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I may be doing this soon on an 80 Ltd 1000. Has anyone ever done this without splitting the case? I have heard of it being done. The new chain has to be
one that has a master link and can be separated. I believe you separate the existing chain and wire the end of the new one to the old one and pull the old one out which pulls the new one
with it and put it back together between the cams.
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There's a tool for chains, and the same tools puts the pin back in. I don't see why that would not work on any kind of chain? I've seen them used on KZ1000's before. Links below

This link has a "inexpensive one", and a Pro Grade one. Don't use any kind of master link, please. Then, there will be a thread on how to rebuild the engine. I own one for a bicycle endless link chain as I built recumbent trikes as a hobby once that would easily do a cam chain. ;)


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Almost bought one of those tricycles last week at an estate auction. Is that Walker exhaust pipe on the frame work?

Edit: thing went for $610 https://bid.auctionbymayo.com/lot-d...18/lot/5773813?url=/my-items/watchlist?page=2

As for master links, My wife's 79 Mercedes had a master link in the double-roller timing chain, DOHC inline 6. remove the clip, release the hydraulic tensioner (driven by engine oil pressure with a one-way clutch on the adjuster. ) separate old chain, hook new to old, keeping tension on the old where it comes off the top sprocket, crank the engine over by hand and re-connect master when it comes around. That tensioner gave me fits with the one-way clutch, til I figured it out. Have to dis-assemble it, collapse the tensioner and re-install.

DOHC hemi head 2.8L (167cubic inch) inline six, Bosch mechanical fuel injection, something like 170 HP., A lot in 79 for a six. I think the cylinder head was bigger than the block.
Yes, .050" wall thickness 2" pipe. I can cruise at around 22 to 24 mph on it without much effort, flat ground. It has rear suspension. I made the front hubs, and the mechanical disc brake mounts. When you pedal the bike, you see nothing in front of you. You don't see your feet, you see nothing. You arms are down by your side, the ackerman is set up so there no wheels scrubbing. It has 24 speeds. It was the first one I had ever made. All you feel is the wind coming up your body and going over and around your head, very aerodynamic. Most regular riders could not keep pace with me, on a flat surface. On a hill, I had not developed the right muscles yet. I let a biker who had a Six-Thirteen Cannondale, and he said he could feel how much more slippery my trike was, he felt like his chest was a parachut slowing him down on his Cannondale 6-13, a beautiful bicycle, by the way. Cannondale actually donated the gear sets, disc brakes, and a huge box of parts, as a gift. They were very impressed with my 2 wheel recumbent, which ran circles around theirs. There's was aluminum, mine, being steel, only weighed 8 ounces more. I liked theirs more though. They were amazed that the could pedal my recumbent bike in smaller and smaller circles, it never fell over, until you ran out of tire. I told them a theory I had about gyroscopic precession, and how it influenced the front and rear angles of the wheel mounts. They did not get it. Their recumbent was recalled. Broken forks. I told them they were angled wrong, but what do I know. :)
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I have an original Ace Infinity recumbent from the 70's...
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