10-29-2017, 04:57 AM
Ok Guys, here's an update concerning my clunky-shifting transmission and the chain wax: When I discovered my VFR was shifting better (I have never experienced any of the bad shifting traits on the VFR that the CB11 exhibited) after switching the chain lube brands I started to think seriously about why this was, and my conclusion is this chain wax I was using had been sitting on my shelf for twelve years! I remembered finding this can about a year ago on a shelf in my garage that I had purchased while on a road trip. When I came home from the trip and unpacked I put the can on a shelf in the garage and forgot about it. I typically lube my chains and then let the bike sit for a few days, allowing the lube to soak in. I'm sure that being twelve years old had something to do with the way it was interacting with my chain and causing it go from slack to tight, that switching to a different brand of chain lube corrected. So this is the rest of the story.