Oiling chain on Hayabusa?

[Armitage Shanks]

Can't jack it up and there's no centrestand, so....how do I oil the chain on my K6 Hayabsa ??

[CB ARGH]

Can't you just oil it with the sidestand down? It'll just take a bit longer. Bit of TLC won't hurt.

[Drum]

I put a car jack under the opposite side from the sidestand and jack her up until the rear wheel is just off the ground. Making sure the bars are turned all the way left first! Works a treat.

[Armitage Shanks]

Guess that's the only way, seems nonsensical, where's the jackpoint, remember the underfairing.

[T.W.R]

get yourself a pit stand for standing the bike upright or better still get scott oiler or loobman

[Drum]

Well I don't have a busa (mores the pity), but the jackpoint I use is the bracket that used to have the centrestand attached.

[TLDV8]

I put a car jack under the opposite side from the sidestand and jack her up until the rear wheel is just off the ground. Making sure the bars are turned all the way left first! Works a treat.

Worked for me on the TL1000 (no fairing to get in the way)
A small piece of wood on top of the floor jack and up she went .
After reading it on the internet (never thought about it before that) i got into the habit of lubing the chain after a ride when the chain was warm.

[James Deuce]

Squirt, push, squirt, push, squirt, push, squirt, push.

Wipe, roll back, wipe, roll back, wipe, roll back, wipe, roll back.

That should do it.

Alternatively, buy some swingarm bobbins, put some blue Loctite on them and wind them into the threaded receivers on the bottom of your swingarm.

Then buy one of these.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.asp?id=169122001

Problem solved and no need to do any huckery business.

[glice]

just spray a bit and then wheel it along and do the next bit till your done. Or start it and balance it on the side stand so the back wheel is off the ground and put it in gear and spray while it spins.

[Armitage Shanks]

Guess that's the only way, the Bike weighs 217 dry, don't wanna drop it, surely there's an easier way, ps I'm an ex DirtBiker, ex?...still current, KX500 and CR500..I like a bit of bite ......M

[James Deuce]

Guess that's the only way, the Bike weighs 217 dry, don't wanna drop it, surely there's an easier way, ps I'm an ex DirtBiker, ex?...still current, KX500 and CR500..I like a bit of bite ......M

For goodness sake, as I said, get swingarm bobbins and a race stand.

[geoffc]

I put a car jack under the opposite side from the sidestand and jack her up until the rear wheel is just off the ground. Making sure the bars are turned all the way left first! Works a treat.

Brilliant! Never thought of that. Cheers.

[crash harry]

Scottoiler or pro-oiler and forget about it.

Or do what I did before I got my first scott oiler - lube the bit you can see, push the bike along a bit, do the next bit, etc until it's all done. Usually takes about 3 or 4 pushes.

[alanzs]

Whichever method you use, oil after riding when the chain is warm. I had a center stand on my '99 busa. Wasn't stock though and friends gave me shit about it because they said it reduced the ground clearance and added to the weight. Whats a kilo or two when you have the power of the beastly busa?
Great bike. Only bike I ever had that I didn't feel like I needed another top gear to shift into when on the road. Have fun!

[Squiggles]

cleaning i roll foward, doing bits at a time, or good solid grip and spin the wheel, made easier by not having a chain guard at all of course...
Though when lubing, i get the mrs to spray it while i pull the bike onto the stand to lift the rear wheel