Hi, great explanation. I liked. I have a cbf 1000 from 2006, I have it for 3 years, and it currently has 33000 km, 8000 with the first owner. By the end of April, I intend to change the transmission kit, chain and sprockets. Thanks for the video. Good curves.
Thanks, glad you found it useful, main thing is when you do it just take your time and don't rush anything and you'll be fine :) Thanks for watching and you too!
Thank you :) It was completely goosed, ideally I should have done it about 1000km ago but you know how it goes, and that only takes me about 2 weeks usually 😬
Interesting and enjoyable as ever 😁. I'm now convinced to get a bike shop to do mine for me. I only have the CBF with a chain drive so 80 euros is too much and I'd need a grinder too? Nah, not happening for me 😁. Just out of interest, is fitting an endless chain possible on the CBF?
Thanks Mark :) Yeah that's fair really and honestly it's part of why I try show as much as possible always and how long it takes etc. It really wouldn't make sense for a lot of people to go at it themselves unless they just wanted to do it themselves yano. It is I would imagine, they just require taking out the swingarm pivot bar thingy. I wouldn't ever go for one personally.
@@TheGorillaBiker Yes, It will be really helpful for me. I have adjusted the chain on center-stand, but read somewhere that you should do it in the side stand. But after adjusted the chain on the sidestand (with 25 mm free move), I sat on the bike, and the chain was to tight. So I would love to see a video about this. I have a CBF 2009. Sometimes the chain make som 'klak-klak' noice on low RPM. And also a video on how to clean and oil the chain.... and how often. Thank you so much. Love your videos. Stay safe. Regards from Norway (sorry for bad English) 🙂
Haha glad you enjoy it Señor Pete :) Ah a dirt coloured one belongs on it :P Tbh after the mileage I've done in the last few weeks I'd be looking at getting a shaft drive for my next daily without a doubt. Beats carrying spanners everywhere :P
Anodized blue to match my bike good info I've got to get me a link extractor Ill take a look at the Oxford one .Is it an angle grinder ya cut yer chains with then I don't remember what ya said another good one and whatever ya do don't pop the blister it's too messy . : )
That's the way to go! 😁 The Oxford one has served me very well in fairness. Yep. Angle grinder and a cutting disc for steel! Wear goggles! Hahaha ah he'd survive it fairly well he's hardy enough!
I can agree I bought one of those cheap generic versions and it broke and yes I decided to do my chain on a Saturday no bike shops were open had to wait the next week and go n buy the oxford one shit crack but valuable lesson learned cheapest isn't always the best 👍
Ahhhhh yes lovely. That's always the way it goes lad. Honestly with my bike I'd never go for anything that's cheap and cheerful for anything that's structural or going to impact a structural bit. Wing mirrors, plastics, seat etc grand, worst case they fall apart in a week and you're upset. I'd hate for a chain to fly off on me tho
Good video, as always. Never tried a continuous chain. Perhaps if chains were rust coloured from the factory there would be a lot less guilt in the world ? Keep up the good work.
Thanks Stephen :) Did you always use the little clip instead? How did you find it? Haha that's actually a great idea 😂😂 They'd sell lot hotcakes for a daily rider here I'd imagine! I will certainly try to :)
@@TheGorillaBiker I never had any problems with the clips. I used to boil my chains up in the tin each month or so. Can you even still get the big flat tins of black gunk to do that with? ? ?
They're actually hard to get the clips now, and I know they're not recommended for high torque applications which makes some form of sense but I know plenty who have used them with no issue. No I don't think you can, I remember seeing one a long time ago but not since
Hi mate, I'm experiencing issues with shifting. Sometimes it changes two gears at once. Adjusting shifter position didn't help. Should I change chain and sprockets?
By two gears at once are you getting a false neutral and kicking the shifter again? Or is it skipping a gear with one click of the shifter? Is it always the same gear it misses? It's definitely not chain and sprockets causing the bike to skip gears unfortunately.
If it's only the one gear it could be a damaged selector either. What I'd check is, in order, bleed your clutch(I'm assuming you've a CBF too?), or if not adjust the clutch cable to make sure it's correct. Then open up the clutch and inspect the friction plates, measure thickness etc, could be worn out or the springs could be. Then try changing gears with no clutch(loads of vids on how to do this) if it still can't get in to that gear you may have gearbox damage. Hopefully it's only something small wrong with the clutch :) Oh also, how fast are you clicking through gears?
@@TheGorillaBiker Thanks for getting back again. I have 2008 CBF. Got back in to riding after 8 years. I am still little rusty. changing gears too fast could be one issue. I have lost some skills like rev matching properly. I'll take your advice and try your advice on the clutch.
nice :D got lucky on the cov, didnt get it... but got a day off so a win win :D how you doing in this toasty weather? i went swimming and floating about in the sea today, it was glorious :D glow in the dark blue :D
Danke danke! Ah brilliant glad to hear that amigo :) No possible dodgey tings for you so. Long covid sounds horrible. Days off are lovely. :) Currently on an actual holiday up the north so having a blast with the weather, doing a lot of being a pretend sea creature myself :) Ohhh that'd be really cool!
One of many eh :) Yeah Pete aka Hippo Drones is the same tho, for my next daily I'd be looking strongly at something with a shaft drive. Ahhhhhh now but gold is so pretty :P I do also hate cleaning tho 😂
I usually use it on the rear sprocket, one inline 4s I don't use it on the front generally unless the service manual says to. V twins I always use locktight front and back. Honestly I just go by the service manual normally :) I think on this specific bike I only put it on the rear sprocket.
Nothing world changing but a noticeable difference in your cruising speed revs say..it'd also make the bike slower to accelerate, hahahahahahahaha surely not 😂😂😂
Made the video a while ago but I'm fairly certain I did clean in around the sprocket. As for the whole bike it got used daily in all weathers. It was lucky to get it's weekly clean 😂 I did replace both new. Fairly sure I also covered that the new sprocket I got was the wrong tooth count.
Blister is just to eager to be helpful. THE BLISTER EXISTS
Does he/it really exist tho? We have video evidence but what does that mean reaaaaallly
Hi, great explanation. I liked. I have a cbf 1000 from 2006, I have it for 3 years, and it currently has 33000 km, 8000 with the first owner. By the end of April, I intend to change the transmission kit, chain and sprockets. Thanks for the video. Good curves.
Thanks, glad you found it useful, main thing is when you do it just take your time and don't rush anything and you'll be fine :) Thanks for watching and you too!
Great job Mate, that chain certainly looked like it needed changing. Well explained.
Thank you :) It was completely goosed, ideally I should have done it about 1000km ago but you know how it goes, and that only takes me about 2 weeks usually 😬
I took the bottom fairing off my CBF1000 and think it looks better - half naked 😁
That's fair enough, I honestly would never take the lower off myself!
Nicely explained - obviously I'd have a Matt Black one out of choice !
Thanks Ponkster :) Haha it'd suit the bike too! Aaaactually. What about the triumph?
Interesting and enjoyable as ever 😁. I'm now convinced to get a bike shop to do mine for me. I only have the CBF with a chain drive so 80 euros is too much and I'd need a grinder too? Nah, not happening for me 😁. Just out of interest, is fitting an endless chain possible on the CBF?
Thanks Mark :) Yeah that's fair really and honestly it's part of why I try show as much as possible always and how long it takes etc. It really wouldn't make sense for a lot of people to go at it themselves unless they just wanted to do it themselves yano. It is I would imagine, they just require taking out the swingarm pivot bar thingy. I wouldn't ever go for one personally.
@@TheGorillaBiker Yeah endless sounds a lot more hassle. Cheers 😁
Very solid go over man. Not yet Blister not yet hahah. I just got my first chain driven bike, so this was helpful.
Thanks amigo :) Ah he was actually very helpful in fairness to him! I made a more in depth one for the gsxr that might be more helpful! :)
What about correct adjustment of the chain?
Thx for nice video
I've never done a chain adjustment video. I can do if you'd like to see it.
@@TheGorillaBiker Yes, It will be really helpful for me. I have adjusted the chain on center-stand, but read somewhere that you should do it in the side stand. But after adjusted the chain on the sidestand (with 25 mm free move), I sat on the bike, and the chain was to tight. So I would love to see a video about this. I have a CBF 2009.
Sometimes the chain make som 'klak-klak' noice on low RPM. And also a video on how to clean and oil the chain.... and how often. Thank you so much. Love your videos.
Stay safe. Regards from Norway
(sorry for bad English) 🙂
Any colour chain I want? Red. To go with the other red details I'm putting on my white CBF1000FA.
Red chains do look really nice too, plus having a nice colour chain makes me always keep it cleaner 😁
Always nice to watch you spanner :-) I have dirt coloured chain on my Beta.... My Moto Guzzi bikes don't know what you are talking about! :D
Haha glad you enjoy it Señor Pete :) Ah a dirt coloured one belongs on it :P Tbh after the mileage I've done in the last few weeks I'd be looking at getting a shaft drive for my next daily without a doubt. Beats carrying spanners everywhere :P
@@TheGorillaBiker so much easier... until they go wrong 😁
Ahhhhh but that's rare so it'll be fiiiiiine :P
@@TheGorillaBiker 😁
Anodized blue to match my bike good info I've got to get me a link extractor Ill take a look at the Oxford one .Is it an angle grinder ya cut yer chains with then I don't remember what ya said another good one and whatever ya do don't pop the blister it's too messy . : )
That's the way to go! 😁 The Oxford one has served me very well in fairness. Yep. Angle grinder and a cutting disc for steel! Wear goggles!
Hahaha ah he'd survive it fairly well he's hardy enough!
Nice job on the chain renewal despite your shoulder cracking lol
Haha thanks! I'm a broken auld soul for not being very old 😂
I can agree I bought one of those cheap generic versions and it broke and yes I decided to do my chain on a Saturday no bike shops were open had to wait the next week and go n buy the oxford one shit crack but valuable lesson learned cheapest isn't always the best 👍
Ahhhhh yes lovely. That's always the way it goes lad. Honestly with my bike I'd never go for anything that's cheap and cheerful for anything that's structural or going to impact a structural bit. Wing mirrors, plastics, seat etc grand, worst case they fall apart in a week and you're upset. I'd hate for a chain to fly off on me tho
Nice job 👍
Thanks
Good video, as always. Never tried a continuous chain. Perhaps if chains were rust coloured from the factory there would be a lot less guilt in the world ? Keep up the good work.
Thanks Stephen :) Did you always use the little clip instead? How did you find it?
Haha that's actually a great idea 😂😂 They'd sell lot hotcakes for a daily rider here I'd imagine!
I will certainly try to :)
@@TheGorillaBiker I never had any problems with the clips. I used to boil my chains up in the tin each month or so. Can you even still get the big flat tins of black gunk to do that with? ? ?
They're actually hard to get the clips now, and I know they're not recommended for high torque applications which makes some form of sense but I know plenty who have used them with no issue.
No I don't think you can, I remember seeing one a long time ago but not since
Hi mate, I'm experiencing issues with shifting. Sometimes it changes two gears at once. Adjusting shifter position didn't help. Should I change chain and sprockets?
By two gears at once are you getting a false neutral and kicking the shifter again? Or is it skipping a gear with one click of the shifter?
Is it always the same gear it misses?
It's definitely not chain and sprockets causing the bike to skip gears unfortunately.
@@TheGorillaBiker mainly upshifting, to me it changes to 4th instead of 3rd. Could it be worn out clutch?
If it's only the one gear it could be a damaged selector either.
What I'd check is, in order, bleed your clutch(I'm assuming you've a CBF too?), or if not adjust the clutch cable to make sure it's correct.
Then open up the clutch and inspect the friction plates, measure thickness etc, could be worn out or the springs could be.
Then try changing gears with no clutch(loads of vids on how to do this) if it still can't get in to that gear you may have gearbox damage.
Hopefully it's only something small wrong with the clutch :)
Oh also, how fast are you clicking through gears?
@@TheGorillaBiker Thanks for getting back again. I have 2008 CBF. Got back in to riding after 8 years. I am still little rusty. changing gears too fast could be one issue.
I have lost some skills like rev matching properly. I'll take your advice and try your advice on the clutch.
No problem! I have noticed on my own CBF that if I try click up through the gears too quickly it can give a false neutral so that's what it might be!
nice :D
got lucky on the cov, didnt get it... but got a day off so a win win :D
how you doing in this toasty weather? i went swimming and floating about in the sea today, it was glorious :D
glow in the dark blue :D
Danke danke!
Ah brilliant glad to hear that amigo :) No possible dodgey tings for you so. Long covid sounds horrible. Days off are lovely. :) Currently on an actual holiday up the north so having a blast with the weather, doing a lot of being a pretend sea creature myself :) Ohhh that'd be really cool!
One of the reasons that I love my Moto Guzzi, no chains. As for colour, I would stick to black as I hate cleaning bikes.
One of many eh :) Yeah Pete aka Hippo Drones is the same tho, for my next daily I'd be looking strongly at something with a shaft drive. Ahhhhhh now but gold is so pretty :P I do also hate cleaning tho 😂
Hi. Is it any place in this job that you use locktight?
I usually use it on the rear sprocket, one inline 4s I don't use it on the front generally unless the service manual says to.
V twins I always use locktight front and back.
Honestly I just go by the service manual normally :)
I think on this specific bike I only put it on the rear sprocket.
@@TheGorillaBiker thank you. Planning to do change of sprockets and chain in 1-2 weeks. Love you videos.
Regards from Norway
Øyvind, CBF1000A 2009
You're welcome!
Thanks, glad you like them and best of luck with the change :)
I'd love to visit Norway some day!
How much difference would 2 teeth make? Two less teeth on some women in my area is seen as a positive thing.
Nothing world changing but a noticeable difference in your cruising speed revs say..it'd also make the bike slower to accelerate, hahahahahahahaha surely not 😂😂😂
@@TheGorillaBiker oh god no. May as well get a Honda Deuville.
Id be added the teeth, who needs top speed anyway 😂
Why not give the old bike a clean while you’re in there? Never did any harm 😂. I would have replaced both new?
Made the video a while ago but I'm fairly certain I did clean in around the sprocket.
As for the whole bike it got used daily in all weathers. It was lucky to get it's weekly clean 😂
I did replace both new. Fairly sure I also covered that the new sprocket I got was the wrong tooth count.