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Post by chris on Sept 25, 2014 12:08:10 GMT
Hi all,
Just wondering what alternatives there are (if any) to chain lube, i have been told that B&Q home brand chainsaw oil works well in scottoiler's, but i don't have one so bang goes that idea.
Cheers
Chris
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Post by HRHpenfold on Sept 25, 2014 13:05:41 GMT
Hi all, Just wondering what alternatives there are (if any) to chain lube, i have been told that B&Q home brand chainsaw oil works well in scottoiler's, but i don't have one so bang goes that idea. Cheers Chris I just use a half inch paintbrush and some engine oil, when I am touring I keep a small bottle of oil and brush in a zip lock bag, if you do it daily, the chain lasts ages, my FZ6 which had a loobman fitted that I never used, in 9k miles, I never needed to adjust the chain once! |
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Post by crickleymal on Sept 25, 2014 13:33:47 GMT
I use engine oil in a bottle with a nozzle, trickle the oil onto the outer bits of the chain. I have also used Triflow which is a silicone/ptfe compound and smells like pear drops. It seems to work very well.
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Post by m40man on Sept 25, 2014 14:00:43 GMT
I just use a half inch paintbrush and some engine oil .. I do similar, but with a more manly 1 inch brush  . (Except for the XJ6 - that's got a Scotty on it). |
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Post by HRHpenfold on Sept 25, 2014 14:30:59 GMT
I just use a half inch paintbrush and some engine oil .. I do similar, but with a more manly 1 inch brush . (Except for the XJ6 - that's got a Scotty on it). Your clearly much more manly than me! for a while I was struggling to see what Mrs M40man see's in you, clearly it's your manliness!  |
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Post by chris on Sept 25, 2014 15:21:48 GMT
Now now kiddies lets not have a domestic over your manliness or manliless  |
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Post by m40man on Sept 25, 2014 15:43:27 GMT
Now now kiddies lets not have a domestic over your manliness or manliless Sez he - just before popping out to Wilko's to buy a 2 inch brush . |
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Post by chris on Sept 25, 2014 15:44:44 GMT
Damn rumbled! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 16:14:27 GMT
On my D6 i used gearbox oil, nice n thick, was on sale for 50p a bottle in my local Morrisons petrol station!
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Post by teejayexc on Sept 25, 2014 19:41:47 GMT
Buy a D9  |
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Post by chris on Sept 26, 2014 17:53:08 GMT
Would love to, but next venture is a bandit 600
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Post by martyn41 on Sept 26, 2014 19:37:18 GMT
Buy a D9 I would love to but I can just fit on a D6.... any higher and me short legs are swinging in the breeze... |
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Post by bobh on Sept 26, 2014 21:31:30 GMT
I used cheap chainsaw oil in the Lubeman that I fitted to the Ténéré. The chain was still good at nearly 10,000 miles when I sold the bike, and big singles do knock hell out of the final drive - it got through 2 sets of cush drive rubbers in that time.
I have another Lubeman ready to fit to the MT-03 that replaced it, but I've only had the bike 2 1/2 years so haven't got around to it yet. Meanwhile it just gets copious amounts of cheap engine oil from an oilcan. Still OK at 12,000 miles, though it will probably need a new one in the next 5,000.
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Post by sledgegreen on Sept 27, 2014 1:56:06 GMT
I have a sneaky suspicion that Scottoiler oil is just automatic transmission fluid in a fancy bottle.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2014 7:16:43 GMT
I've been using some gear & chain oil that I found in the garage when we moved in 4 yrs ago. It's in a pressurized can & can be a bit messy. Found little & often to be best policy but the chain is now looking very gunky. Got a few jobs to do on the bike over winter, brake lines, hugger (or something), clean shock, grease swing arm bearings etc, so will take chain off and pop it into degreaser bath at work for a good clean.
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Post by spireite on Sept 30, 2014 17:46:22 GMT
Hi all, Just wondering what alternatives there are (if any) to chain lube, i have been told that B&Q home brand chainsaw oil works well in scottoiler's, but i don't have one so bang goes that idea. Cheers Chris Wynns clear lube from the range £4.99 ..high fling resistance and has ptfe. |
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Post by xjrider on Sept 30, 2014 20:26:28 GMT
light grease? either spray or from a can, seems to stay on a bit longer in the wet
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