My Yamaha dealer told me that I can use an O Ring Chain on my TR1.
But after purchasing and cutting the new expensive O Ring chain, I noticed a small comment in my manual that says NOT to use these chains.  
Has anyone successfully used the ORing style drive chain??  
Does it really matter??
Ash.  

I think it shouldnt matter. Using an O-ring chain in a closed chain case may be better than using a non-O-ring chain without chain case. ;-)

Just try it and tell us the result. ;-)

Bye,
Georg

hi George - ok I will try it - but if you dont ever hear back from me then you know NOT to use an ORing chain  ha ha.
Ash (about to put his butt on the line for the sake of science).  :P

habe meine tr1 gebraucht gekauft.mit einer o-ring kette.musste ein glied kürzen ,und habe ein kettenschloss eingebaut.bin seit d
em 18000 km gefahren ohne sichtbaren verschleiss.man sollte keine o-ringkette verwenden wegen der hitze im kettenkasten,die o-ringe könnten wegbrennen.blödsinn

hi Dieter, my German is not very good (tried to learn German but its kinda complicated!!) - but I think you are saying to check the chain each 18,000 klm, and something about how the heat within the chain guard can affect the O rings?  is this correct?   Ash

I check the chain every time when i change the rear tyre. But i have to adjust the tension only every 3 or 4 tyres (6.000 to 8.000 kilometers each). He sais that some peolpe say, that the heat within the chain case could burn the o-rings, but he also says that this is nonsense. And even if the rings get burned, who cares? The original chain has no rings either. ;-)

IOW: Dont care to much about the chain, go riding! ;-)

Gruss,
Georg