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This is the master link clip on my 83 GS1100E. It was tweaked like this on the chain and not even fitted into the grooves. I haven't ridden it outside the neighborhood which is bad enough but imagine it letting go at highway speed or more. I wonder what the person who installed it was thinking.

 
Mine was gone when I checked it a year ago. Remedied that with gasket shellac and it is still there. Once while swapping the stator, I noticed that the countershaft sprocket nut was gone. Lucky.
 
isleoman said:
Which is why they aren't a good idea.

Had them come off three different times, once doing about 90 with the wife on the back. Luckily the chain just spooled onto the road, When they rap around the front or rear sprocket, bad things happen.

Get a tool and press on the links and you'll never have to worry about it again. You can by a new link for $8. The tool is about $60.

I know on one occasion I loosened the clip style link your holding cleaning my chain with a rag. It don't take much rubbing against it to knock one off. For a while I was stubborn and cheap and would safety wire the clips on, its better than nothing but not by much.
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That sounds like good advice. I'm going to follow it. I've used chain breakers for racing karts. I guess it's the same but much bigger. $60 is not much to secure your life but it seems like a lot for a chain breaker--oh well.
 
I've used nothing but the clip master link since I've had my bike. Never lost one yet. You just gotta pay attention and make sure they are mounted right and a spot of silicone over the clip will keep it there. Nothing wrong with'em.
 
I've found one of these...

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And one of these...

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Are all you need to rivet over a proper strong chain link and no need for special tools.
 
nothing wrong with spring clip links IF fitted correctly. if they fall off or you accidentaly knock one off, then it wasn't fitted correctly in the first place, or it is an old, deformed clip
 
Agemax said:
nothing wrong with spring clip links IF fitted correctly. if they fall off or you accidentaly knock one off, then it wasn't fitted correctly in the first place, or it is an old, deformed clip
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This one was definitely not fitted correctly and it was deformed. I did get a chain breaker on Ebay for $20 and it is pretty easy to use.
 
Just bought a GS and it had the master clip missing. Also had the clip side on the back of the Chain where it wasnt easilly visible, Im glad I checked it over before Riding, I also noticed the front sprocket was amzingly loose, Bought new Nut Castle Washer and will loctite it and bang the lock washer over it properly, I think this was reason the Sprockket seal was leaking also. The sprocket could flop around. Mike
 
Had a few clips fly off before.
Never lost the master though thankfully.
Now I will only use rivet type.
Removing the swingarm to replace or clean a chain without a chain breaker is worth it for the peace of mind in my opinion.
 
On the RG I did fit a factory riveted chain, by removing the swingarm, gives the occasion to grease the linkage as well...
 
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My chain breaker was delivered yesterday. I put the chain back on the bike this morning. At first I had a hard time putting the ends together while keeping the seals in place but then I realized a zip tie would hold the ends together perfectly while I used the chain breaker to secure them together. Pretty easy then. All secure now.
 
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