Jonathan Kamens 86 473d ago
I had to pay the #stupidTax today when I brought my #motorcycle in for its six-month service: I have been bad about keeping my chain lubed, and as a result my chain and sprockets have prematurely worn out, adding a few hundred dollars to the cost of the service.
Lesson learned. We'll see if it sticks.
(Also, the guy at the shop said I should stop being lazy and start buckling my cover under the bike to protect the chain from rain splashing on it when I'm not riding it.)
Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 473d ago
It probably doesn't help that I was using dry lube, which (as I understand it) washes off more easily. I was doing that because it's less unpleasant to clean a dry-lubed chain before lubing it, but unless I want to be lubing the chain much more often, I should switch to wet lube.
Show threadHaywood Jabuzoff

@jik is there a motorcycle equivalent of this bicycle chain cleaning gizmo?

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MuwS_nSevy4/maxresdefault.jpg

Mar 24 at 4:46pmWeb
Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 473d ago
@iamdoon Apparently yes.
https://www.kettenmax.com/shop/motorcycle/kettenmax-premium
But it looks like they recommend using a dry lube with it, which I am not sure I want to do because I don't want to have to clean and lube the chain as often as I apparently would have to with dry lube.