Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

That’s what caught my eye!

My RFSR is only a couple months old.

 

I need to get this done @MagtechPA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UJImb_gmoA

 

I realized today that I haven’t ridden in a while. My neighbor actually asked me if I got rid of the bike because he hadn’t heard it in a while.


Been swamped with orders for sliders and haven’t made time for myself. Weather has been beautiful here too.

 

rub in the weather!

 

Was that his first time using a rear stand? That was hard to watch.

 

My brother is heading back east in two weeks and he’s not excited about the snow you guys have been getting hammered with.

 

I think it went on the swingarm, and not on the rear axle. The stand looked flimsy too.

 

Today I got 2-3", but its melting/rain now. I think @uurx got hammered more than me

 

This is the only picture I got today

 

Good point!

I’m a cheap bastard when it comes to cleaning my chain. I use toothbrushes from the dollar store with a small pan filled with kerosene, then I coat it with chain wax. It seems to work pretty well!

 

I always liked chain wax for my chains. Goes on nice and doesn't seem to throw off as much. When I had my FJ1100 I think I got almost 30k out of the last chain and sprockets I put on.

 

with all the high mile riders you know and from all your high mile rides, any opinions on those auto lube chain gizmos??
some guys love them it seems, but the idea of something dripping oil like that freaks me out (ive never/used had one)

 

I have one of these works pretty good

$16 Simple Solutions RGB800 Grunge Brush

https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Solutions-RGB800-Grunge-Brush/dp/B0012TPVC0

 

Most of the hardcore LD riders are on shaft or belt driven bikes now but there are still a few riders with chains. I know one rider who did the IBR on a Honda NC700X who used a chain oiler and loved it. I think the model he used tied in somehow to his GPS or might have even had some form of internal GPS that allowed hm to have it dispense very limited amounts of lube every couple of miles so it kept just enough lube on the chain without the normal mess. I think he made one chain adjustment at one of the 2 checkpoints and if I recall correctly he finished the event with just under 10k miles in the 11 days.

A former coworker from my dealership days was a rep for Scott Oilers for a couple of years and spoke highly of them even before and since working for them. I've never run one myself but my only current bike with a chain is my vintage Honda CB400F and that doesn't get enough miles per year to need anything like that.

 

it's getting 'cold' here, but i need to ride.

upper 50s during the day.. what am i crying about

 

Use to use electrical contact cleaner to clean my MX bike chains. Worked well, but those we non O-ting chains.

 

You don't hear much about those. I'm impressed with the grip he had in the mud though. Looked it up on Revzilla and that's a $200 rear for the F800GS, yikes.