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Chain Sprocket Lifespan: Double and Reduce Maintenance Cost

Chain Sprocket Lifespan: Double and Reduce Maintenance Cost Introduction:   In this blog, I have written my personal experience about increasing my chain and sprocket lifespan to double and saving maintenance costs around 50%. For detail please read once, follow my tactics and share with a bike lover.  When I touched 10,000 KM with my bike ( Yamaha FZS V 2.0 ), I noticed some uneven stiff noise from my chain sprocket and a drop in mileage as well as the performance of my bike. I brought my bike to the service center and the mechanic did chain cleaning and advised me to replace the chain sprocket. Chain Sprocket Image by Republica from Pixabay Due to the cost of INR 1600 for a new chain sprocket, I decided to ride my bike another 5,000 KM which was very annoying because of the very bad chain response.  The cost of replacement of chain sprocket was INR 1600 and during 15,000 KM chain cleaned at the service center 10-12 times (average 1500 KM/chain cleaning). He...