oil in and the o-rings just may be working against the oiler. Thinking.... If all the internal lube behind the O-ring is gone then that O-ring is now preventing the external oil from penetrating to the inside of the chain and therefore preventing internal lubrication. I never had O-rings when i rode my Honda 750 four back in the 70s. I also did not have an oiler. Those chains did fine wih my imperfect lubrication.
Now that i have a Motobriiz automatic oiler, i am soon replacing with a "racing" heavy duty chain wihout any O-rings.
My thinking is that this chain that is half the price of an O/X-ring chain will go as far as an O/X-ring chain due to the frequent lubing by the oiler.
The ring chains may go farther with an oiler but not twice as far. Therefore they dont justify their high price.
Now that i have a Motobriiz automatic oiler, i am soon replacing with a "racing" heavy duty chain wihout any O-rings.
My thinking is that this chain that is half the price of an O/X-ring chain will go as far as an O/X-ring chain due to the frequent lubing by the oiler.
The ring chains may go farther with an oiler but not twice as far. Therefore they dont justify their high price.
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