Not really aimed at you muddybike...rather at those members who seem to have all the answers about what we need to buy for a reliable bike.
Ouch! That could become a little personal.I'm kinda fond of seats. Rode almost thirty miles one day after my seat broke. Not fun. (Please insert favorite fat joke here)
I never said they were mandatory. I simply said the tensioner and hub adapters made the installation much easier and safer than the rag joint and tensioner that comes with the kit. Explain exactly what you dislike about the very well engineered Kip Springer tensioner. I have over 2000 trouble free miles of use from mine and the original spring is still working fine.First off I have to agree with other posters knock it off with the oversized blue txt pls.
Second while I do agree the hub adapters are very nice to have I don't think they are mandatory in anyway shape or form.
Oh and I have the kip tentioner and I think it 100% overprice garbage I so wish there was some kind of return policy for junk.
The included spring is way to soft and fails quickly.
When I think of how I spent over 100$<with shipping> on that and how that is 1/2 the price of a new kit , and or 1/2 the price of a shift kit it makes me /facepalm.
Junk junk junk
There I feel better.
I showed the Kip Springer tensioner to my neighbor who by the way is a mechanical engineer for NASA. His statement exactly, its looks nicely done with the solid mounting to the case and 100% better than the "suicide tensioner" that came with your kit.Ask any qualified engineer. Show him your spring setup and see what he says.
Just because it works does not make it the best way.