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[79 bronco]

AMP LINK Just wondering anyone use it, does it work or help?


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[brandoz28]

is that like a really fancy chain roller? i'm a little confused as to what its supposed to do

 

[phragle]

supposed to maintain a more constant chain tension and supposedly helped to keep the rear end from squating under acceleration. they came out in the late 80's and quickly faded from existance. totally not needed and of no real benefit

 

[nd jat]

Your not the only one /\/\ where is the discription on it......kinda looks like it might mount to the swinger pivot but not sure?

 

[nd jat]

supposed to maintain a more constant chain tension and supposedly helped to keep the rear end from squating under acceleration. they came out in the late 80's and quickly faded from existance. totally not needed and of no real benefit

once again the wealth of knowlegde. thx phragle.
so does it mount to the pivot area???

 

[79 bronco]

I remember them when I was a kid and dirt wheels gave it a OK.

 

[Awk08]

theres someone on here that races using one (with the green plastics, cant think of his name)
and if these junk ass chain rollers keep going out i may get one just for that reason, it monuts where the swingarm roller/gaurd goes and looks to do away with the rollers

 

[YZ Otis]

FWIW: It's well made. Does eliminate the rollers including the big one on the swing arm. I wouldn't give $100 for one but I don't buy much bling anyway. Inherited this on our guest bike but we will experiment with it on the bike with the modded swing arm with a bit more travel. I don't think you could use the common style chain savers with this on the bike. As phragle has said, I appears it's purpose is to keep the chain close to the same tension through out the travel. I also don't see that raising the point the chain pulls the rear sprocket from ( about 2" ) would keep it from squatting but what do I know I would be kinda pretty all polished up...LOL

 

[royalt67]

Supposedly, it keeps the rear suspension from squating and "locking-up" when a lot of torque is applied. I think it means you have no suspension travel under power. The guy who designed it was somehow related to ATK, which is how the company got it's name (anti-tension kutentraub).

Lasxgames has one but last time I talked to him he hadn't installed/tested it yet. I'm still thinking about it though, it's kind of a cool idea. Oh, and I heard they are noisy, but I like noise!