After having to adjust my old RK chain every 400 miles I decided to get rid of it and get a Tsubaki Sigma. Well after searching the inter-web I can't find one anywhere except for overseas.... (France) so you guessed it, no Tsubaki.....

So I started another search in the USA for chain manufacturer's. I started looking at all the different chains they made (mostly Industrial) and couldn't find what I was looking for so I decided to call..... The Lady on the other end (Jo) new her company and their products. I told her that I couldn't find specifications on a specific chain. She then asked me what was the application? So I told her for my Harley and that I was looking for a 530 chain....

Well she immediately told me that her company did not makes chains for motorcycles but did inform me that there was a company called D.I.D. another US company that did and gave them very high ratings. I love it when you call a company and even if they don't have what your looking for they still can help in some manner...

So a little more research and I found D.I.D. They have what is called a 530ZVM-X Super Street 120 Link Chain that has an average tensile strength of 10,400 lbs square inch. Which is rated almost identically to the Tsubaki but Made in the USA.. Here.s the link if anyone is interested....

http://www.didchain.com/chainSpecs.html

Question is, has anyone heard of them and would you recommend their product...? Thanx.......

 

I had never heard of DID but Diamond makes good chains and is made in the USA.
http://www.dragspecialties.com/produ...oductId=410377

I've been using their primary chain for years and am happy with it.

 

Tsubaki has a factory within 15 minutes of here. Did you try their local reps? DID is well known on the dirt side.

 

Diamond may make good chains, but they also made really cheap chains back in the day. If I recall, the OEM HD chains were Diamond, including the primary. I was of the philosophy of using a cheap drive chain to minimize wear on the sprockets. Tsubaki also had cheap chains. The indy I used to hang out at had them on a large spool. Anyway, if I was to do a chain drive today, I would just get a top of the line O-ring chain and be done with it.

 

That's what I'm trying to do... Cannot find the tsubaki sigma so going with the D.I.D. same tensile strength......have you ever used one? Or know some one who D.I.D.......

 

There's none on eBay?

 

None... unless you get it from Europe..,. Scott even called his supplier as well... None.... I called tsubaki in Massachusetts and they are not affiliated like you would think with the motorcycle chain division... No where to turn right now....

 

I've used DID chains (not on Harleys) and they were very good; that said on my old track bike (600RR) I preferred RK X-ring chains. I can't say where they're made though.

 

http://www.bikebandit.com/aftermarke...FQMHaQod1KAKnA



http://www.jpcycles.com/product/600-987


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tsubaki-Sigm...W/252952455747




http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tsubaki-Omeg...y/391293412862




http://www.ebay.com/itm/530-x-108-Li...L/222535080628




http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tsubaki-Seal...S/162556307836

 

Ya I don't know what I'm looking for I just saw a few on eBay that were 530x120s so thought I'd mention it. Figured you already checked though.