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onlyJaz
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PostPosted: 15:28 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Chain lube - WD40? Reply with quote
I was just wondering if anyone has used this on their chain? Is it any good?

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/engine-oils-fluids/lubricating-penetrating-oil/wd-40-specialist-high-performance-ptfe-lubricant-250ml




What chain lube would you recommend? Not sure about wet/dry etc
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PostPosted: 15:30 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
why not use purpose-made chain lube? [serious question]
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PostPosted: 15:32 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
TheArchitect wrote:
why not use purpose-made chain lube? [serious question]


I probably will if I can agree on a particular one (still a bit of a noob). I just saw this and wondered if it's good I guess could be multi purpose..
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PostPosted: 15:33 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
I would not put that shit on any motorcycle chain, let alone a bicycle chain.

Use a lube designed for that purpose, only
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PostPosted: 15:34 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
WD40 do a proper chain lube and a chain wax as well, I've been using their wax for the last year or so and it's decent sticks around with 200 miles a week commuting and doesn't cover everything in fling.

You'll get a million different answers though, chain lubes are very much personal preference.
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PostPosted: 15:37 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
I can't recommend any over the other as frankly to me they all do the same thing.

I've been using the WD40 branded chain cleaner and lube for a while now and think it does the job just fine. A quick squirt of lube every weekend works fine for me, but I only do approx 120 miles most weeks.
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PostPosted: 16:08 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Use gear oil 80w90 automatic transmission oil is the best suited as far as I know. Get it cheap from eurocarparts for about 4 quid including postage and then buy an oil can to apply it.

Apply it after a ride when it is hot and then leave it whilst it cools down and the change in temperature will suck the oil into the chain, not just coat the outside of it.
By the morning almost all the excess will have dripped off. If you feel fancy you can leave a drip tray or old oven tray underneath to catch the excess.
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PostPosted: 16:31 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Having tried various Chain lubes/waxes/old oil I settled on this stuff

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4x-Wynns-10179-Clear-Lube-500ml-Aerosol-Wynns-NEW-MULTIBUY-SAVER-/331703785691?hash=item4d3b1618db:g:aJUAAOSwI-BWQJUb

Sticks quite well, doesn't fling too much, can lasts ages. If you have a Range near you they sell it for about £7 a can.
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PostPosted: 18:24 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://www.ajsutton.co.uk/product/LUCAS%20OIL/LU10014/Chain%20Lube,%20CLEANING-CARE?gclid=CIbYqP3B79ECFeqc7QodRPQN7Q

What I use. I run a O-ringless drag chain on the bandit, they don't hold lube like an O-ring chain and wear excessively when dry so keep a stock of this.

On something like my commuter bike it lasts for about 4 weeks between applications in all weathers.

Seriously good stuff and cheap for the amount you get.
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PostPosted: 19:10 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
All of the above are inferior to used engine oil. Apply large amounts with a squirter each morning and clean once every 6 months/year.
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PostPosted: 19:29 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fit a Scottoiler.
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PostPosted: 19:45 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fisty wrote:
Fit a Scottoiler.


Rubbish, ready made vacuum leak. Also has a habit of only oiling one side of the chain. In order of usefulness it came slightly behind the broken neons fitted to the rear of my Busa when I got it. They're an excellent way of flushing 100 quid down the shitter though.
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PostPosted: 19:50 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
mkjackary wrote:
Apply it after a ride when it is hot and then leave it whilst it cools down and the change in temperature will suck the oil into the chain, not just coat the outside of it.

[citation needed]
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PostPosted: 20:10 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
lilredmachine wrote:
Fisty wrote:
Fit a Scottoiler.


Rubbish, ready made vacuum leak. Also has a habit of only oiling one side of the chain. In order of usefulness it came slightly behind the broken neons fitted to the rear of my Busa when I got it. They're an excellent way of flushing 100 quid down the shitter though.


I can taste your salty tears from here.

Ive had them fitted to my last 3 bikes, including the TL. Never had a vacuum leak, correctly set up they oil both sides of the chain perfectly, and my last set of chain and sprockets lasted 23k miles. I only ever adjust the chain when I need to change tyres.
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PostPosted: 20:18 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
lilredmachine wrote:
Fisty wrote:
Fit a Scottoiler.


Rubbish, ready made vacuum leak. Also has a habit of only oiling one side of the chain. In order of usefulness it came slightly behind the broken neons fitted to the rear of my Busa when I got it. They're an excellent way of flushing 100 quid down the shitter though.


Are you trying to become a lolcow?

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PostPosted: 20:41 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fisty wrote:
my last set of chain and sprockets lasted 13k miles.

Mine are on 19, 19, n-n-n-n-nineteen. Occasionally I give the (X-ring) chain a scrub with paraffin and wipe some axle grease over it.

Shall we consider that the control group?
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PostPosted: 20:48 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rogerborg wrote:
Fisty wrote:
my last set of chain and sprockets lasted 13k miles.

Mine are on 19, 19, n-n-n-n-nineteen. Occasionally I give the (X-ring) chain a scrub with paraffin and wipe some axle grease over it.

Shall we consider that the control group?


But you ride like a penny pinching Scott and its not a 135bhp v-twin you ride. Amrite?
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PostPosted: 20:51 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rogerborg wrote:
Fisty wrote:
my last set of chain and sprockets lasted 13k miles.

Mine are on 19, 19, n-n-n-n-nineteen. Occasionally I give the (X-ring) chain a scrub with paraffin and wipe some axle grease over it.

Shall we consider that the control group?


Precisely. A meticulously hand maintained chain will always last longer than a machine maintained chain. The lube I posted requires almost-never maintenance all the way through winter.
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PostPosted: 20:54 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fisty wrote:
But you ride like a penny pinching Scott and its not a 135bhp v-twin you ride. Amrite?


210rwhp Bandit, 165rwhp Busa, GSX6/12 here. All ridden like a cunt at all times and through winter. No car licence. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 20:57 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Precisely. A meticulously hand maintained chain will always last longer than a machine maintained chain. The lube I posted requires almost-never maintenance all the way through winter.


So, you are going to clean and relube your chain daily while riding through winter are you? Are you?

Scottoilers are for the lazy, I am the lazy, most people who ride bikes through the winter are not going to come home after a days work and clean then relube their chain.
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PostPosted: 21:01 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fisty wrote:
lilredmachine wrote:


Precisely. A meticulously hand maintained chain will always last longer than a machine maintained chain. The lube I posted requires almost-never maintenance all the way through winter.


So, you are going to clean and relube your chain daily while riding through winter are you? Are you?

Scottoilers are for the lazy, I am the lazy, most people who ride bikes through the winter are not going to come home after a days work and clean then relube their chain.


Uh, no. you must have missed this:

Quote:
https://www.ajsutton.co.uk/product/LUCAS%20OIL/LU10014/Chain%20Lube,%20CLEANING-CARE?gclid=CIbYqP3B79ECFeqc7QodRPQN7Q

What I use. I run a O-ringless drag chain on the bandit, they don't hold lube like an O-ring chain and wear excessively when dry so keep a stock of this.

On something like my commuter bike it lasts for about 4 weeks between applications in all weathers.

Seriously good stuff and cheap for the amount you get.


If you go to a drag event at Shakespeare County/Santa Pod it's usually what you have available to buy. Never encountered a scott oiler tent there. Smile
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PostPosted: 21:07 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
Chainpal?
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I didn't miss anything.

lilredmachine wrote:
On something like my commuter bike it lasts for about 4 weeks between applications in all weathers.




lilredmachine wrote:
Precisely. A meticulously hand maintained chain will always last longer than a machine maintained chain. The lube I posted requires almost-never maintenance all the way through winter.


4 weeks between aplications is not meticulous. 4 weeks is bodygurad levels of maintainance. Daily is meticulous.

lilredmachine wrote:
210rwhp Bandit, 165rwhp Busa, GSX6/12 here. All ridden like a cunt at all times and through winter. No car licence. Thumbs Up


I wasnt refering to you, but im sure your chains would last longer with a scottoiler and shorter maintainance periods.
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PostPosted: 21:08 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
lilredmachine wrote:

If you go to a drag event at Shakespeare County/Santa Pod it's usually what you have available to buy. Never encountered a scott oiler tent there. Smile


You go to an event at a venue to dress up like a girl?

Seems a lot of hassle, should do it at home like the rest of us and save a trip.
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PostPosted: 21:11 - 01 Feb 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote
lilredmachine wrote:

210rwhp Bandit, 165rwhp Busa


Both of them have a misfire?
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