Applying Rock Oil chain wax

[JMemonic]

Here is a similar article with an update at the end showing what WD-40 did to a bearing...
http://www.webbikeworld.com/t2/motorcycle-chain-lube/

I feel like I have wasted several hours of my life I wont get back after reading the link to the Yamaha FZ1 forum off that article.

It boils down to use what works for you, if you can get 20k out of a chain then its all good, however I would say dont use Golden Spectro, I had a can given to me and until then had been using a chain wax, this stuff in like grease in a can, tacky sticky stuff that seemed to attract the dirt, I will keep whats left for a spry on grease for oh door hinges and like but its not going near my bike again.

[xwhatsit]

engine oil works fine too

I've got mountains of used engine oil lying around, frequent oil-change intervals and I wait until the yearly hazardous waste thing comes around to get rid of them. On some tips I saw on the net, I tried taking the chain off and boiling it in a pan filled with old engine oil. Actually worked a treat, oil stayed on there longer than many fancy aerosol chain lubes, didn't make such a horrible mess of the rear tyre, and the price is right, innit. However it's a pain in the tit to pull the chain off so frequently, and I harbour doubts about reusing that clip chain link again and again.

[NZsarge]

Then you need to use Spectro Chain wax - it smells really good, but not when you squirt it up your nose.

Yeah the local bike shop used a bit of that spectro wax stuff on my chain when I got the tryes changed last week, pretty good I reckon, be on a par of perhaps even a little better than the Maxima chain wax i'm using now.


Your chain cleaning contraption looks pretty spot on too.

[The Pastor]

not toooo good on orings i'd imagine? boiling them that is

[xwhatsit]

not toooo good on orings i'd imagine? boiling them that is

I'm not talking about boiling the shit out of it, just heating the oil so it's hot.

It's supposed to be quite good with an old tired O-ring chain, as behind many of the O-rings, the lube has long gone. So when you're heating the chain in the oil, you get some oil to penetrate behind the O-rings.

[The Pastor]

I'm not talking about boiling the shit out of it, just heating the oil so it's hot.

It's supposed to be quite good with an old tired O-ring chain, as behind many of the O-rings, the lube has long gone. So when you're heating the chain in the oil, you get some oil to penetrate behind the O-rings.

cos thats what you do for normal old school non oring chains, no one really dose it anymore?

[xwhatsit]

cos thats what you do for normal old school non oring chains, no one really dose it anymore?

Not really. Too messy in the kitchen and too much of a pain in the arse to take the chain off.

On a related note, I was planning to build a chain oiler, until I got distracted by insurance claims and car bonnets. Better off without an O-ring chain in that situation. Cheaper and more convenient in all ways.

[slofox]

Interested in what you and slofox think of it then. I reckon it's just lube, or else I have a wrongly branded cannister.

Will let you know when I use it - chain just been done at 6k service.......with something that is now all over the tyre....ngngngngng

[Owl]

You used that stuff yet slofox?

[Owl]

Will let you know when I use it - chain just been done at 6k service.......with something that is now all over the tyre....ngngngngng

You used that stuff yet slofox?

Come on man, it's been nearly 8 years. Can't expect me to wait much more surely?

[slofox]

Well, hell, that is a while ago.

Short answer is yes I have used it. Many times. With good results and very little fling onto the tyres etc. What is it?
Rockoil chain WAX. Wax, not lube.

[Flip]

First chain on the T1200 lasted 16k. Fitted a scott oiler 2nd chain lasted 84k.

I had to stop using chain wax on my shiny metal ass, as it made my eyes water.