Cleaning the chain

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by Mudpuppy

i have never had an issue with washing the chain with water after cleaning it.. i always dry it when i am done though too.. funny thing though is with my normal "cleaning" method of simple green and brake cleaner before that after i washed the chain with soap and water and went to dry the chain off it would always leave tons of grease on the towel.. with the kero the towel was spotless..

so let me say kero is the way to go for sure.. excellent results.. sprayed on, grunge brush, rinsed off, towel dry, ride and lube.. done and done.. turned out kick ass.. now i am going to have to test the motul chain clean to see how it stacks up..

so how do you wash your bike if you don't get your chain wet?

Shit man it looks great! Good work. Glad it worked out for you. It's definitely the materials/method that I will continue to use indefinitely.

I sometimes do my detailing by hand, but also sometimes do the full-on hose jobbie. I just wait to do the cleaning of the chain until after the washing of the bike.

It's probably not a concern, just the way I like to do things. I guess I just meant to keep an eye out for small rust pittings and such

[Mr Lefty]

fuck... damn my chain after cleaning looked like yours did BEFORE! fuck... Kero it is!

[Mudpuppy]

Originally Posted by Ebbs15

fuck... damn my chain after cleaning looked like yours did BEFORE! fuck... Kero it is!

best $7.99 i ever spent.. before with the various methods i tried it never really seemed to clean it very well - like i said when i towel dried the chain it would trash the towel with grease so i always did it last.. not an issue at all with kero..

[Mr Lefty]

awesome! yeah I've only done my chain once... (horrible I know but it was replace about 800 miles ago) and it was fucking horrible trying to get it clean... I just used castrol superclean... I litterally scrubbed for 45mins... and as I said... it doesn't even look like yours does BEFORE!

[Mudpuppy]

i religiously clean my chain every 500 miles or try to (this time it was 650 but i did a 300 mile day last sunday)..

Three important things on a bike never to neglect:

1. Tire pressure
2. Chain tension
3. Clean and well lubed chain

[Mr Lefty]

yeah I was going to do it before I deployed... then when I got back I just forgot and rode... when I got to my parents house... I was like FUCK! and imediatly started cleaning... had to call cutty cause I'd never done it before... I'll clean it with Kero in Sept when I get back there... as well as the rest of the swingarm and shit... that crap was dirty as fuck!

[marko138]

MP....you might have already said so...but where did you get the Kero in the jug like that?

[Mudpuppy]

Originally Posted by marko138

MP....you might have already said so...but where did you get the Kero in the jug like that?

no sorry didn't say - I got it at Aco - the local hardware store.. John Madden will be proud of me? Isn't that fat piece of shit an Aco spokesman?

[marko138]

I believe he is Ace Hardware.

[Mr Lefty]

yup... Ace is the place!