[Ducati] Chain Lube - was:Clutch fluid darkening

[Ronald Betts]

Come on Moonbeam.....The trick thing to do back in the day was to fill one of your mothers old pots with gear oil and boil your chain in it. Worked for me untill Mom chased me out with a roller....
 
 
Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SPI've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:01:04 -0800> From: textike at gmail.com> To: ducati at ducati.net> Subject: Re: [Ducati] Chain Lube - was:Clutch fluid darkening> > I remimber a time when the hot tip was soaking your chain in motor oil then> hanging it up to drip dry. Talk about a god awful mess on the rear wheel> but sometimes you could actually get a few more miles before heading down to> the bering supply place and ordering a length of #50 with a couple of extra> master links. Moonbeam> > On Feb 10, 2008 7:24 PM, John Filak <filakjf at yahoo.com> wrote:> > > Changing the subject (finally)> >> > I hate to keep spoiling the fun of debating who's got the best theory> > on deviating from factory or manufacturers specs, but it always comes> > back to this for me. Listen to the people who designed the product!> > They are well paid to provide the proper instructions for care and> > feeding. If Ducati and/or the chain manufacturer says to use chain> > lube, then you should use chain lube. Why would you want to use> > something else, like WD-40, instead? What do you know that the> > experts apparently missed? Do you have anything but barstool> > conjecture to support the conclusion that WD-40 is clearly the way to> > go?> >> > We are overrun by Rube Goldbergs. "Heck, back in the day we just> > slapped a handful of lard on the chain. It was good enough fer> > Gramps, and it's good enough fer me. And ya got to lick yer fingers> > when you was done. Heck we don't got to foller them engineers advice,> > cuz we's smarter then them."> >> >> >> > ____________________________________________________________________________________> > Looking for last minute shopping deals?> > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.> > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping> >> > *****> >> > Ducati.net <http://ducati.net/> is sponsored by oncycles.com, who has the> > largest selection and> > lowest prices, on the finest motorcycle products anywhere, all served with> > world-class customer service. Check them out!> > _______________________________________________> > Ducati mailing list> > Ducati at ducati.net> > http://list.ducati.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ducati> > Mailto: textike at gmail.com> >> *****> > Ducati.net is sponsored by oncycles.com, who has the largest selection and> lowest prices, on the finest motorcycle products anywhere, all served with> world-class customer service. Check them out!> _______________________________________________> Ducati mailing list> Ducati at ducati.net> http://list.ducati.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ducati> Mailto: ronaldebettsasalc0015 at hotmail.com
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