Couldn't believe it, not 5 minutes into the session my chain breaks as i was entering the drift...My chain is checked eached time i sesh out and come to find out to my suprise it was not the master link that snapped it was part of the main stock chain....I thought for sure my transmission case got damaged but was fortunate to see the chain ran clean through. anyone else have this happen to them?? I am putting on a D.I.D chain tomorrow so hopefully eliminate that prob...~!

 

what chain snapped on you. when was it replaced last? what is the cond of your sprockets. etc. etc. etc.... i never had a chain or link snap on any of my bikes over the past 12yrs of riding streetbikes

 

do you have a 70 tooth sprocket or anything ridiculous like that?

 

^^^^yeah. Or if you don't lube the chain all the time the chains stretch under stress but I never had one break on me. Did you have two master links on your chain by chance

 

damn that sucks... thank god im replacing my 525 chain with a new 530 chain...

 

I had an EK X-ring break that was two weeks old. One of the outer links cracked right at the pin , stretched and pulled the pin through the other side. I was floating a 3rd gear wheelie on the highway and it felt like it jumped a tooth. I set it down and when I let off all the way it broke. It shattered sprocket cover, waterpump, and cracked the case. I was only three up in the back on an 01 GSXR 750.

 

exactly what happened to my pin...the chain was a stock 520 on a 54t sprocket..chain has been always lubricated and checked for proper tension. I just think it was a weak point under heavy stress for that split second of clutching into the drift.

I have two master links on the chain, both of those were still in tact...
don't wanna scare anyone, thank God it did not happen inline HC mode, that would have been super devastating

 

stock 520 main drive chain....it had 10,000 miles on it, never stunted..
bought the bike and prob have 50 hours on new rear sprocket, which is in cherry condition still..

yeah my 25th year of riding and it happen, last time it happen was on my boys 12 speed bike 2 decades ago!.

 

smart move, extra stength for what we put these snakes through!

 

530 f4i 60 tooth for sale 30 shipped

 

most stock chains are d.i.d.

 

switch your sprockets to zx10r sprockets woody... same pattern but 525 do heavier duty!

 

get an EK with a high tensile. You can still use a 520 or 525, just a good one. the 530's will have a slilghtly higher tensile than the 525's.

make sure there is enough slack too... having a chain too tight will eat up your sprockets, and snap the chain too...

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I learned that the hard way

 

yep i need to get one that is more beefier..guess we don't see all the weak point when it comes to stuning a motorcycle frequently...

hope this does not happen to anyone else..


n thanks bobby.wish i had a zx-10 front end!!!!!! more than the chain