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Get special spray chain oil at your Honda shop. You should have about 1/2 play mid chain with a typical load (you) on the seat. If your chain is new ... a little bit more slack ... than expect to readjust it in a week or so because it will stretch.
there is a spray chain lube lube that you can buy from any motorcycle supply store, oil just goes everywhere, the special chain lube sticks to the chain and works much better and last 10 times as long.
In short, you have changed, although only slightly, the gearing of the chain to the gearbox. I am not absolutely sure on the course of action but I think there is an adjustment screw/bolt or something somewhere to compensate for this. The manual will be able to show you what to do.
Unless you are changing sprocket sizes you can not shorten the chain because removing even one link would not allow the ends to connect. Are you adjusting the chain as needed? Why do you want to shorten it?
Even if the factory chain has no master link (some are continuous these days) you can still grind off two pins carefully and push out a link to remove the chain, or simply cut it. That is what you must do when replacing the chain.
Go to a web site like bikebandit.com and pick the make year and model of your bike to see the part diagrams. Find the drive chain page and it will usually tell the size of the chain.
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