Tyres and chains?

[manicmedic]

Old fart here using old technology.

1, Use gear oil on chain with a salad oil bottle. Make sure all O-rings are covered.

2, Use an old towel to wipe off excess and remove dirt that has been eased by oil.

3, Grab beer.

Been doing it this way for almost 24 years with no problems. Bikes big, small, gutless and powerful ie from KH100 to GPz750Turbo, CB500 to SP1.

Manic

[ColonelSponz]

Would it be okay to soak the chain in turps which I found in my mum's cupboard?

[Jonno.]

No..
Go to supermarket/repco/supercheap and get some kerosene it's >$10.
Failing that use a chain lube that cleans old lube off aswell.

[xwhatsit]

Kerosene OWNS. Got my chain sparkling yesterday then proceeded to clean the house with it....

Smells nice but not as nice as WD40.

[discotex]

I got fed up with cleaning and lubing my chain and I don't want a Buell so....

Switched to doing it between services which means it gets oiled every 3000km but only every 6000km by yours truly.

I haven't noticed any significant change in wear rate (as judged by amount of adjustment required). Even if it did wear out faster it'd just be an excuse for me to do the -1 +3 sprocket change

Will lube more frequently over winter to keep the water out of the o-rings though.