chain

[ross]

Can I use master link with clip lock for my 1995 magna for a temporary fix

[roboto65]

Yes but I would definitely  only make it temporary. And temporary means within a week if the chain was meant for pressed link.

[hootmon]

Also make sure the open part is pointed toward the rear when the chain is on the top going forward. This is so IF the link should hit something, it will drive the clip further onto the pin and not knocked off of the pins

[drkngas]

Also make sure the open part is pointed toward the rear when the chain is on the top going forward.

I made that mistake on my dirt bike once.  Lost the clip and the side of the link while going thru some thick gooey mud.  Slowest ride back to the truck I ever made.

[Magniac]

First time I changed the chain on my '94, I used a clip master link. A week later, the clip was gone. The chain stayed on, luckily. I put on a new clip, and  few days later, it was gone again.

I rode from the 60's into the 80's before taking a hiatus, then started back up in the mid-90's. We used nothing but clip-style master links back then, and I don't remember ever losing one. What changed?

[lragan]

I rode from the 60's into the 80's before taking a hiatus, then started back up in the mid-90's. We used nothing but clip-style master links back then, and I don't remember ever losing one. What changed?

Your age?  Your memory?  I don't even remember how the chain on the Harley I sold in 1966 was secured.

[hootmon]

I rode from the 60's into the 80's before taking a hiatus, then started back up in the mid-90's. We used nothing but clip-style master links back then, and I don't remember ever losing one. What changed?

Your age?  Your memory?  I don't even remember how the chain on the Harley I sold in 1966 was secured.

Bailing wire no doubt!!

[TLRam1]

Every bike under my signature (7 out of 9) still use the clip style, knock on wood, so far so good and I see no reason to change, like Dobie, all I have every used for many years until the Magna have been the clip style.

[hootmon]

I remember my dad (an ex-USAF mechanic) had a Honda 550/4. When he replaced the original stock non-clip style chain, installed a clip style chain. He taught me about which way to install the clip and he also took some thin Stainless Steel wire and wrapped it a few times around the plate and the clip through the hole where the sprocket bites.
Now it didn't seem to wear on the sprocket or cause any issue, but it did give my dad quite a bit of piece of mind..
I'm not saying you should do this; more, I'm just remembering my dad and some of the quirky things he did..

[TLRam1]

Never tried that Hoot but I would have thought the sprocket would have worn the wire also, your Dad's alignment must have always been on the money!

[hootmon]

Never tried that Hoot but I would have thought the sprocket would have worn the wire also, your Dad's alignment must have always been on the money!

He swore, using a tape measure, that the marks on the frame for chain alignment were off.. So, he might have been correct..
Even if the wire did wear and eventually broke, it probably wouldn't do any real damage and the clip should stay intact..