09-20-2015, 12:19 AM
Lubricate each time you fill up, and clean at the end of every the riding season.
Keep a small plastic bottle (about 50cc should last the whole season) of SAE 80 oil and a 1/4" painting brush under the seat. When done with the fuel, dip the brush lightly (so it is not dripping!) in the oil, and pass it over whatever inside section of chain is exposed - on most bikes this will be about 1/4 to 1/3rd of the whole length of the chain. If there is a single drop of oil left on the pavement where you did it, there was too much oil on the brush.
Once a year lift the rear wheel, use kerosene ("lamp oil", sold in most hardware stores), very soft nail-brush and cotton cleaning rug to soak any grime, clean and dry, and then oil very lightly the complete length of the chain.
Keep a small plastic bottle (about 50cc should last the whole season) of SAE 80 oil and a 1/4" painting brush under the seat. When done with the fuel, dip the brush lightly (so it is not dripping!) in the oil, and pass it over whatever inside section of chain is exposed - on most bikes this will be about 1/4 to 1/3rd of the whole length of the chain. If there is a single drop of oil left on the pavement where you did it, there was too much oil on the brush.
Once a year lift the rear wheel, use kerosene ("lamp oil", sold in most hardware stores), very soft nail-brush and cotton cleaning rug to soak any grime, clean and dry, and then oil very lightly the complete length of the chain.