Lubricating a motorcycle chain

First you gotta split the cases.

No, actually...

The instructions in the manual start: "Invert motorcycle on workbench"

hth, hand,

big

 

fulliautomatix wrote:
<crap>

thats all too hard that is

spray bottom run of chain

move bike

spray...repeat

 

could have put it under the right thread though

 

lol, well when the chain breaks and shreds the cogs out, seizing the
motor in the process - I'll take that offer up.

 

Your assuming I was dressed when I wrote this. You must be the only one

 

refer to rule 6: you can't move the bike forward or back...

 

If you don't take the bike out of the confined space you won't need to lube
the chain so this rule is redundant.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

OK..
Take two lengths of aluminium or light steel tubing, each about 30 cm,
and sized such that one will slide inside the other. Total length
should be at least 10 cm greater than the rear wheel and tyre radius.

Drill a series of (maybe) 5 holes through each. spaced 2 cm apart in
one, and 1.8 cm apart in the other.

Put a rubber chair-leg tip on the smaller tube.

Drill two small (5-6mm) holes near on opposite sides of the bigger tube.
Run a cable tie through both of these holes, loop it over the end and
join it up, but don't tighten it. The loop of the cable tie should be
just enough to fit nicely round the axle bolt on the rear wheel, or
maybe a lifting bobbin on the swingarm. (If your bike has threaded holes
for a bobbin, but no bobbin, obtain a suitable bolt.)

Obtain a bolt, nail or pin that will fit nicely through the holes you
have drilled.

Put motorcycle on side stand on firm. level ground. If it leans a long
way over, put a suitable block under the sidestand foot to make it
fairly upright.

Use large rubber band or Velcro strap to hold the front brake lever on.

Fit the two tubes together, and insert the pin such that the overall
length is just a little more than the distance between the support point
(axle, bobbin etc) and the ground. Loop the cable tie over the support
point, and rest the other end of the prop on the ground.

Go to the left side of the bike.

Gently pull motorcycle toward you, until the rear wheel is just off the
ground. The rubber tip of the prop should slide toward the bike, and
hold it in position.

Proceed with arcane chain-oiling ritual.

Disassembly is the reverse of assembly.

Of course, you could just use a simple non-telescoping prop, but that
would involve measuring very carefully beforehand, might not work with
another bike, and might not stash in a toolkit.

Moike

 

If the ends of my adjustable aluminium crutches ever go missing I'll know
where to look!

 

Just sell it and buy a ClemDoodle BMW!

Johno

PS - **** off you leg-rooting bastard

PPS - Beer mate?

 

Yes--or you could get your engine tangled in the spokes.

Postman Pat

 

Thanks for the heads-up, Al; I'll be ordering one o' these thingamies from
Bike-Gizmos.com (the Australian distributors) just as soon as my credit card
recovers. At $58.30 for the kit, it's damned good value.

Now the thing that gets me... On the German site, they're selling the kit
_with_ a "paddock" (their words) stand for EUR65 (not much more than $100).
Why can't I find even a crappy stand in Australia for anywhere near that
price on its own?

Yeah, it's a bitch not having a centre stand on a cruiser. Anyone got any
hints on where I can get a cheapish stand to save using the crowbar method
(or any of the other gut-churning methods mentioned)?

Objectionable Fred mentioned elsewhere in this thread the "RollaStand," but
does anyone have any idea of the price of these? Their web site has diddly
squat other than saying "it's beaut."

- Bob.

 

About $70.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Well, how sure are you they won't post a full kit, with the stand, to
Australia?

If they won't, and you don't have any mates who can weld and bend steel
tube, just grit your teeth until either a cheap stand comes up for sale
or until you snap, go "**** this!" and let yourself get gouged by buying
a new one.

Back when I was standless, I used to put the bike on the sidestand out
the front, spray the lower run of the chain between the rear sprocket
and the footpeg, heave the bike upright, back it up a metre or so,
repeat. It'd take four or five iterations to do the whole chain...

....I'll go off now and contemplate whether there's a greater likelihood
of there being two Bob Milutinovices or that the Bob Milutinovic who
used to run BBS's back in the day is now getting back into bikes...

 

They _will_ post it. Problem is though, even surface freight runs to the
tune of over EUR50 (close to AUD$100) :-/

Been thinking about that. Popped into a local bike dealer a few days ago
'n was _almost_ happy to see they were selling stands for under $200. I can
weld 'n bend all you like, but there's always the issue of symmetry, which I
don't think is within my capacity.

That's precisely what I'm doing now. The dog gives me a really confused
look each 'n every time; I don't really give a rat's about what the
neighbours're thinking.

Do you really think the world could handle two of me? Actually, a recent
Google did turn up someone by the same name in Canada, apparently running a
tooling workshop (perhaps he could make a stand for me?).

But yes, 'twas I who ran that infamous BBS. And there's still a glint in
my eye as I've recently embarked on development of a web version thereof.

- Bob.