Originally Posted by
vanttila
Clean and lube your chain as you'd like, but don't remove the factory lube. Maybe wipe off excess from the exterior surfaces if it feels too sticky, but don't "completely remove it." The factory stuff is the best lube your chain will ever see.
But it just doesn't work with my clean/lube system. So, off it comes. Besides, so what if the chain doesn't have the "best" lube for the first two hundred miles. Pro Link, and lots of other lubes are plenty good enough. bk
Oh yeah, there's way less solvent used.