Degreased chain

[lanci]

Oh yeah, some good funnies from this thread... hottie, sex with chain etc!!!

Keep it up!

[lanci]

See page 2 for update...

[kneescraper]

Ummm I would change the engine oil, and check that chain tension, re-grease the change, check the gear lever linkages and check the clutch cable for any kind of adjustment needed.

[Coldrider]

Dry external clutches on the 999 will sound like what your trying to get rid of.

[kneescraper]

Dry external clutches on the 999 will sound like what your trying to get rid of.

But oh so much sexier!!!!

[SARGE]

ahem........


makes it SO much easier

[kneescraper]

Simple idea and very usefull. Ive always liked the soak the chain in kero for a few hours idea. I dont think that brush would get that suborn crap out of the O or X rings..could be wrong.

I always cleaned my chain, removed it from the kero and cleaned it off with a clean rag then hung it from a straight bent clothes hanger under sun protection and dosed it in chain lub..allowing it to sit for a hour then refitting it to the bike, take the bike for a ride for 10 to 20 mins, return home, check tension and respray. Alittle over the top but hey, I enjoy it and I know its been done right.

[SARGE]

Simple idea and very usefull. Ive always liked the soak the chain in kero for a few hours idea. I dont think that brush would get that suborn crap out of the O or X rings..could be wrong.

I always cleaned my chain, removed it from the kero and cleaned it off with a clean rag then hung it from a straight bent clothes hanger under sun protection and dosed it in chain lub..allowing it to sit for a hour then refitting it to the bike, take the bike for a ride for 10 to 20 mins, return home, check tension and respray. Alittle over the top but hey, I enjoy it and I know its been done right.

gets my chains squeeky clean .. even between the links ..i run Xring on the Ace and Oring on Spooky

[kneescraper]

I there for stand corrected!

[Coldrider]

Simple idea and very usefull. Ive always liked the soak the chain in kero for a few hours idea. I dont think that brush would get that suborn crap out of the O or X rings..could be wrong.

I always cleaned my chain, removed it from the kero and cleaned it off with a clean rag then hung it from a straight bent clothes hanger under sun protection and dosed it in chain lub..allowing it to sit for a hour then refitting it to the bike, take the bike for a ride for 10 to 20 mins, return home, check tension and respray. Alittle over the top but hey, I enjoy it and I know its been done right.

If you get a bigger bike you will miss the luxury of not having a riveted chain.

[kneescraper]

Explain more ?

[Coldrider]

Explain more ?

Higher horsepower motorcycles have a rivet joiner link, where the joiner pins are penned over like the rest of the chain. They are not removable, hence you cannot take your chain off without cutting it off. You may elect to have a circlip joiner link that may shed the clip off and feed the chain into the crankcase, but is not advised.

[YellowDog]

How does one go about warming their chain? I rode from the Bay of Islands to Auckland - last stop for gas was Wellsford - and my chain was still cold.

Impressive!

Were you on a trailer?

[MarkH]

I hope not, that's what I use.

Be careful with the spinning wheel trick, chains, sprockets, and fingers don't mix.

Or a thumb - not so good to be between chain and rear sprocket, but it is the sort of thing you only do once.

[The Stranger:Me]

Impressive!

Were you on a trailer?

Actually, someone put my chain in a stupid place where it gets a heap of air cooling. I guess if you ride so fooken slow that there is no air cicrulation the chain gets hot from being stuck in by the gearbox for so long.