Chain care, cleaning & tools

Try wurth dry chain lube, no mess, no oil, no residue, no fling, just a beautifully clean looking chain.
For the doubters, late last year we went hooning down to Honfleur France for the weekend.
The aerosol that I carried failed, end result, I rode there AND back without extra lube. A round trip of nearly 900 miles. There was no sign of wear, and the chain was still in adjustment.

Tools, always buy the best you can afford, you won't regret it.
A chain splitter/riveter is a really useful additin to a toolbox. Use it Twice, and you've just about got your money back, compared to dealer workshop prices.

I use old toothbrushes and a rag to clean the chain.A little squirt of WD40 to remove the stubborn grease.
As Tifa says,the Wurth lube is the billy bollox.I can also recommend Castrol chain wax.
I bought some decent chain tools from B&C some years ago,and they have paid for themselves twice over.I have a Whale Brand chain splitter and the percussion riviting tool.(it can be used on both solid and soft links)The price has gone up a fair bit since I bought mine,so they are not cheap.I also have a nifty little side plate presser made by Motion Pro.

A'm wae T on the Wurth stuff.

12,800 and still workin within the limits.

It took a wee while gettn used tae checkin the oil level jist as a got hame, but now it's jist whit a do.

Dirve in, turn it roon and get aff wae it sittin level, kill the engine and look at the oil tube, jump on and paddle backwards doon ma drive tae the garage, get the rear stand oot and lube the chain wae the aforementioned magic Wurth (recommends applying when the chain is warm).

If yer got a Wurth distributor in yer area it's worth a visit. Aug 11 two cans of dry lube £13.60, Ducati or Hein G Glasgow £10 each.

BTW a did some work fir Scotoiler aboot three years back and they owe me an oiler, never bothered wae it (they wanted to fit it wae the two spouts Engine and Rear Sprocs)

A don't get oot much on ma T but when a do it tends to be a long day and as far as a'm concerned it dis whit it says.

a yase, a wee dropo kerosen in a cup, an a tooth brush, take aw the ***** aff, then the wurth dry lube,,,, a widnae waste yer hard earned on a cleanin thing dude

seany said:

a widnae waste yer hard earned on a cleanin thing dude

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All the cleaning kits I've seen/used have some sort of nylon bristle to work the ***** loose, and after a few go's the bristles/brush are next to useless...

Just do what seany says I recon, if short of a toothbrush, use the wife's

I used to use wurth and pj1both good stuff , but after a visit from a rep I now use electrolube/acl400/adhesive-chain (its for conveyer belts ) I get it from work , been using it for 2 years now with no problems

I used the wife,s tooth brush to do my wheels i thought she had bought a new one but as i later found out she hadent. well im always in the **** the only thing that varys is the depth but its usually up to my chin anyway.

I read a while ago about usung parrafin to clean the chain, so I use that and a tooth brush. Does a cracking job, but takes time to do it properly. Then a dry lube.