Chain Cleaning - White Spirit VS Parafin

[flyingcbf]

Ok, So this must have been asked many times over but I want to know how many use what products. I use Parfafin as it's cheap and recommended and told it works.
What do you use and why?

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2019 Suzuki V-Strom 250
2020 Cb125F @ 5k miles and going up!

[Islander]

Scott Oiler and a PD Oiler because fuck manually cleaning and lubricating chains.

ETA

Before I discovered the pleasures of automatic lubrication I used diesel to clean them. I had a diesel car and always had a 10l can of the stuff handy.

[flyingcbf]

Does that method clean the chain as well? Thanks
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2019 Suzuki V-Strom 250
2020 Cb125F @ 5k miles and going up!

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Use gear oil on an O-ring chain, sparingly and infrequently. Excellent chain life, cheap, less messy and never have to clean the chain. No lump of wax and stones behind the sprocket cover either.

[Islander]

[MarJay]

I'd have thought that white spirit might attack the o rings in the chain? I'd guess that paraffin is better?
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[DJP]

[DJP]

[struan80]

Are the orings self lubricating? What material are they?

I always figured oiling a chain is futlie other than stopping the chain from surface rusting. Where there is movable parts on the chain would rub the chain dry of any lubricants.

Now if the chain and assembly were in an oil tight housing I could see the point.

Anyway I tend to just replace the chain when it gets to fucked up due to neglect.

[flyingcbf]

I've done some research on the internet and people do use PArafin to clean the motorcycle chain. Perhaps it's the old way of cleaning a chain. Only recently found out about white spirit.
So I take it you don't clean the chain just lube it and that's it?
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2019 Suzuki V-Strom 250
2020 Cb125F @ 5k miles and going up!

[Nobby the Bastard]

With a o-ring chain you are primarily oiling the interface between chain and sprockets. Cleaning chains a waste of time when you could just stick an auto-oiler on it.
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Triumph Sprint ST 1050

[flyingcbf]

Let me try and be a little more clear.
I lube the chain with gear oil every 200 miles
But after 1000 miles, I will clean the chain with Parafin, Brush off then hose down with water to clear all the Parafin and muck. Wait for the water to dry before applying gear oil.
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2019 Suzuki V-Strom 250
2020 Cb125F @ 5k miles and going up!

[Ayrton]

Always just used paraffin to clean using a chain brush and then a rag to dry it off. Then a small amount of gear oil on a toothbrush to oil it. Never tried white spirit but I think it's more expensive than paraffin and I've always got some around to run my heater

[flyingcbf]

DJP say's that Parafin attacks the O Rings
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2019 Suzuki V-Strom 250
2020 Cb125F @ 5k miles and going up!

[flyingcbf]

Just lubed the motorcycle chains with this...

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczORNmJvX3W6by4_JyYW8G83eQLdaetYiYIPz7T6Hk4UZF9Miej5QWwSUn8tfsShI8e2t8ll_Ez4hbOqjOCwI83X_meyBZ4wcPoJMW1OkPoMlVCtJtknQpPo7tY7Rp_owJOEwvZ6RiPFbKl23ERhomOg=w1004-h457-s-no-gm-no

Appears to be slighly thicker than my previous 80W-90
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2019 Suzuki V-Strom 250
2020 Cb125F @ 5k miles and going up!

[Robby]

I don't clean them.

I generally go for bikes that are shaft or belt drive, because chains are messy. Chains gets oiled occasionally with a spray can. When they're worn out, they get replaced. My old 250 runs a plain chain that costs £20, not worth doing any more than the most basic maintenance.

The surprising thing for me is that I've seen this same thing come up for the 20 years that I've been riding. A scottoiler is still the recommended solution, but they're still a bit fiddly to set up and keep behaving. At least belts have come on a long way in that time.

[flyingcbf]

Shaft is defo the way but I've not seen any shaft bikes that can do over 80MPG
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2019 Suzuki V-Strom 250
2020 Cb125F @ 5k miles and going up!

[buddy]

Ask the chain manufacturer.
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When this baby hits 88 miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit.

[Nobby the Bastard]

FFS not again....
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Triumph Sprint ST 1050

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[P.]

[flyingcbf]

Everytime you fill up in the course of a year, the difference 30MPG's extra can make can add up but I wonder by how much? Then considering the greasing and maintence of chains add up. And then the replacement. I guess if you factor those things in, one can then make up his mind if the shaft drive would be a better option.
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2019 Suzuki V-Strom 250
2020 Cb125F @ 5k miles and going up!

[P.]

I am not one who calculates fuel as a cost, its smiles per mile, not miles per gallon.

If I cared about fuel and cost, I'd have a moped or a 125. But this is off topic. I don't care about chains, add a lube option, forget about it.