Thruxton What's You Chain Lube Technique??

Use chain lube after your ride

 

Routine, every 2 fuel ups. After a run, bike up on paddock stand, cardboard behind the sprocket, ChainWax with straw on rollers, spin the wheel till all lubed. Takes about 20 mins. When chain starts to look dirty, say, 1k miles, one of those 3 sides chain brushes. Spay on wd40, clean with brush, run with rag and back to regular lube. No that hard.

 

Or good Italian virgin olive oil.

 

Gear oil applied with small brush after a ride - don't use spray on stuff anymore

Seems a bit of a faff to do what a paraffin soaked rag can do in a few seconds

 

EP80/90 is thicker and less runny than standard engine oil so less fling. The thing to remember, unless running an old chain with no o rings, is that you are protecting the the outside of the chain rather than lubricating its internals.....with the exception of where the rollers mesh with the sprockets.
They all collect and distribute filth to slightly different degrees!

 

I've fitted a Scottoiler . so far so good. coat the chain in gearbox oil for winter storage.

 

I put the bike on the paddock stand, get an old bit of rag under the chain just in front of the rear sprocket, get someone to spin the wheel up wards while you spray the lube on the top of the chain just in front of the rear sprocket until the wet bit comes back then stop.

I use Castrol chain wax but I think most of the lubes are pretty good, I lube it about every 500 miles

 

I stumbled on this little gem a couple years ago and wish I'd have thought of it first. So simple and worth every cent.
https://www.greaseninja.com/

 

Gear oil convert here. It's not so much the EP bit but the 80/90 bit, roughly translated as thick and chewy. Once its soaked in, it stays in. Works a treat.

 

The expression you are looking for @Dozers Dad and @Arudge is viscous.

 

I have a Scottoiler on the old Trophy and use chainsaw oil in it, usually clean a lot of gunk out from the front sprocket area when the chain and sprockets need renewing (30,000 miles approx)
I am now trying a Lubeman unit on the latest Trophy with the recommended engine oil, just press the "tit" for a few seconds before setting off, looks good so far (500 miles or so) and a good deal cheaper than the Scottoiler.