chainlube

that's what I've got - it's horrible.

Motul! That was the one I was trying to remember - cheers.

 

Didn't you ever use one of the old Duckhams chainlube monstrosities
where you had to heat the tin and then lay your chain in it before
hanging it up to drain the excess off?

Normally I did mine over a camping stove in the garage but I did make
the mistake of using the gas hob in the kitchen once and then spent
ages claiming I had no idea why the whole house stunk of oily smoke.

 

Yup. Lynklife in my day.

Knocking the whole camping stove and Lynklife plot over in the garage is
also not recommended.


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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Andy Bonwick

I certainly did. They were fucking shit, like most ancient stuff.

Heh. Never done that. <wanders away whistling tunelessly>

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

Still got one, though mine's an 'Izumi Linklube'
There might even be a chain lurking in its depths.

 

AT LAST - WUN appreciates subtle humour.
Some of us, however, can remember when this was the correct way.

 

I hate the bloody things. Took 2 fscking days to change the cam chain on
the CB250RS and they are supposed to be "easy".
..

 

it's really stable, and at less than 30 quid delivered, a boon for any
home bodger.

 

10W40, onna rag.

 

you're spraying too much on - the Silkolene stuff has a solvent, which
needs time to evaporate. Get into the habit of spraying it on after a
ride rather than 2 minutes before setting off.

 

Oh, I do make a point of putting lube on after a ride, rather than
before, but this stuff seems to have a similar consistency to WD40,
rather than being properly oily.

 

Boiling it in goat's grease on a gas cooker.

 

goat's grease? But...I need that for the kebabs.

 

*dingly dong*

Mum still brings this up in conversation and it was more that 20 years
ago.

 

Mums are like that. Mine still brings up the fact that she often had to
delay making dinner until I'd finished drying my magic mushrooms out on
the Rayburn. And that was 27 fucking years ago!

--
Krusty

'03 Tiger 955i
'02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale)
'79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)

 

That's if they even bother replying to an email to arrange a time to
collect. I tried to give away a load of stuff (inc. some games consoles)
and despite loads of replies, no fucker actually showed up.

Woman in the local Oxfam thought all her christmases had come at once
when I pitched up with the goodies. **** Freecycle. **** it in the
skull.

 

platypus wrote:

"My Gyp" ???


--
Dan L

Too much time to think, too little to do.


http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/

2002 Triumph Sprint RS 955i (It's big, and it's black)
1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr (Gone, but not forgotten)

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7/8)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

Phone the HSE and report it as being in a state of collapse.

It'll soon be removed.

--
Dan L

Too much time to think, too little to do.


http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/

2002 Triumph Sprint RS 955i (It's big, and it's black)
1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr (Gone, but not forgotten)

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7/8)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

Couldn't it be, erm, eased a little?

--
Dan L

Too much time to think, too little to do.


http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/

2002 Triumph Sprint RS 955i (It's big, and it's black)
1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr (Gone, but not forgotten)

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7/8)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

Seconded chainsaw oil, but applied with an old paintbrush.

I have a handy-sized bit of wood that I wedge under the offside
swingarm or swingarm bobbin (depending on bike) that just lifts the
rear wheel off the ground so I can spin the rear wheel manually.