CBR650F Drive Chain Adjustment 

Awesome, congrats on the new bike!!

Great to hear, thanks for watching!!

+Pedro Nunes Thanks man, and thanks for watching!

+Pedro Nunes Thanks for watching!

Thank you! Ahh, I actually changed my fork springs and oil, but only recorded removing the forks. 😖

You are welcome!

Still have it! Not sure, 22k or so? I've been riding a lot less lately. Multiple motorcycles, two jobs, and a baby, hah.

+alfonso lalumba Awesome, glad to hear it. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Great to hear, thanks for watching!!

pinball2002 It probably varies a lot by how you ride and how you maintain it, but I've adjusted mine maybe 3 times so far and I had just over 6k miles on my bike as of the time of this video. Sometimes you can feel a delay in acceleration coming from a slowdown if you have too much slack, but it's easy enough to just check the chain travel when you're off the bike. Nice job with the 1600 miles in a month, sounds like you're a fellow 650F commuter! Thanks for watching.

Thanks. I ride it every day I can, mostly to work and back. Found someone to ride with on ourmoto.net so hopefully I can get even more miles on it :)

It's been a while, but if I recall, you want that 12mm nut to stay in place, since backing out that bolt is what lengthens the distance. So stabilizing that 12mm nut may or may not be necessary to accomplish that.

Specified torque on the axle nut is 98 N-m (72 lbf-ft).

Yup, just saw that in my owners manual. Thanks for the vid!

Thanks for watching! I have the Trackside paddock stands from CycleGear. They go on sale all the time for $50 each (front/rear). Not the "best" since the swingarm on the CBR650F is asymmetrical, but it does the same job as more expensive stands for a great price, and no spools needed (though the stand can be flipped around to switch from rubber pads to spool hangers). Would recommend.

MickySlim Sweet, thanks for that info!

no worries man. thanks for the informative video.

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man. ;-) Thanks for watching. For all viewers, the specified chain slack (top to bottom) is 25-35mm (1.0-1.4in) with the bike on its side stand, measured midway between the sprockets. Most people will agree that it is better to error on the loose side of that spectrum.

Of course it is to tight of the fact that you body weight was not included. you should always sit on the bike when you do that. and yes the chain is absolutly too tight!

Yeah i did the same tightness after watching your video and when's i did a track day, tech insp. Told me my chain was too tight. I failed to take into account my weight sitting on the bike.

@@georgealm27 at the beginning of the video the slack was right...... I own 2018 cb650f 25mm to 35mm its around 1 inches you tight too much chain buddy

@@BurntOnBothEnds if you look in the owner's manual you are correct 25 to 35 mm 1 in roughly is fine it does not say to leave the bike on the ground or sit on the bike it's specifically says to use a rear stand to elevate the bike loosen the 12mm lock nuts along with the axle nuts then to adjust accordingly as long as it's within the green zone tighten the lock nuts back of course you were to tighten both sides in accordance with each other lock everything back up tight and take it off the stand you were to measure chain slack at the midpoint between the front and rear sprocket which is approximately 10 in there's actually a piece there on the rear swing arm that you can use that marks the mid-length point if it's an inch to 1 and 3/8 in according to the manual that is the spec for the chain... I would recommend using high impact sockets and socket wrenches for each side of the axle nut that way you can make sure you get roughly 70 ft lb per spec on that axle nut it should almost lift it off of the frame of the rear stand

I think you're right. I should put a big note at the top of the description. Thank you.

Agreed, should also be measured on the ground and not in a stand. Thanks for your comment.