Quote Originally Posted by Icemaestro View Post
Question - what do you use to clean the toothbrush/rag that you used to clean the chain with - I just cleaned my chain with kerosine, got crap everywhere - even the small dish I poured a bit of kero into is now black with grease and crap... Do I clean all that with kero too?:-P (thank goodness I'm not a smoker..).

Second q, how much chain spray stuff is too much? Just noticed a bit of black stuff splattered around the rim of my wheel after riding (straight after cleaning and lubing the chain)
Clean the tootbrush with Kero and use the rag to start the BBQ/Bonfire etc

Ideally when you apply chain lube the chain should be warm (after a quick blast around the block say) and then don't ride the bike for a while (I'd say at least half an hour, and preferably more) to allow the lube to penetrate the rollers and set/go off. If you ride the bike straight after lubing the chain, a lot of your effort will be wasted as centrifugal force will just fling off alll the fresh lube.