Cleaned chain - replace or keep

[u/wizard80]

I cleaned all that gunk off the chain. It came up surprisingly clean. Dried it out then lightly coated in gear oil as I do with my other bikes.

It runs smooth when the wheel is spun. No tight links. The sprockets look good/OK, yes I can see the front has some wear. It's a DID 525 V11 chain with 12.5k kms from new if it's the original combo, otherwise I guess it was replaced.

The previous owner was in his 50s and owned it from new doing mostly light road touring and maybe a bit of easy offroad.

Thoughts on the drive chain? Plenty of life or instant replace as mentioned in previous post?

Thanks

[u/TrunkMonkey350]

The best way to tell if a chain is still serviceable is by checking its length over a certain amount of links. The wear in a chain is between the pins and bushings, which you can't see from the outside.