Best chain lube
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Best chain lube
Hey im back and am wondering which chain lube you folks use for your atv's and bikes? i was using PJ1 but it was a mess! it was almost impossible to clean up and took me 2 hours. im now using bel-ray and am very happy with it, it seems to work just as good and you dont have to spray it on the sideplates. plus, just hit it with some water an your done. anyway what chain lube do you folks use and why?
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the bel-ray chain lubes are a good chain lube. i use the pj1 just cause its a little more water proof. the best way to put it on is ride the bike for about five minutes to get the chain warm then put the bike up on a stand so you can spin the rear wheel. slowly spin the wheel while spraying on the pj1 so you don't fling it every where. now let the bike sit for twenty minutes or so and the oil sets right up and won't get sprayed all over your plastics.
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yeah but isnt the pj1 a pain to lean up? i like the bel ray also beause i an just spray it on the roller links and thats it but the pj1 is a better if your in water the bel-ray omes off pretty easy if you go through water.
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I use the bel-ray, you should apply it to the inside of the chain so centrifical force forces it out through the rollers. Now if you run an o-ring chain the rollers have sealed in lube and the chain lube just keep the plates lubed.
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I use Putolene on all my bikes and chain drive go-karts. Its great stuff. It sprays on like a white liquid (like the stuff on a BRAND NEW chain) and after about 20 mins, it's on there and it won't come off.
I put it on one of the sports bikes I had and headed off on a ride. Well it rained for about 4 hours straight and that night when I checked the chain, it was as well lubed as when I'd left home.
Another bonus is that hardly any flicks off. I clean more road grime off my rims that chain lube. Thats not the case with any other products I've used.
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I put it on one of the sports bikes I had and headed off on a ride. Well it rained for about 4 hours straight and that night when I checked the chain, it was as well lubed as when I'd left home.
Another bonus is that hardly any flicks off. I clean more road grime off my rims that chain lube. Thats not the case with any other products I've used.
Hope this helps
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Any of the "won't fly off" lubes will be a bear to clean up. I used wd-40 and paper towels on the rims - comes right off - before I figured that I needed something better.
If you are riding on the street, the better bet is to use a continuous oiler. Some like the "Scott Oiler", but mine broke during a long ride (along with several others who were on the same ... long ... ride). I switched to a little electric oiler, a Chaintech. Had to order it from a place in England (don't know if they have a U.S. distributor yet).
With the chaintech, I was able to take a 6,000 mile trip (5 days) and not touch my chain. Pretty cool, huh?
A friend of mine makes a device called the "HawkeOiler" (see www.hawkeoiler.com), which is another on-the-road lubrication system. Check it out.
Bob
If you are riding on the street, the better bet is to use a continuous oiler. Some like the "Scott Oiler", but mine broke during a long ride (along with several others who were on the same ... long ... ride). I switched to a little electric oiler, a Chaintech. Had to order it from a place in England (don't know if they have a U.S. distributor yet).
With the chaintech, I was able to take a 6,000 mile trip (5 days) and not touch my chain. Pretty cool, huh?
A friend of mine makes a device called the "HawkeOiler" (see www.hawkeoiler.com), which is another on-the-road lubrication system. Check it out.
Bob
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FER your c key is definately toast huh. if you go slow and let the pj1 set up afterwards it's not to bad.
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R K o-ring chain lube is tuff. I use it on my KLR 600 and on our go cart. The stuff doesn't fling and sticks like glue. It takes a little more time to apply then the foam but it works very well for my extreme applications.
It comes in a bottle and it pours like molasses.
It comes in a bottle and it pours like molasses.
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They outlast regular chains. Nearly all of the sport bikes use them as well as my thumper. They stay lubricated longer and handle shock better as well. You can ruin them if you immerse them in sand all the time but they usually will still outlast a non o-ring chain. They cost a little more but many bikes require the use of o-ring chains.
