Motorcycle Chain Breaker and Riveter/Riveting Tool/For 420-532 chains-Complete Kit

I decided to replace my chain and sprocket set on my CBR1000 recently. Obviously I needed a tool to do the job and made the mistake of going for a very generic chain breaker/riveter. In the hands of an experienced mechanic they may well do the job just fine but personally I found them tricky to handle, line up and basically getting it to do the job I needed. After a lot of messing around and a broken tool part I took a chance and spent a fair amount more for this version, largely because I know Motorax do have a name to sustain and I was very pleasantly surprised by just how much better this tool was than my first purchase. The push plates come in three different sizes and fit well on the big boys bike I have and the various other parts of the kit make the job a lot easier to do with some confidence, Even my fumbling first attempts felt more assured and right and where I made missteps the tool allowed me to correct where the previous one just broke. It's worth the extra money for the build quality and the fact that it's simply a far more friendly tool to use. Considering the cost of the chain, how vital the job is, and the fact that I intend to do the job again in the future I can only say that a good tool always gives a much better experience and it's already saved me an hour or so's garage cost (or more) which is the cost of the tool anyway. Next job it'll have already paid itself off. Avoid the temptation to save the difference in cash and get the right tool for the job, this worked nicely for me.

Bought this when the red/blue box cheap one absolutely failed to flare. This thing saved me and is an absolute keeper! The cheap ones have a flarer that is softer than the master pins! This one is a stainless steel BB and it worked beautifully. Allowed me to creep to my desired flare amount. Most importantly...it looks like it'll last for years! Remember to lube the threads. The only thing I don't like it the squash plate set up. I'd have liked a rear locator for one of the plates. But nit-picking. But breaking and flaring with this tool is top marks.

Not the cheapest tool, but not the most expensive either. I have used once to break and rivet a DID 525VX chain and it did the job.I used an angle grinder to grind off the pin head before attempting to break the chain (as recommended by just about everyone) and the breaking was almost effortless. The slightly more tricky task of riveting required a little creative interpretation of the instructions, but got it done in the end. My only criticism is that the riveting ball point is quite a wide gauge and therefore took a lot of effort and a breaker bar extension to securely rivet the pin. I would recommend to anyone requiring to break/rivet the occasional chain.

I decided in my infinite wisdom to strip my motorbike down and thought it a good idea to remove the chain and give a good scrub. I have never done this before, albeit I have removed a chain on a push bike many times using a similar tool as this one but on a much smaller scale. I reviewed youtube, as you do, to get any ideas and feedback on the rights and wrongs of completing such a task and reviewed a number of options. I decided to go with this tool as it reminds me of the pushbike chain removing tool I have used and the price seemed very reasonable compared to other designs. I have read and heard all the horror stories about grinding down the rivet first etc etc, but not having a grinding tool available I hand no option but to go for a cold removal. Aligning the tool was easy, the unit feels very robust and quality made so I was confident to start turning the rivet remover. There was a bit of resistance, as you would expect, but once the rivet popped the extraction was simple. It took all of 10 minutes. I haven't put the rivet back in yet but I am sure the tool will complete the task as diligently as it removed it. I would recommend this tool

After 3 different chain tools over the years that either didn't work or broke too easily I'm very pleased with this one. It's well made and easy to use, dont be tempted by the useless chain tools half the price (in the cheap plastic cases made out of brittle and oily cast metal). This Motrax tool has a robust quality feel confirming you get what you pay for and it will pay for itself after a couple of uses valued against paying someone else to fit your chains for you.

Bought this to rivet a new 530 chain to my Yamaha. I did quite a bit of research on line before I chose this. Some of the kits on offer for £10 - £15 on ebay did not seem to have the good feed back this product did. I have to say I was very pleased with this product. It is well made and comes with instructions. Although the instructions are not the best. In all, a good buy for a non professional like me it did the job I wanted and did it well. I would say good value for the money

Build quality it good, although first handle broke on me, this was swiftly replaced by seller. I found it very hard to rivet the links, almost as if the ball bearing on the former is of the wrong size, as if it’s too big. Tightened as hard as I can by hand and the pin has hardly spread at all. Will have to get the check link checked at a local garage, defying the point.

After buying a slightly cheaper product and it failing on first use I was a little dubious with this purchase as it was only slightly more expensive. As soon as I had opened the packaging it was obvious that the Motrax tool was of a far superior tool. The riveting attachment, is in essence a ball bearing located within a plate. The cheaper tool I had previously purchased used a pin method to mushroom the rivet. Needless to say the pin within the tool became distorted and the chain master link won. The Motrax tool had no problem in mushrooming the rivets on my DID VX2 master link. Highly recommended and well worth the money!