u/Jnickaz

I have a brand new MT-07, when I got it, it seemed like the chain was super lose. Measured about 3 inches in slack on the chain.

My question is, is the 2 inches measured in the video within spec? Am I measuring the chain tension right? Sorry if these are dumb questions but this is my first Yamaha and I want to try and do everything myself. From everything I’ve found online it appears that I’m measuring right.

Second question, the adjustment tally marks on the swing arms, do they need to be exactly the same? Right now I have the left side at right above 10 hash marks, and the right side is right below 10 hash marks( will post pictures in comments). Will this be a problem? Or do I just send it. It feels like when I try to loosen the right side to get it just above 10 hash marks it fucks up the whole tensioning.

Thank you for looking through my post and hopefully giving me some helpful answers 🙏. If you have any advice for a new Yamaha owner please let me know.