Split link

[the Ferret]

Regardless, if it's a poor installation issue, or a strength issue, there is a reason manufactures have gotten away from clip style masterlinks on motorcycles of medium displacement and larger. It's certainly not for convenience, it's for strength and safety...otherwise, why do it?

edit: That's not to say that someone couldn't run a clip style masterlink for the life of a chain and never have an issue (I am proof of that myself having run a clip style masterlink on my 21 NC 750 until the chain was worn out)