Wurth dry chain lube.. what?

Originally Posted by New Leaf

once you've cleaned the chain, you might want to give that arai lid a quick wipe over too - its mingin'

LOL it is actually, although how you can tell that from the photo I don't know.

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

odd that my chain looks exactly the same and yet on a bike with no cush drive, that generally gets ridden like it was stolen with the front wheel in the air more often than not the chain and sprockets go hundreds of miles between minor adjustment and re-lubricaion

That is odd, my SV and all my other bikes recently owned have gone up to 5000 miles without chain adjustment (adjusted when the rear tyre gets changed) and I don't have to get on my hands and knees every few hundred miles to lube them either - but I have a Scottoiler on every bike I own, so it's to be expected. People here who've seen me ride will tell you I don't hang about either. Chains and sprockets typically last between 25,000 and 30,000 miles on my bikes.

Stop dicking about with stupid archaic cans of squirty lube and get a Scottoiler fitted.

Originally Posted by Stu

Isn't double that the norm for scottoilers?

12K is about half what I get from a chain and sprox with a Scottoiler fitted.

Originally Posted by Stu

Sompletely different I know - A shiny back end to a (potentially) crudy one. The choice is yours!

Fit and set up a Scottoiler properly and the back end doesn't get covered in oily crud - it's a myth propogated by those who are too ham-fisted to do a proper job.

I don't want to fit a Scottoiler to my current bike because a) to me it looks crap and b) no matter how I've tinkered with them in the past they have flung oil all over the lower half of the bike. And yes, I'm fairly ham-fisted

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Stop dicking about with stupid archaic cans of squirty lube and get a Scottoiler fitted.

to a supermoto? you're avvin a larf mate. my SV has a scottoiler and it goes about 1500m between adjustments

with no cush drive and a requirement for a slack chain compared to the SV and other road bikes, plus the fact that to get anywhere you need to be going 110% on the DRZ, i'm surprised the chain doesn't need more maintaining. the rear tyre on there is about 2500m old and will need replacing soon. required maintenance is proportional to the amount of stick the bike gets.