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Title: Has your centerstand ever.....?
Post by: average on November 04, 2009, 10:28:39 AM
...Caught your chain? Happened to me yesterday. Somehow it caught the chain and broke 4 links;neither the master; and left stranded on the side of the rode. Chain was adjusted perfectly....   :dunno_black:
Title: Re: Has your centerstand ever.....?
Post by: 5thAve on November 04, 2009, 10:34:25 AM
Center stand caught the chain ?? !!   Is it possible the chain broke first, then slapped or wrapped or caught the centrestand on its way off the sprockets?  Or maybe I don't quite understand what you think happened.

Short answer: Nope, hasn't happened to me (hope it doesn't, too).
Title: Re: Has your centerstand ever.....?
Post by: tt_four on November 04, 2009, 11:23:13 AM
Never heard of it happening before. Sounds like a .05% chance of ever happening again. Hope you didn't get hurt.

In the mean time I'd check to make sure your centerstand isn't sagging or anything due to a worn out spring or anything like that.
Title: Re: Has your centerstand ever.....?
Post by: scottpA_GS on November 04, 2009, 12:28:24 PM

Do you have the OEM exhaust? is the little centerstand stopper still on the exhaust pipe?
Title: Re: Has your centerstand ever.....?
Post by: average on November 04, 2009, 03:21:20 PM
I don't have an oem exhaust but I did zip tie a small 5/8 block to it to keep it from interferring with the chain.(
Title: Re: Has your centerstand ever.....?
Post by: DoD#i on November 04, 2009, 04:49:52 PM
Quote from: 5thAve on November 04, 2009, 10:34:25 AM
Center stand caught the chain ?? !!   Is it possible the chain broke first, then slapped or wrapped or caught the centrestand on its way off the sprockets? 

+1. Even if it touched the chain, I can't see it "catching" a chain that was not already broken. I could see the chain rubbing a big groove in the centerstand where it touched, but I can't see the centerstand catching/breaking the chain.