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.
By South East Asian standards, that’s as good as new.
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.
Isn’t this caused by not replacing the chain often enough? It stretches a bit once worn and then can bear more towards the edges of the sprocket.
It’s caused by age and wear. Plenty of things can exacerbate said wear and cause you to replace sprockets sooner, but they are a consumable item and will need to be replaced occasionally no matter what.
Riding up mountains, over dirt, and constant acceleration and braking probably exacerbates things. It slipped while accelerating on a dirt shoulder to overtake a bus.