Originally Posted by boredandstroked

I bought an ebay 525 couple years ago. It sheared a pin after about 2weeks and a few hundred miles during a full throttle upshift from 2nd to 3rd. I was beyond lucky that it shot threw the countershaft sprocket cover and onto the road instead of jamming up something like the rear wheel or breaking something as it went. You are playing with your life if you buy one IMO. And for the record the clip masterlink was still attached correctly when I recoverd the chain.