1999 M600 has been sitting for 5 years - what to do?

[Darren69]

You went mad and had to be restrained? Lol!

[jamminbmx]

Originally Posted by Darren69

You went mad and had to be restrained? Lol!

Are you living in my shed...not sure how you would know that otherwise!

On to the next thing...how do you lot get chains off? This chain is now really rusty as the clutch fluid leaked on it...buggered the paint on the swingarm too which is a shame. Anyway I don't have an angle grinder (and I would potentially blow myself up the amount of petrol that i poured everywhere yesterday)...can you hacksaw one off?

[Ron1000]

Originally Posted by jamminbmx

Are you living in my shed...not sure how you would know that otherwise!

On to the next thing...how do you lot get chains off? This chain is now really rusty as the clutch fluid leaked on it...buggered the paint on the swingarm too which is a shame. Anyway I don't have an angle grinder (and I would potentially blow myself up the amount of petrol that i poured everywhere yesterday)...can you hacksaw one off?

I hack sawed off a renthal gold chain took about 10 mins was quite easy in the end. However the correct way is to buy a good quality chain breaker I can personally vouch for motion pro pbr ones. I bought that after the hacksaw stage…long story…and it is superb. I done lots of test breaks and it’s really impressive. Also does the rivet on part too obvs

[the lodger]

At the power output of this bike I would say a split link will be fine. Also if you don't have the expertise and tools to rivet link a new chain successfully and safely then a split link connection will be a better connection than a badly riveted one. ( I use myself as an example here although I have got a bit better with practice ! )