Slipped a chain, luckly its vietnam so I only had to push the bike down 200 feet of highway and 1 intersection before I found a Honda shop. I'm lucky I wasn't stranded in some mountains or offf-road.
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New sprockets every other chain, and when you clean and lube the chain, check the sprocket for wear. You’re there anyway.
Should be cleaning/lubricating the chain about every 500mi/800km anyway, and if you check the sprocket when you’re cleaning it, you’ll have plenty of advanced warning.
Glad you didn’t have to go far and that nothing important (including you) was damaged!
I have the chain cleaned/lubricated/tensioned every oil change, which is 800km, none of the mechanics mentioned the sprocket, guess I should have inspected myself.
If the oil change seems shockingly short, bikes in SEA don't have replaceable oil filters, instead you just change the oil every 600-1000km, often with 20w50 or 15w40.