Chain lube

[flynrider]

When I had my store we sold a ton of MOTUL chain clean and lube.

Old thread but I decided to try this stuff. The motul chain cleaner works really good and that is probably why you sold a lot of it CA200. My 1100 chain was nasty and probably never been cleaned nor lubed. I also decided to try the motul chain paste that comes in like a tooth paste tube to hopefully keep things less messy. I really like the way this stuff goes on. It will also barely fit under your seat if you are on a trip and need it.

I still have a little dupont chain lube and a full can of honda brand spray
chain lube but I am going to use that up on my 750. I will use the motul chain cleaner on the 750 though. I may be totally wrong but seeing how nasty the chain was on the 1100 I wonder if just keeping them relatively clean is not half of the battle to longer chain life?

I think you're totally right. The last two chains on my CB750 (both D.I.D o-rings) went 21K miles. I never cleaned them, just a spritz of light lube every 300-400 miles. When I replaced the last one, a post mortem revealed that the accumulation of grit had simply worn away the o-rings. My friends that clean their chains religiously have been getting about twice that mileage or more. So, now I've been convinced. Bought a chain brush and some kerosene and now I give the chains a cleaning every 3K-5K miles.