Premium Member keithu Posted April 20, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted April 20, 2019 This seems to be a pretty thorough test of various chain lube options: Executive summary: just use gear oil. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Loved that! Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gv550 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Interesting and entertaining! The irony here is that Fortnine sells all those special chain lube and wax goop, and the gear oil shown is Canadian Tire brand..... 2019 Tracer GT, Ontario, Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicksta43 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Interesting. I've been looking for a new chain lube as I haven't been too happy with the motorex lube I've been using. Think I'll try gear lube for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB4004 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 I've been a long time user of Maxima. This is certainly a compelling reason to try gear lube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member keithu Posted April 20, 2019 Author Premium Member Share Posted April 20, 2019 I've been using gear oil for 15 years. Specifically, I use an old bottle of BMW 80w-90 transmission oil left over from a K100RS I sold in 2000. The 1L bottle is now finally almost empty and I'm thinking about buying something else. I thought about using chainsaw bar oil. I assume it has about the same properties as gear oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnatic Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 A good video and I'm impressed that their own bias as a retailer of some of the products didn't compromise the objectivity of their research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member sirepair Posted April 20, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted April 20, 2019 Years ago, long before O-ring chains were developed, my father (an Enduro rider) came up with a concoction that he used to treat his chains. It consisted of gear oil, STP Oil treatment, powdered graphite and paraffin wax, all mixed together in an old electric roaster. He would remove and clean his chain, then cook it at a low temp overnight. He then brushed off the excess while still warm. He rarely had a chain fail, a common issue back in the '70s. I won't be going to that extreme, but I won't be buying chain lube any more either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2linby Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 1 1 Everything is simple, Nothing is easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member sterlinggold Posted April 20, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted April 20, 2019 I'm not buying chain lube ever again after seeing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koth442 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 That is the most scientific video addressing chain lubrication I've ever seen. Thanks for sharing that. '15 FJ09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member fr8dog Posted April 21, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted April 21, 2019 20k good miles on oem chain using wax. Replaced at 23k. Maybe 40k using gear oil? Ha! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellow Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Great video... so.. if you use gear lube... how often do you apply it? ST-Owners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicksta43 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Made the switch on Saturday. Sunday I took it for a ride. As expected it had slightly more sling than the wax based motorex lube I had been using. But it was world's easier to clean up. Still had an oily film on it today, but they are calling for rain so we'll see what it's like when I get home. I prefer applying it with a little oil can over spraying the other lube on. Easier to control where it goes and much less cleanup to do after. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2linby Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 9 hours ago, mellow said: Great video... so.. if you use gear lube... how often do you apply it? I've got two cans of lube to use up then I'm done with it. Going to use a heavy weight 80/95 gear oil after a good cleaning. Time to experiment. 1 Everything is simple, Nothing is easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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