Which brand of cam chain to get?

[Luigic81]

gunna replace mine as preventive maintence on my newly acquired '06 450, just wondering which brands people have had the best luck with?

[BBrown626]

Yamaha!

[Luigic81]

the reason I'm replacing it is becuase it seems like the OEM ones have a tendency to skip time after a while......

so I was hoping for something better than OEM

[grayracer513]

I've replaced mine at 1-2 years age always, but never had a problem with any of the OEM chains. ?

[Luigic81]

ok thanks

[Luigic81]

ended up going with the wiseco, figure for the extra $20 bucks why not have some piece of mind and less frequent replacement intervals

[grayracer513]

Do you know who makes the Wiseco chain? Or the Yamaha chain? Are they different?

[davidl9999]

OEM.

Gray makes a good point. Why spend the $20 if you don't really know what the difference is or if it even matters? I couldn't find anything from Wiseco that stated a longer maintenance interval or even why one should use their CC015 timing chain vs. stock. ?

[grayracer513]

ProX has a chain made by Borg-Warner Japan, which should be a good one, but it's $60.

Yamaha had "some" problems with chains over a two year period, but I believe they changed their vendor since then. The only thing I have ever actually seen that related to the chains was binding links, which, as I said, I have never experienced. Comparing mine to the '06's I know of who have had problems like that, the difference has been oil and maintenance.

[Luigic81]

Yea I just basically went off good reviews from some local guys, not sure who manufacturers them. I'm not worried about the $20, but if I have even a 1% better chance of it not failing then it's worth it