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    Chain lubing for sandy riding.

    Everywhere we ride our trail bikes nowadays is pretty sandy or fine grit.
    Im normally a bit of a chain lube nazi for road riding .
    Im thinking though that the answer for our bikes is to clean and then lightly lube the chain after a ride to avoid the lube picking up sand and dust and grinding the chain to pieces.
    Could experienced folk give me feedback please
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    I only use WD40 on the oring dirt bike chains after I've washed it or after every ride.

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    Hiya,
    I go one step further than anthrax states above - after a good thorough clean with an old toothbrush, a v. light lubing of crc/wd (mainly to disperse any moisture lurking), then a trip to the woehouse/ripco whatever and buy some good kiwi made chainbar oil (last one i bought was $8 for 1ltr !) and a good old fashioned oil can, another light lube of this along the all the o rings and leave for 1/2 hour. You may get a bit off 'fling' from the chainbar oil so check your rear disk when restarting. keeps your chain (well mine anyway) mint, doesn't attract too much sand/grit and saves a heap on overpriced aerosol lube.
    cheers

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    WD40 only on a sealed chain. Don't want grinding paste on my chain and sprockets.


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    I use CRC, liberal doses as it tends to fly off pretty quick. The benefit though is that the dirt/sand/etc flies off with it, so as long as you keep on top of lubing your chain will last for ages.

    Wax, road lube, oil etc just attracts far too much crap for my liking. The light oils like CRC or WD40 seem to work best.

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    re mucky chain

    Tony, as the others have said, but you can do better than a tooth brush, grunge brush is the go for road/dirt bikes see post 18 on the link.

    http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...484#post271484


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    Very cool FF. Of course I only have to clean the chain of 1 bike.
    I'll buy em and service em ok but the lil beggars can clean em themselves
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    if i have been riding in sand, i will take chain off bike for cleaning and wash in bucket of petrol (non o-ring only) and then replace and lube with wd40/crc
    the amount of sand that comes out of my chain is enough to make my own sand pit!!!!

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    Actually I realised just how abrasive the sand was when I rode the DR200 around "the sandpit"
    What went in was a rusty cowpoo coated farm bike
    Bloody thing came out all shiney with exposed metal just needing a prime and a paint
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    Do NOT use CRC if it can penetrate into the link.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FROSTY View Post
    Actually I realised just how abrasive the sand was when I rode the DR200 around "the sandpit"
    What went in was a rusty cowpoo coated farm bike
    Bloody thing came out all shiney with exposed metal just needing a prime and a paint
    No charge for the "Sand Blast" Frosty.

    And I agree with Danger. Light lub is all it really needs. Changed my phylosophy(yeah its late) as I used to lube up with heaps of really sticky shit. But....
    I've just clocked over 45 hours on a new chain/sprocket set and will probably get another 5 or so out of it. Not too bad really for the environment and it was not all easy riding with a few GNCC and 4 hours thrown in. Piston/Ring/Chain/Sprockett and a suspension tune up all at the same time. Great

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