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Old 08-03-07 | 05:26 PM
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Bikes: 1977-78 Raleigh Professional - bought new, 1987 Shogun 400 (for the lady)

Originally Posted by Bushman
why do i break apart my chain every week? Because i have a carburator dip tank with carb cleaner, and nothing cleans a chain better than a nice soak in carb cleaner. Its a weekly ritual, over cold beers and loud music, along with a frame cleaning and wheel check, that i quite enjoy every week. Start the week with a chemically clean chain, lube it up and off i go, clean chain, clean and silent bike. i sometimes also change the gear ratio, depending on my mood, which require a longer or shorter chain
That's too funny - I wax my bike often but don't clean the chain weekly.

Any chain mfr (can we all say *****mano) that says not to break the chain to clean it is full of ***** IM(not so)HO
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