Chain abuse

[mudcow007]

spotted this today on a 64 plate


thats pretty bad init


https://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c81/mudcow007/20150115_151437_zpse239087d.jpg

potato cam

[Commuter_Tim]

Some of us have bikes that live outside and can't be arsed relubing the chain every time it pisses down.
Personal choice, at a considerable cost in the near future.

Having said that, I'd have scrubbed a lot of that rust off on the rare occasion I did clean it though.
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[ws4936]

I hear they make those chains from melted down parts of cbf 125 bolts and the likes.
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[notbike]

...is it bad that im guilty of exactly this right now? xD literally gonna clean it tomorrow morning before slapping on my heated grgrips. actually the whole bike needs a clean, might even autosol the downpipes.

Yeah fuckit tomorrow I'm gonna clean everything ._.

[Slacker24seve...]

My chain looked like that after a fortnight of neglect. It's currently soaking in a pan of used engine oil. Like a health spa for parts.
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[BigShow]

How much abuse can a chain take before its fubar though? If it's just surface level rust it's alright isn't it?

I read this back and it sounds like I'm trying to convince myself I don't need a new C&S kit yet.

[Iain.]

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[davebike]

I like Iain have had the "you mean I need to maintain it " conversation so often it is not funny
What frighten me is I seen the result of a high speed chain failure it was not nice lucky the chain missed the rider while writing off a fazer !

Chain lub check adjustment once a week if used in wet every day is not too much , just a quick spray and check adjustment with boot
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[Snowdonia Rider]

Maybe they think chain abuse is something kinky?
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[bikertomm]

Makes me laugh when you see what look like nice bikes with completely fucked chains.

Some young people I know assume to lube a chain you put WD-40 on it and ride off.

Other think you put chain lube on it and ride away.

Apparently it's not common knowledge anymore to clean the chain and then lube it!


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[Minty]

[talkToTheHat]

I resurectred a scooter that had been in storage a few months ago, as the owners car had died horribly. The scooter's engine siezed last week, mysteriously out of oil. Owner keept repeating 'it had an oil change when it went back on the road and an MOT a thousand miles ago' like it was a substitute for checking fluid levels. Staying away from this one. Should not have got involved.
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[chris-red]

If you have a decent chain it doesn't need doing hardly at all, I have a DIDVMX chain and a chain oiler and I adjust it every 4k miles or so. This is also my 3rd chain the bikes has ever had and it is at 75k miles.

I also think a lot of chain wear prematuring because they are tightened too much, the TDM recommends 2" of movement I stick to this.
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[RedPanda]

https://www.performancemotorcare.com/acatalog/Wurth_Chain_Brush_p.jpg

How do you you clean these? It was great the first time I used it but now it just moves dirt around.
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[stonesie]

I got fed up of a fiend moaning about the state of her chain on her honda so I loaned her my chain cleaner, one of those kettenmax ones, chain brush and some paraffin. After 6 weeks it hadn't been returned so I went to get it, it hadn't even been out of the bag because she couldn't figure out how to use it

I haven't offered again.

[hedgehugger]

[Snowdonia Rider]

[chris-red]

[1198]

So, for all those who said on the recent thread that covering basic maintenance on a cBt was pointless....
If somebody doesn't know, either through age, lack of experience or whatever, surely they need telling - and when better to cover basic checks than during the basic training?

[RedPanda]

[pdg]

I haven't bothered cleaning, lubing or tensioning my chain in the two years I've owned the bike... It's got well over 80k on the clock and I imagine the chain has never been replaced either.

And in the OP, it's fine - just a bit of flux innit.
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