Another one bites the dust. :(

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Friday night i go out for a ride with some mates, all on 400's and 125's, it was great, until we all departed.....

I got 300 yards then my chain deicides it will have a laugh and snap on me. SNAP, CRUNCH, STALL...and there i am at 2am on my own, with no tool's, no money, no phone. so i flag down a car and ask them very nicely if i can borrow there mobile, ring my dad . who saved me, then assessed the damage the next morning.

Almost exactly the same boat as Dr. Nick, although i'm yet to asses if theres any internal damage. if there is i'll be looking out for a gixer 400 lump, so if anyone has one, i'd gladly give you an offer.
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[Shade_BW]

Ouch

I take it you lubed regularly and the bike was well maintained?

I'd recommend a scottoiler.

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[ProXimaCore]

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=21227
Try this guy. Was a while ago but maybe he still has it.
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Hi

A breakers near Stoke had a few 400 Bandits in when I was last there. There advert is in MCN most weeks.

All the best

Keith
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[Ste]

Snapped chains are not fun.

You hopefully havn't had any damage to the engine, I had the chain snap on an R6 whilst going down the M4 fairly rapidly. No damage to anything, just needed to fix the chain and it all worked again.

[1cyl]

Got the chain off, internal cogs seem ok, and does'nt look like theres any damage to anything else apart from the sprocket gaurd which is in a few bits, so if anyone has a guard for a GSF/GSX-R 400 they want to sell, i would be very grateful.

ordered new chain/sprockets but didn't bother with a blue one, just went for strength .

Thanks everyone.
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[Jammy-G]

[Superabusa]

I've got a scottoiler fitted to the Busa & it paid for itself within 4 months. Try this for a recommendation, Hayabusa 1000 miles, NO chain adjustment required. 1,500 miles, 1/4 turn of adjustment required!!! & that's on a tweaked Busa my friends.
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Think my next bike will be belt driven.......


Bad luck chief, doesn't sound too bad, you should be back on the road in no time .
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[Big Pete]

I am surprised at the broken chains, I have run some of my bikes to the very limits of roadworthy (including using industrial drive chain and on one occasion having 3 broken rollers) when I was a poverty stricken student, but I have never had a chain snap.

Maybe I ride in a more sedate manner so I am not putting big shock loads into the chain.

Do you wheelie a lot or do a lot of drag style starts? One of the big chain companies had a bad batch of chain last year but that stuff should all have been recalled or scrapped by now. How often do you check your chain for side to side movement?
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[Big Pete]

D`oh, forgot to add, get the damage welded up, its the cheap option, see Dr. nicks thread.
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[Sadie]

Not getting a round in, Big Pete?


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