hey all,

I use Forte, to lube in the chain, but i find it pretty annoying to lube the chain in since the chain is pretty hard to reach.. Any tips?

TY!

after a lil ride put he up on a rear stand turn rear wheel by hand (with bike NOT RUNNING) and apply lube on the chain at the rear spocket. If no stand have someone follow you while you slowly push bike down driveway applying the lube. Would suggest if you dont already have one to purchase a stand set cause your gonna need them they will pay for themselves with just a couple tire changes

Yeah.. I wanna get a stand asap, i never really changed tires myself tho, too worried i do something wrong. LOL

taking the wheels off is a piece of cake there is severl how toos on this site. Here were i live they charge me $90 each wheel if they take it off change tire and put it back on , if i take the wheels off its only $30 each for them to change the tires. so really 1 tire change will pay for both stands

You can find the stands super cheap at Harbor Freight. I decided to support my local guys at Pit Bull here in Huntsville, AL even though they cost more. For chain cleaning/lube, I'm going to buy this little gem:
http://www.muc-off.com/product_page/product.php?id=99

Still not sure what's the best cleaner/lubricant out there, but webbikeworld.com reviewed a pretty good set of them here:
http://www.webbikeworld.com/t2/motorcycle-chain-lube/chain-lubes-2008.htm

Maybe KLR for the lube and muc-off for the cleaner. What's nice about the Muc-Off is that you can attach the can of KLR to it and it will lube the chain seemingly more effectively.

I'm going to have more money for stuff like this in a few days so I'll buy this combo and try it out, then post my own results here for those interested. I've been using Bel-Ray for my chain lube, but I'm not at all fond of the way the chain goop causes debris to stick to it.

after a lil ride put he up on a rear stand turn rear wheel by hand (with bike NOT RUNNING)

+1 Keep your fingers away from chain and sprocket when the motor is running. Seems like a no brainer but a lot of people have lost fingers by cleaning/lubing chain while under power. There is no safe way to do that. Engine off and roll it a few inches at a time, spray a little , roll a few more inches-- alllllllll the way around the whole circumference of the chain.

This process will go a lot faster when you get a rear stand. Hiendl pivot stand is the easiest and safest to lift on IMO. I prefer Heindl to Pit Bull.

Lockhart-Phillips. Cheap and well made. I've got both front and rear. Love them!

true story

I use a centerstand, but feel I can't get the inside chain o-rings because of limited access. Any ideas?

If you're doing it like ROOK said,it's getting in there fine.Just spray both ends of yer rollers in there-that's where yer o-rings are.Forward roll of tire to lube(like normal tire rotation).Backward roll of tire for cleaning sprocket,chain of extra lube.I lube from sitting straight back behind the tire(to the left a little),and start spraying at the top of the sprocket(just past the chain guard tip) and downward.Don't need to remove anything that way.I have an endless chain,so I just start at the link that's pressed on and continue till I get to it again.You can put a clean rag on your rim there and protect it as you go along from overspray.I use the little tube that connects to the spray head.Watch for small pieces of o-ring as you do this-sticking out from the links.If she's doing that-you will need a new chain IMO.

* Last updated by: blue07 on 3/2/2010 @ 2:56 PM *

Wild I remember that video YUK