Very amusing thread...
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Any suggestions on what to use for chain lube???
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Grandpa
No need to lubricate the chain. It's already between the #2 and #3 cylinders, and engine oil lubricates it full time.
Very amusing thread...
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I use both the Maxima chain wax and the PJ1 stuff. I've been really happy with both. I remember back in the good ol days hearing about racers who would soak their chains in a tray of vaseline that had been heated up until the vaseline turned to a liquid and kept that way until it soaked into the chain before returning to a "grease" state. Sounded good back then but I don't mind admitting that I never had the patience to try it. Instead, I've preferred spraying wax on immediately after returning home from a ride.
FWIW, to minimize overspray or dripping, I place a plastic shopping bag directly under the chain as I spray it to catch any drips and use a another plastic shopping bag as a glove when I wrap it around the chain and slide it through my closed fist. Definitely minimizes the mess.Common sense has become so uncommon that I consider it a super power.
Present Stable includes:
'74 GT750 Resto-mod I've owned since '79
'83 GS1100E (The best E I've ever enjoyed, Joe Nardy's former bike)
'82 GS1100G Resto project
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Clone
Yet another vote for Maxima chain wax. It stays on until you take it off. I put a really thick coat before long trips and haven't experienced any need to adjust the chain between oilchanges.
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Don-lo
Tri-flon/Tri-flow. Used it on my NEW GS1000 (1979) and got 44,000 miles out of the original chain. Have tried others and nothing seems better.
Downside: smells like bananas
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marz
man ohh man
am i glad you guys asked and answered this ..
ive been useing chapstick.. and boy is it expensive..
i also tried vasiline intensive care hand lotion . but the girl keeps nicking it..
well last time i had one.. any way keep up the good work here boys and girls ..
really i have tried the motuol stuff .. o.k. bel ray .. same . and now what
fuchs - silkolene pro chain .. ahh yeah ... o.k. but i must try that stuff you guys are on about...
ither that or get somemore chapstick..
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