Hi Chris I to am in Christchurch and have a couple of 906's and 907 the guy out at New Brighton is the man for dukes

You can contact me on 332 9773 for a chat if you likE

Cheers Peter

I used to make regular trips to Chch for work but I havnt been working for a while and Im not sure when I will go back. If I see trip to chch comming up I will let you know , and Lofty , sorry bout not answering your pm , I didnt think to check my pm's till way to late
Hamish

Hi Chris,

I had hoped the info I posted would take the guesswork out of fitting the D250. Shifting the chain over 10mm gave me 8mm clearance, so that would mean moving it 3mm would only give 1mm clearance. Also to move the front sprocket 3mm will involve some lathe work anyway, so why not just mod the rear sprocket only?

Can anyone tell us how many kms to expect out of a rear sprocket?

There should be no need to add extra links to your chain - I haven't. See the photo I have posted of the clearance with the positioning of the excenter also pictured.

Cheers,

CB

There is excessive rubber on the edge of the tire. There's a post somewhere about trimming the edge so that you get better clearance. With a rzor or grinder I think you can take away 4-5 maybe 8mm just from the one edge. I would grab an old tire and start cutting away the edge just to see how far you can go.

Good idea from Jon

Thanks Mc tool, with that in mind it doesn't look as though I'll be replacing my rear sprocket anytime soon, but then my Paso is not my only bike.

There seems to be concern over whether the tyre manufacturers recommend their cruiser tyre for the Paso, but it's ok to carve off the sidewall with a knife or a grinder! I figure the rubber is there for a reason and I'm damned if I'd do that to my new $400 tyre. What would the Warrent of Fitness tester think of it?

Cheers,
CB

I think "colonial boy" has shown us the way it works with a 906 paso. for me it is clearly the best possible solution (besides a 17 conversion or using a 150/80 on a 5 rim). i will also go this way.

clearly, we need to life with the fact that the 180/60 are (I think all) made for cruiser bikes, and the 130/70 are typically made for the honda fireblade (and that is not a cruiser).

to come back to the question how long the sprocket will do it i can say that from my experience, they will do it for at least 10.000 km, rather 15.000 km. in my case, this means 10 years. so i would not worry about doing the work of adjusting these part again. and who knows: maybe they will produce 160/60 again at that point in time (well I doubt it).

I know what you mean about using solvents on O rings . I got a couple of old Orings and doused em in this ( water soluable ) degreaser , and they still looked ok after a couple of days ........ so......