Is this rivet done properly??

[VailCBRider]

Ahhh... I do love the forums! So today I've installed my rivet type chain and need to know from the intelligent masses wether or not I did this properly. I've attached a few photos so you can see my rivet job. To me I felt like I tweaked the hell outta these to get the rivet to set properly but let me know what you think.

Once again thanks for all your help guys and gals!

[dragos13]

The tail of the rivet looks to be pressed ok. How does everything look from the top? Is the master link in line with the rest of the links?

[VailCBRider]

Yeah, I threw the bike up on the ctr stand and put the bike in gear and let it spin for a min or 2. Everything seems to be inline and workin well w/ no binding. Just wanted to be sure the links were pressed properly.

Thanks for the input!

[rybo]

Looks good Kevin,

So long as that link isn't binding in any way it will hold together nicely.

On a side note, for years I've had a motion pro tool for doing chains that recently broke. I replaced it with the DID chain tool (at more than twice the cost) and have to say that it is a far superior tool. The rivets come out perfect EVERY TIME! It is such a joy to use supreme quality tools!

Northern Colorado Euro motorcycles (www.bmwducati.com (http://www.bmwducati.com)) was able to order the tool for me. It took some work to find it, it's a bit rare I guess, but brad and crew up there did a great job and got it quickly!

Scott

[VailCBRider]

Yeah, I'm using the motion pro tool. Good to kow on the DID tool cause I borrowed this one and like the stuff it has in it but would like something that has a lil better feel in the hands. Thanks for the info

[Moveman]

Looks better than mine an mine has been holding for a few thousand miles..