Way to treat your new bike mate...

[Pete.]

This bike has been parking up nearby to where I park mine every day recently, and it's getting grottier and grottier every day. I can understand the road grime etc in the weather we're having this time of year but there's really no excuse for the state of the chain.

Who buys a brand new bike and treats it like this?
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[redeem ouzzer]

Looks like someone embracing the Bodyguard school of daily maintenance.
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[haroman666]

I guess it might be someone new to bikes and is clearly not aware of the need to keep on top of things between services.

I don't honestly know how people drive/ride between services without so much as checking tyre pressures. I'm ALWAYS cleaning, lubing, checking, fixing. Even when I don't need to sometimes!
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[Commuter_Tim]

[Alex A]

Fine Honda build quality there!

[Pete.]

[Alex A]

Is it? What Yamaha?

Same sentiment if it is!

[SophR so good]

Chain on my new yammy looked like that by the weekend after 1 week of commuting. If he's not scrubbing the surface rust off every single weekend, and is commuting a decent distance it's easily done...
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[Pigeon]

[Pete.]

[Alex A]

Ah. Must be NOS - IIRC it's been discontinued for a couple of years now.

Regardless, it should hold up better than that, even if neglected.

[andyscooter]

[Doink]

This why I bought a shaft drive, I don't touch my bike between services, it's just a thing to get me from A to B.

[Rogerborg]

I'd be fighting the urge to oil that chain for them.
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[Azoth]

Some people just need to man up and do the necessary maintenance even if the weather's cold. From the look of that chain, the owner probably knows it's bad, but is 'too tired from work and cold' (read: too lazy/unmotivated/depressed) when he gets home to sort it out. I can only surmise he's too preoccupied with problems to maintain his bike. People usually wait a few years before they start letting things get this bad. I can imagine that after he's sold it, the next couple of owners will complain about Jap big 4 build quality and finish because the swingarm is rusted and grubby, unaware that the previous owner was just neglectful. Caked with salt too, and in a few years we'll be comparing it unfairly with Triumphs and the like of a similar vintage... All because the owner couldn't be bothered to hose it down and scrub the chain and re-oil it after work in the winter.
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[grr666]

I can say without a doubt, my 66 plate Yamaha doesn't look like that.

Inb4 'he uses his though'
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[temeluchus]

If you commute without a chain oiler, you are either a masochist or a moron.
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[Kal]

[Mawsley]

[stevo as b4]

I think as said it's a clueless new rider not understanding bikes and how to look after them, or an A-B'er that's depressed and too preoccupied with their miserable existence to bother looking after their bike.

The thing is if the commute is a few hundred miles or less a week, then he or she would get away with a couple of hours of cleaning and maintenance on a Saturday morning and some basic lubing and maintenance.

I guess this is what easily happens if and when someone buys a bike or scooter for simply and purely Monday to Friday A-B and has no interest in bikes past traffic busting and being able to park at work. There's nothing wrong with bikes as a tool, hell if I had to get to work and I had a nice car for my weekends I might think fuck bikes in my free time too.

But a half caring or even understanding car driver who needs to do daily A-B in their car, they'd throw it through the car wash once a week and check tyre pressures and fluid levels etc. Or maybe I'm expecting too much from humans beyond knowing how to turn a key?

[Dave70]

[Shaft]

[quote="Pete."]This bike has been parking up nearby to where I park mine every day recently, and it's getting grottier and grottier every day. I can understand the road grime etc in the weather we're having this time of year but there's really no excuse for the state of the chain.

Who buys a brand new bike and treats it like this?[/quote]

Me, that's why I prefer shaft drive bikes
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[RhynoCZ]

[RhynoCZ]

[P.]

He is begging for a nice note... Sort your chain, that's fucked mate.