09-19-2019, 01:48 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Ohio
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New China Rider from NE Ohio!
Hello all! Just making myself known the the forum. I cant wait to be apart of this community of knowledge. Since there is only a small following of Chinese powered products. I recently (yesterday) received my first Chinabike. Apollo DB-26 Deluxe and I absolutely love it!
One quick question though...I am getting a pretty annoying chain slap even after I tightened up the chain to proper "specs" any insight on this?  Its been great tiring out my overactive pup too!
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09-19-2019, 02:03 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Houma, La.
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Welcome aboard!
 Bonus points for posting pics on 1st post.  Nice looking bike.
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09-19-2019, 02:25 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Woods, Maine
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Best to just buy a new chain right away. these chains stretch a lot, and quickly. As for why it would be doing it within a day of owning it I'm not quite sure.
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09-20-2019, 12:06 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Pocatello, Idaho
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Bonus round! Posted pix bonus round!!! welcome aboard!
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A family that works together, plays together, shoots and trains together, and sleds together, stays together. Second amendment! SkiDoo sleds, NOW 2 TTR225, and a BMS250. A couple of quotes (we are not farmers) "I don't get off the farm much" "Am too old school" I call the china bikes "the china syndrome". |
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09-20-2019, 01:27 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Central Indiana
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Welcome!
My DB-36 has been "slappin' da chain" since birth. I have found there is a sweet spot where it won't make much noise but it's a 530 chain which is usually reserved for 1000cc+ machines...it's massive...it's going to slap. They must have gotten a load of 530's cheap or something, who knows. Not sure there is a whole lot you can do. Manufacturer spec says 1.5" of slack, iirc. |
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09-22-2019, 10:13 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Sandusky Ohio
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09-22-2019, 08:44 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2019
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09-25-2019, 10:47 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Ohio
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I have found the culprit for the chain slap! No matter what the tension was I would always hear it... So I peaked underneath the chain and found a pan head bolt that retained part of a rubber chain guard. The bolt didn't really seem to hold anything down and seem as if it inst necessary. the bolt head stuck out about an 1/4 of an inch past the rubber. I removed it annnd...no more chain slap!
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09-25-2019, 11:48 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sardis, BC, Canada
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Welcome!
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09-26-2019, 09:31 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Pocatello, Idaho
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Give us a writeup on your new bike, pro's con's, etc. Again, congrats!
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