How to Clean and Lube a Motorcycle Chain 🏍⛓

Respect for CanyonChasers telling people not to service the chain while it's running. they out here saving lives.

I've watched a few chain lube videos and this is the best I've seen. Articulate and concise.

Holy crap, people run the motor when they perform this maintenance! And there I was trying extra hard not to get my hand snagged in the chain/sprocket as I turned the wheel by hand.

Yep, should not have listened to a friend that said use brake parts cleaner. It worked great but I didn't know it was really bad for the chain. At least I've only cleaned the chain with it once. Lesson learned. That GreaseNinja looks great too. I'm going to have to order one.

WD40 does not harm the O-rings on the bike chain. I have seen tests where someone put one of the chain o-rings into a container and submerged it in WD40 and left it to sit for a few days. The O-ring was fine.

This has to be my favourite channel for motorcycle maintenance tips. You are so clear and concise! Thank you very much :)

I speak from experience about getting caught in the chain with the engine on. Stupid mistake when in a rush! I got super lucky and only severed a bit of my thumbnail and lost some skin, although I did need surgery to repair the nailbed and tip tissue. Be safe guys!

This video just crushes all the other videos on the subject. It's so nice to find a vid like this with guys who know exactly what they're talking about. I like the use of a simple product like kerosene and appreciate the big don'ts that are pointed out! I never clean my chain, just grease it because I thought I'd just get the dirt in and the grease out but I'll definately have a go now and try to get my hands on some kerosene!

For UK viewers, Kerosene is called Paraffin in the UK. B&Q sell it for £7 for 4 litres. Some petrol garages (gas stations) also sell it, especially rural stations. In the UK the Motul C1/C2 kit comes with the grunge brush for free (special offer pack) for about £16. I recently bought the Grease Ninja and that cost me about £16 including postage.

Why the hell is this the first time I have heard of the grease ninja? Lol! I learned that I've been lubeing my chain wrong all these years! Once again you are my mentor :)

I bought the grease ninja many years ago taking your advice. Best most effective tool ever made. I love it. Appreciate your videos and help. You've been there many years for us all. Thanks. Take care

Thank you for suggesting Kerosene, so many videos out there push the aerosol chain cleaners which are so stupid expensive and don't work as well. Good honest and well tested advice from experts. Love this channel.

New sub here, great vid. Been watching a few of yours now. It's 9pm here and you've made me go out and clean and lube chain. Keep the informative vids coming.

I've been cleaning my motorcycle chain twice a year using kerosene using one of those high pressure sprayer that connect to an air compressor and kerosene really leaves the chain really clean. Then I lube it with 80/90 gear oil every 500 kilometers, the chain looks new, the sprocket teeth are almost new looking, and the chain has not even stretched. 30K kilometers on the odometer. Last time I cleaned it I did not have any kerosene in hand so I used Diesel fuel, it did and excellent job cleaning it but it was a little oily when I dried the chain with my air compressor. So I think Diesel fuel works too in case you don't have any kerosene. Just my 2 cents.

May be 2 years old but this video is GOLD. I hope you make more content like this again

Thank you. This is the most detail for chain-cleaning/lubing I've ever seen.

I lubricate the chain with 80w90 gearoil, as recommended in the manual. It is cheap, easy to apply, easy to clean of the rim. And Kerosene is brilliant to clean a bike as it is gentle to paint, alloys, plastics, and so on. I even use it for cleaning engine parts and then wash off with luke warm water

The white plastic block is a great idea, it can be useful for me as a service technician. On some machines I service it can come in handy, especially on single / dual 10B chains.

One of if not the best bike channels on YouTube. Clear and concise

This was the best most informative video on chain maintenance that I've been lubing it all wrong. Thank you for the video.