How often do you apply chain lube?

[FJRider]

Any general guidelines on how often chain lube should be applied? 200 miles? 300? 400?

 

[CYCLEERIC]

I use WD-40 every other week and Chain Wax on the others . The Wd-40 keeps it clean

 

[BentValve]

Not enough but I have 10K on my stock chain and it seems to be holding up fine.

 

[_ZeF]

It starts to look dry around 400 to 500 miles usually...

 

[Schism]

I'M A STICKLER, AFTER EVERY WASH.

 

[Devil Dog]

I clean it with WD-40 once a week. Lube it after every cleaning.

 

[Schism]

MY BIKE HAS 18,300 STOCK CHAIN AND SPROCKETS. THEY ARE DUE TO BE REPLACED

 

[BusaWhipped]

Lube every 500 miles, clean and lube every 1,000 miles

 

[Relsek]

I do mine whenever I look at it notice that it looks like it needs cleaning. It's probably around 1000 miles or so.

Kev

 

[imoXu]

similar to above comments, at least every 750 km or if I think it needs it, more frequently if it has beeen raining or if Ive been out in the countryside thrashing it.

Thats this chain. The one I just removed was treated less well, still got 30,000 km out of it but it was in crap condition by then.

moX

 

[MN72Busa]

I've been cleaning and lubing mine about every 10 days, which equals about 500 miles for me. I wish there was a sticky post on chain adjusting and lubing. Im sorta just winging it right now, but think I could use another chain adjustment but don't want the dealer to do it. Also, Ive been using WD-40 to clean the chain, and J&B Chain Lube (Non flinging), but Im must be using too much lube because Im getting it on my rear wheel (not tire), and for the 1st 24hours after waxing I have a mess on the garage floor where it seems to drip from the front sprocket area down to the kickstand and than on to the floor.

 

[Rhythm]

Every 500 mi. I clean with kerosene and lube with a chain wax.

Use kerosene for cleaning your chain as instructed in the shop manual,. Just to note W-D 40 removes grease which isnt good for our type of chains used on the Busa.  

You can purchase a metal oil can spray bottle and gallon of kerosene cheapy at Lowes



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[gtrpimp76]

Every 500 mi. I clean with kerosene and lube with a chain wax.

Use kerosene for cleaning your chain as instructed in the shop manual,. Just to note W-D 40 removes grease which isnt good for our type of chains used on the Busa.  

You can purchase a metal oil can spray bottle and gallon of kerosene cheapy at Lowes

+1

wd-40 is not kerosene or kerosene based. If in an area that only stocks kerosene in the winter, buy a couple gallons and get that metal oil can like rhythm says!!

 

[shenoyp]

...I put the chain lube every 600-800 miles!!

 

[busa_boy_69]

MY BIKE HAS 18,300 STOCK CHAIN AND SPROCKETS.  THEY ARE DUE TO BE REPLACED

Dude not trying to be offensive but do you ever RIDE that thing? I mean the busa is notorious for stretching chains. If you are throwing some torque on it I don't see how you are pushing 20,000 miles on a stock chain. I only got not even 6,000 out of my factory chain and I kept it lubed as a mo fo and adjusted regular

 

[Wag]

In the tradition of Thasherfox, I wax the chain after EVERY ride now. Clean it when it looks like it needs it.

--Wag--

 

[greeneinc]

Would clean the chain with WD-40 and then would wash the bike. After done, lube the chain. Did this every weekend.

 

[Nijinsky3]

Clean and lube after every ride. Sometimes I get lazy, but if you want it to last......

 

[Gunnybusa]

I use WD-40 every other week and Chain Wax on the others . The Wd-40 keeps it clean

The stealer told me not to use WD-40 as it would eat away the O-rings, X-rings on the links. So I use diesel and lube every Saturday wich equals 500 miles.

 

[BusaAdmirer]

500-600 miles sonds fine to me!!