hi,
My chain is completely rusty on the inside and as you know its a bitch to access for cleaning. I have read in the Haynes manual that to remove the chain I need to take off the swing arm and that requires a special 'tool' from Honda to refit.

Is that true? If not is there any easy way to remove, clean and refit/replace the chain on a NC30?

well it depends on the type of chain you have. either split link or riveted.
split link can be removed and chain taken off and put back on over and over again.

a riveted chain requires a bit more work getting off. the easiest way would be to either cut the chain with bolt crops or angle grinder. obviously as you only want it off to clean it this aint gonna be the best way

you can buy a chain breaker/riveter tool. this tool enable you to remove 1 link from the chain (2 rivets on the same link). then it can easily be removed from the bike. you would need to purchase a new link thats the same type and size of the existing chain. then use the riveter/breaker to put the chain back together when its on the bike.

I have used this one and it worked well
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

hardnutdvd wrote:well it depends on the type of chain you have. either split link or riveted.
split link can be removed and chain taken off and put back on over and over again.

a riveted chain requires a bit more work getting off. the easiest way would be to either cut the chain with bolt crops or angle grinder. obviously as you only want it off to clean it this aint gonna be the best way

you can buy a chain breaker/riveter tool. this tool enable you to remove 1 link from the chain (2 rivets on the same link). then it can easily be removed from the bike. you would need to purchase a new link thats the same type and size of the existing chain. then use the riveter/breaker to put the chain back together when its on the bike.

I have used this one and it worked well
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

dude if the chains knackered get brutal on it's ass and cut it off with a grinder or hacksaw if you fancy a workout.
new chain will not be "endless" and will require a special tool to either splay over the ends of a softlink, or peen a hardlink.

CRM wrote:dude if the chains knackered get brutal on it's ass and cut it off with a grinder or hacksaw if you fancy a workout.
new chain will not be "endless" and will require a special tool to either splay over the ends of a softlink, or peen a hardlink.

Hacksaw

I tried that for about 30mins before deciding f**k this and out came the grinder

ah ha, clearly you had a quality chain fitted then and not one of those Triple S elastic ebay jobs then ? a good lighter would have seen that in half.
Never has "buy cheap - buy twice" been more applicable when in comes to chains.