Chain life expectancy...

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Samray · #16 Post by **Samray** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:25 pm

D-Rider wrote:
kaisermuldoon wrote:
are there any other Falco riders on the forum from north of the wall?
Yes we've always had a strong contingent north of Hadrian's defences. There are still a good number there - right up as far as the Shetlands

We have an RS location map, but it is well out of date now. Time for peeps to add themselves I reckon.
https://www.ridersite.com/viewtopic.php?t=742

irich · #17 Post by **irich** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 2:17 pm

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Samray · #18 Post by **Samray** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 2:22 pm

bigearsbilly · #19 Post by **bigearsbilly** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:53 am

I have a bog standard, old school thumb trigger oil can. (engine oil)

Every morning I religiously squirt a tiny bit on the chain where I can see it,
on the sprocket not so much as it drips everywhere.
After that I put some oil on it, (yuk yuk) Just before I ride off.

Only 2 or 3 links get oiled per day but amazingly it all works around the chain and my chain is always slick and oily and rarely needs adjusting.
It's quite amazing really, cheap and almost zero hassle.

It really works.

flatlander · #20 Post by **flatlander** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:05 am

Hen I was talking with griff he recommended always a wet agent rather than any of the dry agents like the aerosols etc

blinkey501 · #21 Post by **blinkey501** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:58 am

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SILKOLENE-MOT ... 415758f375
This is my flavour even though it is an aerosol, i spray the chain after every ride

hornetrider · #22 Post by **hornetrider** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:27 pm

Interesting feedbacl cheers folks. I'll keep a beady eye on it then. Must admit my chain maintenance isn't great, just a squirt of GT85 when I remember!

HowardQ · #23 Post by **HowardQ** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:20 pm

Never got around to fitting a Scott Oiler. (will do some time!)
Original chain replaced at 10,500.
2nd chain (DID) lasted until 25,900.
Current chain still on at 32,000, still looks OK.

flatlander · #24 Post by **flatlander** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:27 pm

I may know where you can get a cheaper DID chain lol

Nooj · #25 Post by **Nooj** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:23 pm

Scottoilers are great... if you site them properly and set them up correctly. Debz got 40,000 miles out of her last chain on the Fazer, I got about 30,000 on the Falco. It was the front sprockets that wore more than the chain, but all bits were replaced together.

What will shag your chain and sprockets is chain wax that's liberally applied and never cleaned off. It turns into a grinding paste that will quickly wear out the components, sap power and look shit as well.

Give 90% of bikers a can of chain lube and they'll spray on 10 times the amount they need twice as often as they need to and never clean the old stuff off again before spraying a new load on

As a guide, what ever you put on your chain, if it getting onto other bits of the bike then you're putting too much on.

flatlander · #26 Post by **flatlander** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 7:42 pm

You can't possibly be talking about me

Nooj · #27 Post by **Nooj** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:09 pm

Have I had the pleasure of scraping shite off your bike? I see so many... I lose track.

But the vast majority are way way too oily/looby for their own good.