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figured we would go out for a spin last night around 10pm cause it,s about 95f around here lately.About an hour into our ride with the wife following my buddy on his 1166kat got hard on the gas needless to say i was off in hot pursuit up to about 220k when my chain decided to exit the bike,rev limiter kicks in and i coast to a stop look down and realise i have no chain.It took a while to set in how luckey i was after looking at the damage to the frame and swinger.There was no indication anythying happened i kinda thought the tranny broke.All said and done i have a new chain,guard and underwear coming.thats my luckey dog storey cheers
 
What's even luckier is the crankcase didn't get cracked. That happens quite a bit when a chain lets go and gets wadded up under the countershaft cover.

Happened to me once with my old T305. Luckily the crank didn't get into any critical areas.
 
Your wife was on the bike with you? Double lucky! Off to the lottery kiosk for you.
Any idea what happened? Clip or rivet let go?
 
Not to make this a chain vs shaftie debate but that is one aspect of the shaft drive I like when having the kids on the back of the bike.

Glad you are okay, a chain spinning at that speed can rip through anything in its path.
 
just to clarify I was the only one on the bike thank god.I would never attempt that speed with a passenger
 
Skateguy50 said:
Not to make this a chain vs shaftie debate but that is one aspect of the shaft drive I like when having the kids on the back of the bike.

Glad you are okay, a chain spinning at that speed can rip through anything in its path.
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Driveshafts locking up are just as bad.
 
Another thing a chain can do is wrap itself around your rear sprocket and lock the tire up. I've heard of the drive shaft locking on bikes, happily the GS does not seem to suffer this malady - with proper maintenance of course.
 
Allie said:
Another thing a chain can do is wrap itself around your rear sprocket and lock the tire up. I've heard of the drive shaft locking on bikes, happily the GS does not seem to suffer this malady - with proper maintenance of course.
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I know of one, the rider wouldn't answer when I asked why it locked up, so I assumed it was because he had no oil in it and didn't want to fess up. That no oil thing will lock anything up. Also when the U joint bolts break, it would seem that could cause a lockup. Anyone had that happen? I'm not sure if the common soft spline failure could ever cause the wheel to lock, probably not.

Bottom line is either chains or shafts are completely safe if maintained correctly, and completely dangerous if not.
 
Had that happen once on an X6, wrapped around swing arm and rear sprocket. Stopped me pretty fast, luckily for me I was on a country road with no traffic and no pavement. I wasn't traveling all that fast, but still was pretty scary. Glad you are alright. Ray
 
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