Chain snapped.

Originally Posted by ophic

In this weather, you may have been actually doing 5mph, but the wheel could have been spinning at 100

Lol, thats what i thought. Watched a lass trying to get her motor out of a side road today and her technique was to floor it and hope the tyres gripped while she was wheel spinning madly. Kept mouthing '2nd gear love, 2nd gear' but no joy.

To the OP though, yes you were lucky, that happening at 70 on a dual carriageway doesn't bear thinking about.

[Spikenipple]

My chain snapped on the M20 at 90mph once. It really wasn't much fun.

Originally Posted by Durbs

Lol, thats what i thought. Watched a lass trying to get her motor out of a side road today and her technique was to floor it and hope the tyres gripped while she was wheel spinning madly. Kept mouthing '2nd gear love, 2nd gear' but no joy.

To the OP though, yes you were lucky, that happening at 70 on a dual carriageway doesn't bear thinking about.

Technique for getting the CBR out involves 1st gear, zero throttle and clutch control. Never gets above 2000rpm (as it's on fast-idle until I get out of my estate)

Works like a charm, but I can't wait to get the SV back up and running so that I can just put both feet flat on the floor and still have room to stand up.

Originally Posted by pookie

mine snapped when pulling off..

Sounds painful

fecks sake neeja what with your engines going pop then this your having no luck mate-here's to better times ahead.

Seriously. You have no idea what my luck's been like for the last 3 months. I've started laughing about it, because otherwise I'd have just skipped the crying part and gone straight to topping myself

[5hort5]

new year, new hope n all that, fingers crossed it gets better for you m8 - happy Christmas by the way - well n a few mins anyway

[Jayneflakes]

Would it not be wise to fit new sprockets too? My concern would be wear to current sprockets after 8000 miles and them not lining up with a new chain. I come at this as a push bike mechanic and know that fitting a new chain to old cassettes will cause the chain to skip and jump and in some cases snap again. My girlfriend is a motorcycle mechanic and says that she agrees.

Ride safe on that snow and ice up there, legs do heal, but they are never the same.

Have a better one in 2010.

Having to wait on a chain at the moment, but it needs new sprockets anyway. This is Dissuade's CBR, btw. Unfortunately I needed a bike to run with, so I had the damaged links removed and have fitted a temporary spring-clip link. I *should* have the SV back up and running in the next day or two, so it only needs to run another 10-20 miles on the current chain, which is being ridden on very gently. Once the SV's running the CBR is getting completely laid up, resprayed and major service with just about everything replaced, ready for MJ to have some fun on it in 2010.