Best Chain Lube

The best chain lube for a VFR

I've found the Bel-Ray superclean variety to be the most effective chain lube available. It sprays on white and forms a sticky waxy like substance that lasts for ages. It doesn't throw off quite as much as other types and even when it does, you don't end up with your back wheel covered in black goo. Plus the white colour gives your bike a different look from all he rest.

 

haha you guys crack me up.. still think thy chain wax is the best...

 

I never thought of it this way. Maybe they should make it in designer colors with metalic accents.:smile:

This thread made me look at my chain, sprocket and rim more critically this morning before my commute. Now I have to buy something to keep my wheels prettier.
The featured pic' I opened this afternoon was a 1994 with red accent hoops on the rims too. Found those on e-bay and just might have to get them too. This low cast-off pretty rim thing has the hook in me. Confounded site, making me spend money again on my ride!

 

use rock oil products low flick, and quite cheap to buy

 

a while back, maybe a year or two, Motorcycle Consumer news did a chain lube comparo, buying and testing a lot of brands, to my recolection the "PJ1 Black" took overall honors

be careful with the toothbrush idea, don't want to damage the o-rings

Spike
Motorcycle consumer news rocks for stuff like this

 

I use PJ-1 to lube my chain and a spray cleaner that is supposedly safe for o-rings to clean. The spray has the little straw that gets lost even when you put it in the piece of tape on the side of the can. I picked up both at the dealer so I'm sure they are pretty common. I used to use 90 weight

 

Clean mine with multiple Chux wipes and tooth brush soaked with Kero and after serious recommendations from fellow VFR'ers found " Motorex 622 Strong " the best coating, least flinging and quietest of all the brands I have tried...

 

When I commute to work I put on 450 to 500 miles a week, and only clean / servicd the chain once a week, or about every 500 miles.

Sometimes it only gets a wipe-down with WD-40 for one or two weeks of go before a good scrub and lube. (1,000 plus miles) This has not killed any of my chains.

I have had good luck by first cleaning with diesel fuel using a paint brush, and then using gear oil brushed on with another brush. Only problem was that the oil got flung off and made a mess. But it is cheap!

I tried PJ1, but some of it too would flick off to.

Now I use BEL-RAY because it stays on better, aside from that it does not seem to work any better.

I am still looking for a favorite. I think that it is more important that you clean the chain and keep it lubed rather than what brand you use.

 

I think my owners manual says 80-90 gear oil, i've used the Bel-ray white stuff for a few years now.
Cleaning/lube/tension of the chain is a lot like changing the engine oil, do it regularly and it helps extend the life of the components in question.:smile:

 

Years ago when I owned a small motorcycle accessory store in northern California we sold most of the brands mentioned here. We had about the same feedback as posted.
Then one day a distributor gave me some samples of "ROCK OIL - Professional Chain Lube" made in Warrington Cheshire, England. I used it on my 250gp racer and street bikes. I still have two cans left and I'm using it on my '98.
I usually lube my chain at the end of a day ride while the chain is still warm for better penetration.
BOTTOM LINE...very little fling-off, minimum chain wear. It penetrates quickly then thickens off. It's a mineral/synthetic lubricant. I highly recommend it.
I believe it is still availabe in the states. You might have to Google to find it.

 

I got curious so I looked up Rock Oil on the web. It doesn't appear that they have any distributors outside of the UK. That's not to say someone doesn't order it from the UK and sell it here in the colonies, but the price may get awful inflated compared to a domestic product. It won't be an easy find.

 

Piss on WD 40!

An unbiased response by:






PS To our POME (Prisoners of Mother England) friends, I mean urinate, not to get drunk!

 

I use PJ1 ... I like the fact that it's clear. Saw an interview with the CEO and liked him. It flings a little, but that gives me an excuse to clean and wax my wheels FWIW I use a hair dryer to dry off after I lub (the chain, not me!). oi

 

chain lube cleaner

Service manager at local Honda dealer gave me the following advise:
purchase THE GRUNGE BRUSH -3 sided for motorcycle chains cost 14.99.
spray on the Honda contact/ brake cleaner which is 0-ring safe ( says it right on the honda contact/brake cleaner can) then clean with the brush.
Then spray Honda pro HP chain lube on the chain ( directions right on the can). When finished spraying take a towel and hold under the chain while spinng the wheel to remove excess. I never get any lube on my back wheel doing it this way. One other key to avoiding it getting on the back wheel rim when riding is to do the cleaning and lubing with the chain warm. My service manager told me this and I have never had a problem since. I have cleaned and lubed 4 bike chains using this process with success every time. Prior to using this method I was always frustrated with the mess during and after the lube using other products. By the way, I do not work for Honda and do not sell their products. I say this after reading my response it kind of sounds like a sales pitch but not meant to be. Good luck.

 

Fuchs Silkolene Titanium Gel

A Honda dealer lubed my chain with Fuchs Silkolene Titanium Gel at its first service. It sprays on white ish and doesnt fling off

Almost none of it came off, my wheels are still clean after 500km.

Way better than the stuf they put on at the pre delivery service, which dirtied up my stand and wheels.

Its expensive - $26 a can here

 

I've read here alot about lube but nothing about application, okay here's what I do. Call me crazy but done it so much I don't feel in harms way. To start off I try and do a lube after the ride not before. Throw the VFR on it's center stand do a quick look over for any thing out of line by rotating the rear tire by hand, once done making sure all is good then I start the VFR up put it in second at an idle. let out the clutch bingo! things are a moving, then I go to the leading front side of the inside of the sproket and spary in the lube right were the links and spocket meet, I do this for like what seems to be a couple three revalotions Bingo I'm done. Reasoning for this aprouch is this way when centrifagl force shows up it moves the lube through the link before if it does fly off. Then I give it like an hour to set up, then wipe the extra off the side plates with a wet paper towel of WD-40, I don't spray the chain with WD-40, I put it on the rag first.
Oh Reg ,that WD-40 container came from a place up here that sells WD-40 by the gallon and with it came this spary bottle, cool thing with this is it has an adjustable nozzle so i can get a really tight stream so now no worries about pinching or lossing that little red tube thingy. thou must say I also have the aresol can for when I need to get into places in which I need to hold the can upside down, that bottle don't do well in that case.
Back to the chain thing. I then next morning if I felt that during my prevoius looking over finds the chain a wee bit lose and feel it may need an adjustment to do that when cold before I hit the road. I too have seen chains go 20+ k can't say that for this last chain as I bought this bike used and he claimed to have just put on a new chain 2K before I bought it. Thing is it didn't last as long as I was hoping. adding in his prevous milage and mine I got 12K out of this one So I just replaced it last week after I started noticing two things, one it was getting noisy and making fine metal as in the inner pins where dry also that when making adjustments they would not last more than 100 miles before needed again. norrmally I see 350--500 miles before adjustemts are needed that and I also notice a slight buzz. All is good now, I replaced it with a RK x ring all gold.with new sprockets, so Now I know I'm good for a long while.

 

Pj1

PJ1 is one of the best chain lubes out there. Some does fly off as the chain rotates, but it all doesn't and it protects the chain really well. I get a lot of miles out of my chain on my R1 using PJ1.

 

Agree it's great stuff with zero fling you can get Fuchs Silkolene Titanium Gel from Supercheap Auto have started using it since late last year replacing the Motorex 622 Strong I had been using previously though it's still over $20 but the chain does feels a little nicer and quieter.