Chain lube

[Stichill_imp]

Hey ya! Clever Stich.

Have you put some mileage on the device? Where do you find your setting? e.g. 1 turn, 2 turns, 3/4 turn? ... etc. at say temperature of 68F.

Currently my Africa Twin it is set to 1 turn. By summer it will be about 0.75 turn. Winter it is about 2 turns.

Went out on my lunch hour for a 45-minute ride. Outside temperature 72° F / 22° C.

Started at 1/2 turn as recommended in the workshop manual. Chain looks fairly wetted. I'm thinking if I rode longer it might become over-oiled. I cut it back to 3/8 turn and will do some more testing.



I can see that the oil has started to have the cleaning effect. Dirt is beginning to emerge from the crevices.





One thing I'm not super keen on is the way dirt on the sprocket can get pushed into the nozzle when reversing. I always push my bike backwards into the garage. I suppose I need to just give the sprocket a wipe-down once in a while (no hardship with my new [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=16815]Pit Bull rear stand!)



I'm curious how much the oil depletes on a typical ride.