snapped chain

[icenian]

b*gger b*gger b*gger

Chain snapped on the way to work. Thankfully I was just pulling away, so travelling very slowly - no sign of it having done any other damage.

The guys at wemoto were really helpful, but turned out to be a bit more expensive than the Edinburgh main Honda dealer (Two Wheels) for DID O or X ring chains. Which is handy as it happened in Edinburgh and I got the bike taken straight there.

Rotting calipers, sticking chokes, self destruct speedo drives, snapping chains, rampant rust... I could have bought a Ducati

[robelst]

I know it is not of much help to you, but just for statistics: is it clear why / how it snapped?
I know many people say linked chains are bad, but the two occasions I saw a snapped chain, it was broken on an arbitrary "normal" link, so I am curious how yours broke?

All the best. I know how you feel; I thought I'd finally fixed my AT after a long list of defects, but since yesterday the indicators are "freezing". It is a minor problem compared to broken chain, probably just a wet relay, I am just in a kind of "does it ever end"-depression, mixed with feelings of "I have thrown too much money at it to give up now".

One day all will be fine

[icenian]

is it clear why / how it snapped?
I know many people say linked chains are bad, but the two occasions I saw a snapped chain, it was broken on an arbitrary "normal" link, so I am curious how yours broke?

the side plates snapped

One day all will be fine

Tomorrow it'll be fine. I'll be on the Triumph!

[Lord Stig]

Icenian, I feel the same as you at the moment. Monday I went to go home and the electrics were dead. In 15 minutes I'd traced the cause to the live feed to the ignition barrel having corroded right through. So far my chain is fine (touch wood). How odd for the side walls to have gone! Glad you weren't going faster when it went. I had one on a TA go at 60 mph, and what a mess that made.

robelst - it's probably corrosion rather than water; mine went the same way and I replaced it with a Halfords relay for a car. Like the back of the ignition switch Honda decided to leave it open but for a plastic cover. Cr&p design like this would probably never get found out on most (summer only) bikes, but the salt beating all-year-round machines get certainly shows up the deficiencies. It makes me really angry, but all the time bikes are sold as toys-for-the-boys we will have to grimace and bear it.

Stig

[Cie]

Chain snapped on the way to work.

Oh ffs.. I saw mine fitted by a bloke with a lump hammer last night! I didn't need to read this today, but glad you did it without damage!

[icenian]

I saw mine fitted by a bloke with a lump hammer last night

A man who knows what he's doing can rivet a soft link with a ball peen hammer. I've seen it done beautifully by Steve (?) Sillet in Aberdeen. And that was on a 100bhp VFR750

By contrast, my chain that snapped was the OE item, so presumably endless...

[HelmetHair]

mine snapped after 6 months on the bike, got it replaced under warranty-they asked me to give them the old one to check , I told them to **** themselves, it was on the outside lane of the M40 at rush hour and there was NO WAY i was going to get it back.

Luckily, they took the abuse in the manner intended!

[YEN_POWELL]

I'd traced the cause to the live feed to the ignition barrel having corroded right through.

This is so scary. Exactly as happened to me last year, at least there is a cheaper, better built alternative if you want to replace it instead of resoldering (about £30). Are we all doomed to have the same things go in order of mileage and age. It's getting to be like a clairvoyents convention.

[icenian]

mine snapped ... on the outside lane of the M40 at rush hour and there was NO WAY i was going to get it back.

I once met an XT600 rider who had his chain retrieved for him by the following car driver. From the passenger seat. Lucky it wasn't a left hand drive!

[M@to]

Im not sure, I wanna read this.....