A video of a factory tour of DID motorcycle chains has been uploaded to the OGA channel hosted by professional extreme rider and YouTuber Hiroyuki Ogawa. The camera sneaks into Daido Kogyo's Fukuda factory, which manufactures seal chains as long as 200km per month, and discovers the "46" engraving in the video, which shows the complete process from the material stage to the packaging. This makes me curious!
The manufacturing process of the chain is like a "Pythagorean switch", and you can enjoy watching it all the time.
Most motorcycles use chain drive for their drivetrain, and the chain is probably the second most familiar part of the motorcycle to riders after the tires. The chain is the second most familiar part of the motorcycle after the tire, and many riders are very particular about it because it needs to be maintained when it gets dirty and adjusted or replaced when it stretches.
On the other hand, we don't often get a chance to see how chains are made. That's why extreme rider Hiroyuki Ogawa was kind enough to give us an in-depth look at the manufacturing process of his favorite DID chain. It's like a "Pythagorean switch" as a "baumkuchen" shaped steel plate and steel reel are processed and assembled into a drive chain. It's a lot of fun to watch these important parts that we take care of everyday.
One of the ingredients of a chain. How does a steel plate wound in the shape of a baumkuchen become a chain?
Can you imagine what it would have been like to be pulled out like this?
How can this thick wire thing be a part of a chain?
It's a sight to behold as the assembly process quickly builds up frame by frame!
To my surprise, the chain Ogawa was photographing was a collaboration model with Valentino Rossi, scheduled for release in late April!
DID's chain is built on thorough quality control of each and every component.
A chain is a collection of countless parts, and even a single link, such as a plate or a seal, is a precision component with many parts. A single link, such as a plate or seal, is a precision component with many parts. In the video, DID's Mr. Oishi says that not only manufacturing capacity but also product management is important to produce tens of thousands of these parts with uniform quality. This video should convince you of that.
