chains

[John Soliday]

I never had one come apart, but I had one with a link spit the keeper off all the time.  It was on an 85 FJ1100 and lucky for me, it would flip off the keeper but the link was pressed together and wouldn't work it's way loose before I'd notice the keeper was gone (lucky I lubed my chain often!).  I ended up safety wiring the keeper on and that lasted until the chain was toast, at which time I went back to an endless chain.

YMMV,

John

-----Original Message-----
From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com] On Behalf Of Art Johnson
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:34 PM
To: John Soliday
Subject: Re: chains

never had a chain come apart.
the old cb500 had many 530's with link.
just have a hard time believing a gpz with 2-3x the power can use the same chain.
my 96 gpz has original factory chain with 22,000kms looking fwd to replacing sprockets, endless chain, NOT!

----- Original Message -----
From: "schnowz" <schnowz at att.net>
To: "Art Johnson" <art-j at shaw.ca>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:12:39 PM
Subject: Re: chains

"I'm not cheap, I only use DiD X ring chains and Sprocket specialists sprockets so no, I haven't.


Ralph L. Angelo Jr."
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That's what I've always used. The last one hasn't lasted as long for some reason.
As far as smashing the crankcase - at thsi point the bike is disposable - I'd be more concerned with the hospital bills.
IIRC the DID is stronger than the OEM. This chain is approx 60% tensile strength of the DID so I just have to keep the throttle below 60% full open. The red ones can probaly be opened  close to 100% though.
Has anyone actually had a chain snap versus a link coming apart?

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