Newbie Question - How to clean my chain?

[merv]

All clean with kero like this http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...9&d=1137911587 or this http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...5&d=1093676652

[crashe]

cheers you got me motivated before...
I got my bike out and cleaned up the chain with a old toothbrush
(well it was new when I started with it)
kero in a small jar.. and old towel on the ground... do a section..... push the bike forward...... do another section... push the bike forward.... you getting the picture... time consuming..... but you get there in the end.
I was also drying each section as I went along with another small cut up towel and moving the bigger towel along as well.
(One cant have a mess left on the driveway)

Pushed the bike back to where I started from... and then lubed a section..... pushed it forward.....lubed that section and so on and so on......

I dont have a stand to use to have the back wheel up off the ground...... so this is the way I always clean and also lube the chain.

My bike also doesnt have a center stand either.

[Firefight]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=13563


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[apteryx_haasti]

Thanks all! This is why I love KB - always a helpful answer and patient as. I am gonna get my chain all prettied up this weekend! Then I might have to go for some ride(s)...

[RantyDave]

So, my old bike has a centre stand and my new one doesn't. Other than the "lube, scoot along a bit, lube" technique, does anyone have a good way of working on the chain of a sprotsbike ... or do I need to pur-chase a wheel stand?

Dave

[imdying]

Man, you should get a paddock stand anyway, great for cleaning, lubing, and taking photos

Someone on here makes them... I know because I brought one, and they're excellent. I'm sure he'll pipe up when he sees this

[RantyDave]

Man, you should get a paddock stand anyway ... Someone on here makes them

Swanman. Bought. Arrived. Good. Problem solved.

Dave

[MSTRS:Me]

Point to note:- very few chains use the 'key' link now. So removing a chain completely for cleaning is not always/really possible. Paddocks stands are the biker's friend.

[Fatjim]

Unless you have a firestorm. You can pull the chain off without having to break the links.

[Colapop]

Paddocks stands are worth 10 times the cost!! Get one or two (front and rear - two rear ones aremuch good unlees you have two bikes..) With two stands you can lift the whole bike off the ground and do all sorts of maintenance. Even take the chain off completely... Well worth learning how to do.
front stands and rear stands
They cost $99 for the front and $110 for the rear.

[vifferman]

I just use the HandyDandyNoMessChainCleanerAndLuberDooofer. http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=11793

[vifferman]

Unless you have a firestorm. You can pull the chain off without having to break the links.

Now you farkin' tell me.... :slap:

[xxblackbirdxx]

Please take that advice on keeping your thumb clear of the sproket very seriously. One of my friends can no longer give people a thumbs up. well atleasst not a complete one...not kidding. He had his wheel spinning and was using a rag to wipe off excess kerosene when the cloth grabbed the moving chain and pulled both his thumbs in between the chain and sproket. I had to rush him to the doctors....not a pretty sight

[Cajun]

Thats the reason you should never your motor running when doing this, do not put it in gear and hold a rag to dry, lube etc chain,

[Maha]

Please take that advice on keeping your thumb clear of the sproket very seriously. One of my friends can no longer give people a thumbs up. well atleasst not a complete one...not kidding. He had his wheel spinning and was using a rag to wipe off excess kerosene when the cloth grabbed the moving chain and pulled both his thumbs in between the chain and sproket. I had to rush him to the doctors....not a pretty sight

That wouldnt be Liam would it?.....