winter chain rust

**chr|s sedition** · 03-12-05, 03:06 PM

Hey All...

A freind of mine got his first bike last year. He is keeping it in his parents heated basement for the winter. When I got my R1 last month I was lucky enough to be offered a spot in the basement for storage. When we dropped off my bike I took a look at his and noticed that his chain was starting to get some noticble rust on it. He hadn't lubed it up a lot before leaving it for the winter. I had him spray some chain lube on it then, but i know it's still going to be there. Sometime in the next week or so I'm going out there to chnage the oil in both bikes and get them ready to come out of storage for spring. Any advice on what the best prceedure would be to get the rust of his chain?

thanks in advance!

-chr|s sedition

R7 · 03-12-05, 05:00 PM

WD40 and a toothbrush

**busa413** · 03-16-05, 08:57 AM

Yeah what he said..WD40.

I used to have to keep my bike outside with a cover on it and I would get surface rust on it quite often. The easiest tool I found to use in combination with WD40 was the http://www.grungebrush.com/motorcycles.html . Put it up on a rear stand, spray the snot out of it, put the brush on and spin the tire. Clean the WD40 off with a rag(you can spray it with water but make sure you can dry it completely) then spray it down with your favorite chain lube. It's better to lube a warm chain though with chain wax, seems to stick better to the chain.

**odduc** · 03-16-05, 10:12 AM

Exactly!!!!!!

**gmdboston** · 03-16-05, 01:00 PM

Mastercard......

**Awesome** · 03-16-05, 01:15 PM

I have one of those chain brushes in my truck if you need to borrow it. The have a special solution that goes in it that I need to pick up this weekend. When I lube my chain I do it either after a day of riding or go for a short ride to warm it up. Then I hit it with honda chain lube, then hit it with some chaine wax. The way I justify this to myself is the it gets lubed then the wax is kind of a sealent. Maybe I'm retarded, but it seems to work well.

**Degsy** · 03-16-05, 01:23 PM

Kerosene works well, or diesel.

If it's rusted badly, get a new chain.

derek

**chr|s sedition** · 03-16-05, 03:04 PM

thanks for the advice everyone...we got the rust of his chain in like 2 seconds with a little WD-40 and a toothbrush. but damn, the trouble i had with my bike and the oil filter....i dont even wanna get into that mess.

"wow. that was prety neat, Chris. You just full-on stepped into the oil pan. Does your foot feel like an Exxon-duck now?"

-chr|s sedition

**OreoGaborio** · 03-16-05, 09:22 PM

Originally posted by chr|s sedition
wow. that was prety neat, Chris. You just full-on stepped into the oil pan. Does your foot feel like an Exxon-duck now?"

-chr|s sedition

well that just sucks, don't it

**Nikon** · 03-16-05, 09:31 PM

Originally posted by chr|s sedition
thanks for the advice everyone...we got the rust of his chain in like 2 seconds with a little WD-40 and a toothbrush. but damn, the trouble i had with my bike and the oil filter....i dont even wanna get into that mess.

"wow. that was prety neat, Chris. You just full-on stepped into the oil pan. Does your foot feel like an Exxon-duck now?"

-chr|s sedition

**Rice-rocket1** · 03-16-05, 09:50 PM

Originally posted by chr|s sedition
thanks for the advice everyone...we got the rust of his chain in like 2 seconds with a little WD-40 and a toothbrush. but damn, the trouble i had with my bike and the oil filter....i dont even wanna get into that mess.

"wow. that was prety neat, Chris. You just full-on stepped into the oil pan. Does your foot feel like an Exxon-duck now?"

-chr|s sedition

R7 · 03-16-05, 09:52 PM

Originally posted by chr|s sedition
thanks for the advice everyone...we got the rust of his chain in like 2 seconds with a little WD-40 and a toothbrush. but damn, the trouble i had with my bike and the oil filter....i dont even wanna get into that mess.

"wow. that was prety neat, Chris. You just full-on stepped into the oil pan. Does your foot feel like an Exxon-duck now?"

-chr|s sedition

Full story please

**chr|s sedition** · 03-16-05, 10:45 PM

Originally posted by R7
Full story please

With all the stylized and glitzy "reality TV" these days, you'd think someone would have aired a "do-it-yourself diaster" series featuring amature carpenters, electrians, chefs, etc doing what it is that they do best; creating more work for the professionals. No such serieus would be complete without an amature motorcycle mechanic making a HUGE mess in someone else's (parents)basement. Move over Paul SR. and Paul Jr, Chris Sedition and his clueless minions have just entered the workshop.

I'll tell you the *whole* story on a ride somethime this spring / summer, but the short version is:

I drained the oil on my R1 and then got into a fight with the oil filter while trying to get it off. socket filter-wrench wouldn't propperly sit on filter (kept slipping) and i couldn't get the filter lose (header in the way, i think). there was no traditional filter-wrench around so i decided to just add new oil and change the filter later. once i realized the filter was being dificult i had pushed the drain pan (full of oil) under neither bike to the other side. after i gave up the fight with the filter i got out from under the bike and helped my friend get the fairings back on his bike. I then went over to my bike and sat on the seat. in process of putting my right foot over the bike, i placed it directlly into the oil pan which i had pushed over to that side of the bike. even worse, as soon as i realized what i had done, i tried to pull my foot out quickly. the processs of this cuased the pan to flip over and spill oil all over the basement floor. a few moments later, my friends mom came down to "see how we were doing". not cute.

**Nikon** · 03-16-05, 11:50 PM

that sucks but it's funny as hell

**dhuze** · 03-18-05, 10:42 PM

Originally posted by chr|s sedition
With all the stylized and glitzy "reality TV" these days, you'd think someone would have aired a "do-it-yourself diaster" series featuring amature carpenters, electrians, chefs, etc doing what it is that they do best; creating more work for the professionals. No such serieus would be complete without an amature motorcycle mechanic making a HUGE mess in someone else's (parents)basement. Move over Paul SR. and Paul Jr, Chris Sedition and his clueless minions have just entered the workshop.

I'll tell you the *whole* story on a ride somethime this spring / summer, but the short version is:

I drained the oil on my R1 and then got into a fight with the oil filter while trying to get it off. socket filter-wrench wouldn't propperly sit on filter (kept slipping) and i couldn't get the filter lose (header in the way, i think). there was no traditional filter-wrench around so i decided to just add new oil and change the filter later. once i realized the filter was being dificult i had pushed the drain pan (full of oil) under neither bike to the other side. after i gave up the fight with the filter i got out from under the bike and helped my friend get the fairings back on his bike. I then went over to my bike and sat on the seat. in process of putting my right foot over the bike, i placed it directlly into the oil pan which i had pushed over to that side of the bike. even worse, as soon as i realized what i had done, i tried to pull my foot out quickly. the processs of this cuased the pan to flip over and spill oil all over the basement floor. a few moments later, my friends mom came down to "see how we were doing". not cute.

Just put kitty litter on it. I know you have a cat

**OreoGaborio** · 03-18-05, 11:41 PM

hah, oh man that sucks... wish i could say it's happened to me, but it hasn't

Originally posted by dhuze
Just put kitty litter on it. I know you have a cat

oh man that's bad

**chr|s sedition** · 03-19-05, 01:42 AM

Originally posted by dhuze
I know you have a cat

dude, I'm not a fucking *LESBIAN*. Fags dont do pussys. We have, like, pillows or gerbils, or some shit like that

-sedition

**Nikon** · 03-19-05, 10:07 AM

Originally posted by chr|s sedition
dude, I'm not a fucking *LESBIAN*. Fags dont do pussys. We have, like, pillows or gerbils, or some shit like that

-sedition

Best.......thread.....ever.......

**Rice-rocket1** · 03-19-05, 11:01 AM

Originally posted by chr|s sedition
dude, I'm not a fucking *LESBIAN*. Fags dont do pussys. We have, like, pillows or gerbils, or some shit like that

-sedition

Poor little gerbils, they shouldn't suffer that way....

They should be food for Nikon's snake......

**chr|s sedition** · 03-19-05, 11:10 AM

Originally posted by Rice-rocket1
They should be food for Nikon's snake......

I rather that be the cats

-chr|s

**kmobrien76** · 03-22-05, 11:29 PM

Reminds me of the time we were changing the oil on our cars and my buddy got the wrong filter for his Cutlass (back in high school), put it on, poured several quarts of oil in, next thing we know there's oil streaming down his parents driveway, aahhhh, sucked!

Originally posted by chr|s sedition
even worse, as soon as i realized what i had done, i tried to pull my foot out quickly. the processs of this cuased the pan to flip over and spill oil all over the basement floor. a few moments later, my friends mom came down to "see how we were doing". not cute.

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