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From: frogliver on 6 Jul 2010 10:49

"The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> frogliver <f_gliver(a)nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> The one problem I have with those riveted
>> chains is that I have had chains break on long distance rides
>
> Lack of maintenance or ham-fisted installation, probably. I have never,
> ever, ever had a chain secured with a soft rivet break.
>
> Spring links - yes, known it to happen.
>
Spring links are the only thing I have experience with, that is why I asked
for advice. But I have learned to never place a lot of faith in anything
mechanical.

Besides, haven't you ever been an impetuous youth with a devil-may-care
attitude who got on a bike to go see a girlfriend with no concern for
mechanics? Or ran out of gas a few times, had a flat tire in your life.
Some, I would say most, people are not perfectionists and sometimes risk
having to deal with trials and tribulations in the pursuit of something they
just want to do, right now, if something goes wrong I will handle it.

That was me as a young guy when I got my first used Harley in 1960. Done a
lot of riding since and wouldn't trade a minute of it, breakdowns and all,
to have been rational about motorcycles. At this point in my life I am more
likely to ask for advice when I think I need it, sometimes just for
reassurance. Perfection, to me, is a sum total of many, many imperfections
in the same way that success can be 99% failure, and the whole can be
greater than the sum of its parts. If something came up that was important
enough, I would still hop on my bike and go even knowing that my chain was
stretched and needed replacing.

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