You can buy a jug of kerosene at Ace Hardware for like $8~10 and it will last you damn near forever. I use a little at a time in a elongated shallow tupperware dish (sorry babe
). Pour a bit of kerosene in the dish, use a soft bristle brush and with the bike on a rear stand just sit there and go to town with the radio playing your favorite tunes. Dip...scrub...rotate wheel...dip...scrub...rotate wheel...dip..., well u get the picture.
I do that for about 20~30 min until the chain looks clean and shiny. Once that step is over, I put some clean kerosene in a spray bottle and rinse the chain spraying liberal amounts onto the chain and let any additional dirtyness drip away into the dish.
!Caution: I do not recommend this as it could potentially and has before caused bodily injury...
---I start up the bike and put it into gear and with low pressure air nozzle dry the chain. You could even use a leaf blower to blow out any remaining kerosene.--- I'm not responsible if you screw up and something ends up between your rear sprocket and chain. :nono:
After that I take it on a
short ride trying to get up to speed to warm up the chain, 60~70mph for 2~3 miles and head right back for the rear stand.
I use DuPont Multi-Use Dry Wax Lubricant which keeps the chain clean as you ride and does not fling. It's amazing stuff.
It's very difficult to find now-a-days. I have 2 cans on my shelf which should last me a while.
Lubricate the warm chain liberally and there after every 2~300 miles. I squirt the chain usually every time I get through riding or at least once for every 1 to 2 tanks of gas.
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