Perpetually Loose Chain

Ive tightend my chain a couple of times in the last two weeks. Everytime i do it i ride around for at least 40 miles and come back to the garage to see that my chain has gone limp again.  There is at least an inch or two of travel and idk how it keeps getting loose after i tighten it.  My guess is that the chain is shot but i thought i'd ask you all here to see if anyone has ever has similar issues.

Are you torquing down the pinch bolt to spec?

Are you torquing down the pinch bolt to spec?

+1, BTW it's 54 ft. lbs. on 5th/6th Gens

Chain is shot. Just go to TMac, get drunk, look helpless and it will be fixed in the morning.

What is an 'inch or two' of travel? Is it an inch? Or two? Are you measuring? Shouldn't it be somewhere around an inch and a quarter or so?

ITs about two and a half inches of travel. I did the correct torque on the pinch bolt and also, What is Tmac?

Sounds like something besides a worn out chain and sprockets is going on since it seems to take no time at all to become loose.  Are you checking on the centerstand?  When correctly adjusted it should have about 1 1/4" of play at its tightest point, so you should rotate the wheel until all sections are checked (all while on the centerstand).  If you have followed this procedure and have properly torqued the pinch bolt, then I would say there is a problem with the eccentric/pinch bolt not holding the adjustment.

Sounds like the chain is shot.  I ran into the same thing last year.  Check this thread: http://www.vfrdiscus...ing-your-chain/

Yeah, my beat to crap chain does the same thing. Its come to a point where I just let it stay loose because it only goes to a certain point and then seesm to stay there, but every time I have tightened it, it has gotten loose within a few miles, go buy yourself a nice DID or RK.

When a chain is completely worn out, it "stretches" (they don't actually "stretch" like a rubber-band) quickly.