Chain maintenance Tip

[Jon]

If you're like me and always forget to lube your chain then find its rusting, do this;

This might sound odd but it works;

Jack the rear up, get a tooth brush, and a tin of standard grease.

Cover the chain in the grease with the tooth brush all over. Get it right into the joints and gaps.

Once complete, spin the wheel or if on a centre stand run it in second gear. The reason for this is the grease does spit very slightly so gives you a chance to clean it off the parts you don't want it on.

Anyway, I've done this and it's lasted almost three months without rusting and I've been out in all weathers.

[Korn]

I do the same but with scottoil (somehow I ended up with a lot of bottles of the stuff).

Can't be arsed to fit an actual scottoiler to the bike, as this is working well enough for me. Just take it easy on the left handers for a few miles until all the excess has sprayed off then it usually lasts for months.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

One thing to do if a bike is going to be off the road for a while (or has been off the road for a while) is to soak the chain in old engine oil. I have done this quite a few times. Tie a piece of string around one end of the chain, and then dump the chain into you waste oil can (a close to full one), keeping hold of the piece of string. The close the cap. Normally you can trap the string in the cap so that the chain doesn't totally drop into the can. Then just leave it to soak. Not a problem if the bike is going to be off the road for months as it will be well protected.

Then when you come to use the chain again, take it out of the bottle and wipe the worst of the oil off, then put it back on the bike. It is likely to make a fair mess at first but should not do the normal trick of stretching rapidly that chains normally have when they have been unused for a while.

All the best

Keith
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[Ropehead]

chain lube and all that stuff is a bit CRAP i doesnt penetrate in to the links, the best stuff is THICK 80/90 oil brushed on and then wipe of the excess in a few min. also there is no point just slapping more oil on a grit filled dirty chain u need to clean it eveyso offen, petrol will do the job.

Cheap and easy

[PsychoHippy]

I've found that the Scottoiler on the ZZR is worth it's weight in gold.
I've done 8000 miles and only had to adjust the chain twice (both only 1/2 turn of the nut)!
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[TGE125NSR]

Going to clean oil and adjust my chain in a bit.

You may hear from me very soon.


All the best

Sargeant Highside

[Jon]

Update

It's been around 5 months since i coated the chain in grease, from riding in all weathers, thrashing the ball bags out of the bike; and the chain doesn't even need adjusting. Not bad considering I used to have to adjust the chain every few weeks.

[kev]

I had an xj900 a few years ago and I never adjusted the chain on that the whole time I had it.
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[Stew]

The fact it was shaft drive might have something to do with it too
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[Evilbob]

i find chain wax dont do alot but if u oil it on the center stand while running (KEEP AN EYE ON THE ENGIN TEMP) and then chain wax it it seems to work better and keep the oil on it a bit more ???
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