Chain Cleaning

Just whining here mostly. Anyone else find that the new swingarm on the 8th gens. (compared to previous gens.) allow very little room to clean and lube chains?

I cleaned and lubed my chain yesterday and geez louise, it was hard to just get to a decent length of the chain to work on compared to the 5th and 6th gens. It tends to make the job harder, messier and take longer. Whining finished...; )

 

Pro oiler its fantastic. http://www.pro-oiler.net/

 

Don't clean it with the engine running and bike in gear.
Honda make a spray chain cleaner (probably expensive kerosene) that works well.

 

Took me 10 minutes to do mine, had horrible white. chain wax on it prior to cleaning.

 

Obviously to me, you did something more efficient than the way I clean chains. Can you post up your chain cleaning method? I would love to finish the job in 10 minutes. Thanks.

 

Bike on center stand, WD40 chain cleaner, worked in with a brush, removed with a clean rag, WD40 clear lube, bit of chain cleaner on rag and clean up excess.
To be fair the bike was only a week old and I did not like the chain wax I had applied.

 

Yep. good ole WD40 and a rag.

 

Not WD40, but their specific chain cleaner. Not sure how great the difference is though.

 

Just did my chain on my 8th gen, agreed not much room. Interesting blurb about WD-40 from a past issue of Motorcyclist:

 

Bike on center stand, kerosene and rag and Dupont Chain saver attached to a grease Ninja applicator. No mess and done in less than 5 minutes.

http://www.greaseninja.com/

 

WD is mostly good ole kerosene and won't hurt chains or o rings. For the price of a can you can buy a lot more kerosene.

 

I agree about the kerosene, just need to go buy jerry can. I have a GreaseNinja, but haven't had much luck with it, going make a bracket to hold it in place in the little space there is.

 

Just bought the UK equivalent of the greaseninja, will see how it performs.

 

Did it come with the metal rod that attaches to a can? I can get into small spaces with mine. 1 good rotation on inside of the chain and another rotation on the top, rag to wipe off any excess on another rotation and I'm done. The DuPont Chain Saver is really good.

 

Yes, but probably more of a problem with my grip with my slightly arthritic hands, fortunately they don't bother me on the bike. Will give it a try next time.

 

Thanks for the input. Didn't know WD-40 made a product specifically for chain cleaning. It's probably just WD-40. We shall see.

 

There will be some differences. I sprayed the WD40 side by side with the WD40 chain cleaner onto a piece of absorbent kitchen roll. The cleaner is colourless whilst the WD40 has a tinge to it.

 

I have one and it's "OK". Kind of messy and hard to use with the limited chain access of an 8th gen. but it does put the lube where it belongs.

 

I just looked it up on Amazon and ordered a can to try. From their description, it is different. It's kind of expensive but so are chains. ; )