Not a bad video but lubricant getting "pushed out of the way" really needs qualifying. Boundary layer lubrication relies on a molecular film being retained. This is where the additive package formulation comes into its own. Tribology is effin' complicated
Not saying what I have but I still like it's grey colour and that it stays on the chain
Good post, thanks.
I used to use various sprays but over time the plates on the side nearest the wheel become dry and start to rust. The Motul spray went on brilliantly but was sticky which meant it stuck to the chain - but so did everything else.
Since I sometimes mess about with stringed instruments, the thought of putting the bike on a stand and running it in gear while holding an oil soaked rag against the chain, while very effective, can be off putting. Thus the Scott oiler.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Problems solved. She's a looker.
Manopausal.
Chain saw bar oil.... cheap and to stays on...
well as much as any other oil...
I put it on with a 12mm paint brush..
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Pete
90% of all Harleys built are still on the road... The other 10% made it back home...
Ducati... Makeing riders into mechaincs since 1964...
I've tried 140 gear oil. Needs to be brushed on at this time of year, but that didn't take long. The garage was a bit smelly for a day afterwards - it must have plenty of EP additives.
It has stayed on the chain for 700 km so far - very little fling on the rear wheel. The test will riding on wet roads.
IMHO nothing withstands a few 100kms of sodden wet roads at a decent clip. Add in the road grime (and salt up over) and you have chain hell. It's like being water blasted with a gritty slurry.
Thinking back to my winter riding in the UK, I would lube the chain almost daily and went back to gear oil because of cost. O ring chains where canned for the same reason. They just did not last, it was more cost effective to whip a standard chain off regularly and cook it in Castrol chain grease. Admittedly a clipped chain.
Ah, the good old days of big miles, smiles and shit weather. All I wanted was my bike, a beer and possibly a shag.
Manopausal.
These days I just slowly drip a little engine oil from a dropper onto the chain once a week.
Keeps it rust free, clean of debris / grinding paste and doesn't flick off or gunk up the front sprocket.
Very happy with the 140 weight gear oil but need to find a way to apply it that doesn't involve a paintbrush.
I don't think a roller would be very practical, perhaps a Speedbrush?
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
I'm using 90 weight gear oil, got a small 200ml plastic squeeze bottle with a bent tube and a needle nose on the end, apply from front sprocket back to chain roller, (Africa Twin, so no main stand yet) move bike repeat, until chain is covered.
Works great, apply at least once a month regardless, not a lot of use over winter, but chain looks good and clean and oily all over still!
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