Chain has less than 15km on her. It’s an xring, gets cleaned and oiled regularly - but that bike has has sat for 4 mos while I recovered from a knee injury. I didn’t lube before I set off.
OK. Hope there is no damage. Curious to hear the likely cause. Chain breakage is something that happens rarely I think, but it can have expense consequences, as well as leaving you stranded.
Chain has less than 15km on her. It’s an xring, gets cleaned and oiled regularly - but that bike has has sat for 4 mos while I recovered from a knee injury. I didn’t lube before I set off.
I'm pretty sure I had a clip with a safety wire master link. I'm not partial to rivet or clip - I use whatever comes with the chain.
Whenever I've used clip, I always use stainless safety wire.
Anyway, she's apart now and the master link is missing. The chain had a few blown-out orings but otherwise was OK, and it had almost no stretch. The bunch-up destroyed the clutch push rod, bushing and seal - $25 for the OE parts at SnoCity, +$100 for a new x-ring chain from Fortnine.
Should be rolling by Wed if the parts arrive on time.
Mine chain mishap left a hole in the cases that let you see gears. (one of a few mishaps on my white SOHC before it got parked decades ago and only recently resurrected)
Knowing Me as I do I'm willing to bet lack of maintenance played a part. That said it was rumoured at the time that early Honda CB750s may have lost more chains than most because the battery vent tube exited pretty much over top the chain.......
I had a chain fail at 110 kph on my KLR. Busted the chain guard but no damage to the engine -pure luck. Wasn’t the master link either, just one bad link.
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