Dirt Bike Repair & Maintenance Forum

I just got a new chain and sprocket set for my bike and it seems the chain has already strectched after only a month of use. Ive adjusted the chain so its as tight as it will go, but it still has about 3 inchs of slack instead of the recommended 1 and a half inches. My question is, is it possible to take out a link to shorten the chain so my chain wont have so much slack??  
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2007 Yamaha ttr-125le

i check my chain before every ride. you have to grind the side off one of the links and a link will fall off. becarefull though. one link will make a huge difference.  
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1998 cr125
2002 cr80

holy crap. 3 inches? after one month? what brand of chain did you use remind me to never buy this chain. wow. but yeah. as elko said is as i do. use some sort of file or grinder. realy carefully to grind down the flat part of a pin. this will let the pines be pulle out from the other side. and viola! a link is gone. ~pat  
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Thanks guys, that make sense to me. but i let my dealer handle the parts ordering. its yamaha ttr 125. They just ordered the stock parts to replace the old one. I wish i had gotten an aftermarket set now  
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2007 Yamaha ttr-125le

wait atk and elk, why couldnt you just take the masterlink off and then take a link off like that?  
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03xr100 soon to be crf150r expert
id rather be a loser than a quitter

that is what you do. i thought that part was self explanatory.  
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Ride 2 strokes, buy 2 strokes, save the 2 stroke.

1998 cr125
2002 cr80

well you guys said to grind the pin  
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03xr100 soon to be crf150r expert
id rather be a loser than a quitter

Yeah i was wonderin about takin the master link off and then gettin the other link off. But idk, i dont have any kind of mechanical experience at all. so id probably have to take the bike to shop if i do get a link taken out  
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2007 Yamaha ttr-125le

ya, i just put on new sprckets and chain on my xr this weekend  
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03xr100 soon to be crf150r expert
id rather be a loser than a quitter

What brand are they? or are they stock parts?  
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2007 Yamaha ttr-125le

jt sprockets and i think the chain is something like..... etm chains or something?  
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03xr100 soon to be crf150r expert
id rather be a loser than a quitter

yeah ive heard of the jt sprockets, but never that kind of chain  
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2007 Yamaha ttr-125le

ill need to check the box, cuz i didnt really see what it said, and its a bigger chain then what i needed, so im gonna have to take a link out soon too  
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03xr100 soon to be crf150r expert
id rather be a loser than a quitter