All 650's Cleaning your chain

[Brammers]

I use white spirit (used to clean paint brushes).

J

 

[CBR650r82]

I use muc off chain cleaner when I don't use the bike longer periode off time. (Winter stop). With this bike I am allergic to road salt. The rest of the season I only Grease the chain every 1000km or after riding through the rain. Chain Grease I use is S100 White Grease chain spray

 

[Goblin]

I just use plenty of a regular chain cleaner and a brush. After cleaning I use Putoline Drytec Race chainlub. This stuff keeps your chain lubricated clean and dry. So no sticky chain no fling.

 

[Karbyn_Blak]

At a push car diesel fuel can also be used.

J

That stuff is more per litre here than kero! 😆

 

[skeletor]

I just use plenty of a regular chain cleaner and a brush. After cleaning I use Putoline Drytec Race chainlub. This stuff keeps your chain lubricated clean and dry. So no sticky chain no fling.
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Look how clean that chain is, I can't compete with that!

 

[Cláudio Nogueira]

Hello.

I'm using Motorex Chain Lube Road with PTFE.
I leave it overnight and only a dry mass stays in the chain. It does not attract many dirt. Don’t need to clean the chain regularly and zero spillage.
The rollers keep a PTFE coat. When it disappears, the rollers become shiny so, you know it´s time to reapply.
Tried 90W gear oil that I had in the garage for my Vespa gear, I have no words! Despite I applied only 1 drop per link, even the licence plate was lubricated. ;-) Just trying and sharing so you don´t need to ;-)

 

[Motojack]

Hello.

I'm using Motorex Chain Lube Road with PTFE.
I leave it overnight and only a dry mass stays in the chain. It does not attract many dirt. Don’t need to clean the chain regularly and zero spillage.
The rollers keep a PTFE coat. When it disappears, the rollers become shiny so, you know it´s time to reapply.
Tried 90W gear oil that I had in the garage for my Vespa gear, I have no words! Despite I applied only 1 drop per link, even the licence plate was lubricated. ;-) Just trying and sharing so you don´t need to ;-)

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thats wierd, I used gear oil but I apply it with an old tooth brush. I mostly aim for the O rings not to worried about the metal parts. A light coat is all I have on it to prevent rust. I dont see much flinging.

 

[Cláudio Nogueira]

thats wierd, I used gear oil but I apply it with an old tooth brush. I mostly aim for the O rings not to worried about the metal parts. A light coat is all I have on it to prevent rust. I dont see much flinging.

Maybe it’s a matter of speed as I remember driving "relatively "fast after applying.
But I'm not surprised as gear oil adhesion is not comparable with PTFE grease after the solvent is dry.

 

[soriku]

I just use plenty of a regular chain cleaner and a brush. After cleaning I use Putoline Drytec Race chainlub. This stuff keeps your chain lubricated clean and dry. So no sticky chain no fling.
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this is so clean man, mine looks bad in comparison

So you use that chainlub in a spray mode? I also heard people use small bottles and apply drop by drop so you do not over do (which gives a messy appearance after applying).

 

[Goblin]

this is so clean man, mine looks bad in comparison

So you use that chainlub in a spray mode? I also heard people use small bottles and apply drop by drop so you do not over do (which gives a messy appearance after applying).

Yes an aerosol (I just spray the hole chain inside and outside). The Putoline Drytec Race chainlub is a transparent lubricant, you can’t see it on the chain only the rubber o rings are shiny after applying it. After applying I wipe the chain with a clean cloth. in the photo the chain has just been treated with Putoline Drytec.

 

[daLe32]

Im using tootbrush and kerosene....

 

[muhmc]

Clean the drive chain with a chain cleaner designed specifically for O-ring chains or a neutral detergent.
- Don't use kerosene, petrol/gasoline, diesel, etc.! It will penetrate the o-ring seals and possibly displace the factory grease!

Source:

• https://www.manualslib.com/manual/3046035/Honda-Cbr650ra.html?page=94#manual
• https://www.didchain.com/blogs/news/d-i-d-chain-maintenance

Kerosene is the safest and probably the best "cleaner"

Kerosene (paraffin) works great and is dirt cheap

I used to get kerosene[...]

Paraffin is top notch for chain lube and doesn't leave a mess anywhere

i can not get Kerosene from my local gas station so i bought diesel instead, my chain now 13000+km and keep going well. 10 minute per week with diesel may not hurt orings.

I use break pad cleaner, they're cheaper than motorbike chain cleaners and better in my opinion, but I use Motul racing chain lube, i find Motul to stick to the chain much better than iphone and other brands, and it also doesn't spoil your rear end as much.

I watched a video on the weekend that suggested using kerosene as a degreaser for the chain. Let me tell you, it works perfectly!!

Been using kerosene for cleaning and gear oil for lubing the last 3 years. They work well and are the cheapest options

Hello everyone. I am convinced kerosene is the best and cheapest choice for cleaning chains, from what I learned online.

At a push car diesel fuel can also be used.

I use white spirit (used to clean paint brushes).

That stuff is more per litre here than kero! 😆

 

[miweber929]

Clean the drive chain with a chain cleaner designed specifically for O-ring chains or a neutral detergent.
- Don't use kerosene, petrol/gasoline, diesel, etc.! It will penetrate the o-ring seals and possibly displace the factory grease!

Source:

• https://www.manualslib.com/manual/3046035/Honda-Cbr650ra.html?page=94#manual
• https://www.didchain.com/blogs/news/d-i-d-chain-maintenance

Kerosene works fine as long as you don’t let the chain soak it in it for long periods of time. Most of the best o-ring safe chain out there use kerosene as one of, if not the, main ingredients. Both Honda and DID just so happen to make chain cleaning products, they have a vested interest in you not buying and using something else cheap and plentiful.

Wipe it on, wipe it off, you’re be just fine using kerosene.

 

[FogDucker]

IPONE Chain cleaner + Motul Paste

 

[Motojack]

I suppose there is a large caveat here with kerosene, you should be cleaning it off but thats generally what you should be doing if deep cleaning a chain? When I do a rare chain clean ( I thinkin cleaning the chain to often is sometimes worse) ill use Kero, scrub it with a nilon brush and wash it thoroughly off with water, dry it then apply lube.

You wont be letting it sit for a while.

 

[Brammers]

If petroleum products were an issue for o-ring chains they'd not be fit for purpose.

Just think how much oil based stuff they are exposed to during use!

You can test it by grabbing o-rings off an old chain and soaking them in the things listed for half an hour.

J

 

[muhmc]

If petroleum products were an issue for o-ring chains they'd not be fit for purpose.

Just think how much oil based stuff they are exposed to during use!

You can test it by grabbing o-rings off an old chain and soaking them in the things listed for half an hour.

J

It's not about damaging the o-rings. Kerosene won't do that. However, it will make it's way beyond the seal and possibly displace the factory grease.

 

[miweber929]

It's not about damaging the o-rings. Kerosene won't do that. However, it will make its way beyond the seal and possibly displace the factory grease.

The o-rings are the seal. Unless you soak a long time it won’t get past the o-rings to damage the grease.

 

[Cláudio Nogueira]

The o-rings are the seal. Unless you soak a long time it won’t get past the o-rings to damage the grease.

I never soak the chain! I usually use an old cotton sock soaked in chain degreaser or similar and clean it thoroughly. Works better if you dress the sock in your hand, over a nitrile glove, obviously 😉

Then apply PTFE lubricant, run the wheel a few turns to spread in the cogs and remove the excess with a paper tissue.

Usually do this at the end of the day, to allow lubricant solvent and degreaser to dry out. I have the experience that If I don’t do this, it will be projected around more easily. Once every 500 to 700 kilometers is enough. I usually only repeat when I see the chain rollers getting shiny, meaning they are getting dry in the contact surface.

 

[MacRoadster]

I must say I admire your patience and work to clean your chains with so many products... I really do!

I just use the synthetic Silkolene Chain Lube to clean and lube at the same time! 😅
It's dirty? Put lube, pass brush, lube more! It's dry? Put lube, pass brush, lube more! Wet from rain? Put lube, pass brush, lube more! 😂😂😂
Then I leave it overnight and next morning is butter smooth and ready to rev! 😁

However it seems I do it more often than you guys... 300km or 500Km (commuting). As soon as i feel it getting dry or looking shiny.
Lots of lube! 😆