chain lube.

[Bogdan Swider]

Re: [DSN_KLR650] chain lube.

On 3/26/10 1:46 PM, "transalp 1" transalp1@...> wrote:

        The manufacturers say use 90W gear oil. I did an experiment. My first chain was lubed with 90W gear oil; it lasted over 20K miles. My only problem with the gear oil was that it’s messy. My next chain was lubed with WD40; it also lasted over 2OK miles. I found the WD4O to be easier to use and to travel with. I’ve only used WD40 since chain #2; I’m now on chain #4. Every chain could have gone further but the sprockets needed changing and I like to change the trio. The front sprocket is always the first to go. I’ve also tried changing just the front sprocket after 10K miles of use. That gave me maybe 1 or 2K more chain life. Bogdan