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Thanks all of you for your insights.

That confirms exactly what I thought.

When adjusted on centre stand chain is just too tight during riding. Gear changes felt really awkward - similarly to like it is when chain is very loose.

This issue with gear changes is what actually made me check slack again and find this discrepancy in manuals 😂

Hi!

 I have a question regarding chain slack maintenance.

Most of you will probably see this and think that I can't use search - please stand by 😄

So here's the thing:

 paper user manuals (in few different languages) that came with bike state that chain slack should be adjusted on center stand (photos of english manual below):

but user manual that is downloadable from honda website (https://cdn.powersports.honda.com/documentum/MWOM/ml.remawmom.2015_31mjm610_vfr800f_interceptor.pdf)

and service manual both instruct to adjust it on side stand:

Both variants specify same slack (25-35mm)

For now I opted to set slack according to service manual - I set slack to 25mm in tightest spot (after ride, on warm chain). Seems to be safer option as it's better to have it set a bit too loose rather than too tight.

I also measured difference between slack as measured on side stand and centre stand and difference is about 5-7mm so my question is whether anyone knows which procedure is correct.

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