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Update - March
Hey Riders-
Still chugging away at the frame, and got most of it stripped down to bare metal. For some reason, the larger gauge wires on my 4.5" angle grinder do not seem to strip the paint as quickly as a handheld drill wire brush. On the rainy days i've been working on cleaning up a few other things and found some additional customizations done by the PO-
It looks like the PO used a combination of 18F/45R with a 428, unsealed chain (RYC brand.) I dont know if it happened with this combination of gears, but it looks like it wiped out the front sprocket cover, the gear selector sensor wires and my case may be cracked. The bike did run, and isnt losing oil, but that looks pretty ugly to me. Not sure if id tell anyone to do this, but it seems to work.
Dan/Jerry - would you say (from a clearance perspective) that a 12TF/35TR with a 520 chain should give me better clearance? I am riding 100% offroad, so having more low end is what i was going for anyway. I plan on obsessively checking chain tension as well.
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