WD40 on a chain driven motorcycle?

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Mon May 18, 2009 4:36 pm

I use Maxima Chain Wax Gold. Works well, smells great and even with my hard riding a regular clean and lube gave me over 35k miles on my last chain. Anyone else come close? I wasn't at the end of the adjustments yet either, just hated the noise

#12 Unread post by **Skier** » Tue May 19, 2009 1:10 pm

35,000 miles is way more than what I get out of my chains. I still get more mileage than other 599 owners but compared to other bikes my 20,000 miles is a bit low.

This chain and sprocket set I'm trying the bare minimum of cleaning and lubing just to see if it makes a difference. 12,000 miles and counting!

mazer · #13 Unread post by **mazer** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:38 pm

Since WD40 is kerosene based you should not use it on any rubber or vinyl. Avoid the chain, tires, cables and the instrument panel

dean owens · Wed Jun 03, 2009 4:13 pm

mazer wrote:Since WD40 is kerosene based you should not use it on any rubber or vinyl. Avoid the chain, tires, cables and the instrument panel

are you saying that you shouldn't use kerosene on the chain? i thought that was fine for cleaning?

Wed Jun 03, 2009 4:16 pm

kerosene is like a motorcycling standard... I think you're confusing kerosene with petrol based products which would be the old formula of WD-40

gearhead65 · Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:26 am

How do you know if you have an o-ring chain? Does my Vulcan 500 have one?