Split links on 500cc+?

ClockworkJesu... · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 31 Jan 2011 Karma :

Hey so, my chain came off yesterday.
Luckily for me I was crawling along, readying to turn into a car-park. Shifted down a gear, gave it a gentle tug on the throttle, felt a slight grab and then nothing. So, I figured it was in a false neutral, so I tried again, and was greeted by a rev and no reaction.
So, pulled over, found my chain laying on the floor still on my bike somewhat; and the splitlink was nowhere to be found!

Well, I had a new tyre put on not long back; and the chain was fine up until now so a family member said that the garage might have taken the chain off to change the tyre, and whipped the chain back on and not done it up properly;

However, I pushed the bike to a close-by garage (I was with mates anyway, so,) and for £25 in cash he put the chain back on and put a soft-link where the split-link had been. And he said, "The problem with split-links on anything bigger than a 250, is they never last very long. Especially on something with a bit of power," So.. Not sure where to go with that.

orac · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Sep 2011 Karma :

splitlink on 500+ is dont, for the exact reason you found. i have never used slpt link on anything bigger than 125.
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MaybeGuy · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Karma :

You got fucking shafted. £25??? Also, they should be fine on any bike. I've only ever had 1 ping off, but i've also had a rivet link fail.
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DrDonnyBrago · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Karma :

I'd use a rivet link, but I would feel somewhat butt raped if I had to pay £25 for the privilege.

ClockworkJesu... · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 31 Jan 2011 Karma :

Yeah.
It was a pretty hefty sum; but it was that or push the bike home and order a new link. So, yeah. Sad

Gunna have to have a look for the tool used to put the soft-links/rivit links on.

Casper · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Jul 2010 Karma :

Split on my 750 and had no problems. About to get a new chain and ill be using another slit link in that.