Clean Chains

[Cutty72]

i soooooo can't wait to have a bike with out a chain

[fnfalman]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

i soooooo can't wait to have a bike with out a chain

I have a bike with shaft drive. Given my druthers, I'd rather have it chain driven. A lot easier to maintain. Yes, Frances, you do have to maintain your shaft drive or otherwise you're gonna kill it. And when it's time for shaft drive maintenance, we're taking about boocoo times and efforts. It's a lot easier to just spend five or ten minutes every thousand miles to clean or lube a chain.

[Mudpuppy]

i use simple green on my chain and a grunge brush... works pretty good.. i am fanatical about keeping the chain lubed every 500 miles.. not so fanatical about keeping it or the bike so clean you could eat off it.. that picture of the clean chain is insane.. that is fucking clean.. might have to try some of that shit..

[vabarber2]

Originally Posted by Mudpuppy

i use simple green on my chain and a grunge brush... works pretty good.. i am fanatical about keeping the chain lubed every 500 miles.. not so fanatical about keeping it or the bike so clean you could eat off it.. that picture of the clean chain is insane.. that is fucking clean.. might have to try some of that shit..

Yeah, thats what I've ben using, but someone tryed to tell me simple green wasnt good for it!

[Mudpuppy]

i used to use brakecleaner but i would use the brakecleaner then wash the bike immediately after.. but i know for a fact brakecleaner will dry up o-rings so alot of people convinced me to switch to simple green... but i do the same thing, rinse, clean with simple green, then rinse thoroughly, then take a 10-15 minute ride to heat up the chain and dry it out real good, then lube it..

[marko138]

Also....when I lube...it's always after a ride and when I'm putting it away for the night. So as the lube doesn't fling off.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by Mudpuppy

i used to use brakecleaner but i would use the brakecleaner then wash the bike immediately after.. but i know for a fact brakecleaner will dry up o-rings so alot of people convinced me to switch to simple green... but i do the same thing, rinse, clean with simple green, then rinse thoroughly, then take a 10-15 minute ride to heat up the chain and dry it out real good, then lube it..

OK, brake cleaner sounds like a REALLY bad idea.

I used to use Simple Green... it's just more work and not as thorough as the product I just tried.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by fnfalman

I have a bike with shaft drive. Given my druthers, I'd rather have it chain driven. A lot easier to maintain. Yes, Frances, you do have to maintain your shaft drive or otherwise you're gonna kill it. And when it's time for shaft drive maintenance, we're taking about boocoo times and efforts. It's a lot easier to just spend five or ten minutes every thousand miles to clean or lube a chain.

I was thinking more belt drive...

[t-homo]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

I was thinking more belt drive...

No joke. Bad part is that the next bike will most likely have a chain.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by t-rock

No joke. Bad part is that the next bike will most likely have a chain.

Not if you get the 1125R.