hokay, just how important is it for me to oil my chain

[bugjuice]

hope you bought the Mt Eden guys a beer for slipping you in like that. Like I showed, isn't too hard to have done it yourself, but I guess it's all done and you know it's fixed..

turned out to be quite an expensive week for ya, huh?

[pyrocam]

hope you bought the Mt Eden guys a beer for slipping you in like that. Like I showed, isn't too hard to have done it yourself, but I guess it's all done and you know it's fixed..

turned out to be quite an expensive week for ya, huh?

all that was in the space of 40 hours or so.

Well, I ddnt actually watch them do it or anything. they just said 'go wait upstairs' so I did.

I did of course gratiously thank them for doing it.

Now I just need to find the nozzle for my lube
do most of you's just get a mate to push the bike along while lubing it or hoist it?

[bugjuice]

all that was in the space of 40 hours or so.

Well, I ddnt actually watch them do it or anything. they just said 'go wait upstairs' so I did.

I did of course gratiously thank them for doing it.

Now I just need to find the nozzle for my lube
do most of you's just get a mate to push the bike along while lubing it or hoist it?

get a rear pit stand which lifts the back wheel up, then you can do what you like, or improvise (car axle stands etc, just don't poke things thru the spokes), or one of you pull the bike towards you and pivot on the kickstand, while the other lubes the chain.

or I guess from a comical side of it, one of you could ride slow while the other chases you with a can of lube. Let me know how much actually makes it onto the chain tho!

[GSVR]

I think keeping the oring/xring seals on chains is very important as once they crap out the grease thats lubing the link escapes and your chain is on the way wearing out.

My method is to dampen (not wet) a rag with petrol (kero would be better)and clean all the crap off the back sprocket and chain. I don't worry about the front sprocket as taking the cover off seems like to much work.

Once everything is clean (after a couple of rags) I just rub grease into all the chain while turning the back wheel over. Then rub off some off the excess grease. This put heaps of grease around the orings and doesnt throw off like oil.

[pyrocam]

get a rear pit stand which lifts the back wheel up, then you can do what you like, or improvise (car axle stands etc, just don't poke things thru the spokes), or one of you pull the bike towards you and pivot on the kickstand, while the other lubes the chain.

or I guess from a comical side of it, one of you could ride slow while the other chases you with a can of lube. Let me know how much actually makes it onto the chain tho!

Ive been doing much image stuff today (sig) so Im not going to make a visual aide. but masking tape a can to the side, some string, masking tape and a couple washers and you can make a makeshift remote spray can trigger,

ride along and give the string a little tug everytime you think the chain could do with a lube.

but otherwise I like the kickstand lean idea. simple. just make sure I dont do it drunk and drop it again.

[Slim]

Are you an Ex Darby Street Kid??

Ahem! How many of us are there????

[WINJA]

I think your on my list Frosty...

POOR FROSTY , YOU SHOULD TRY TO GET OFF THE LIST, DO YOU KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS FROSTY AND WHERE HES BEEN?

[Frankie]

Fck putting lube on chains....Waste of fcking time...!!!

Use lube on yr member...

Chains gonna break sooner or later...Harden up u pussy!!!!

Theres something wrong with you if you cant get a chick wet yourself... then again you are probably talking about jerking off.... in which case you know more about it than me

[XP@]

Seconded -= I had one on my RZ350, and then the GSXR750. 20,000km out of a chain...
Will be going on the LC when it gets the engine overhaul and back on the road at the end of this year.
Geoff

Thirded -= Use mine daily and fill the oiler once a month (or before a 1000 miler)
Chain lasts about a year or 15-20000 km's. before then I had about 8-10000 out of a chain cos i never remembered to oil it. It's the second best mod you can make to a bike.