Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: mp183 on December 24, 2004, 01:14:59 PM
Post by: mp183 on December 24, 2004, 01:14:59 PM
This is from a guy on one of the SV650 boards.
http://www.kuhnco.com/SuzukiSV/ChainCleaning.htm
This is site.
http://www.suzukisv650.info/
Just look on the left side and click on Tutorials.
He has a couple of other things that might be of interest.
http://www.kuhnco.com/SuzukiSV/ChainCleaning.htm
This is site.
http://www.suzukisv650.info/
Just look on the left side and click on Tutorials.
He has a couple of other things that might be of interest.
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: se7enty7 on December 24, 2004, 02:02:52 PM
Post by: se7enty7 on December 24, 2004, 02:02:52 PM
I still want to know what's better to CLEAN it..
kerosene
diesel fuel
wd40??
dish soap??
kerosene
diesel fuel
wd40??
dish soap??
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: manofthefield on December 24, 2004, 02:41:31 PM
Post by: manofthefield on December 24, 2004, 02:41:31 PM
kerosene.
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: se7enty7 on December 24, 2004, 04:15:08 PM
Post by: se7enty7 on December 24, 2004, 04:15:08 PM
where can kerosene be bought?
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: AR5ENAL on December 24, 2004, 04:46:06 PM
Post by: AR5ENAL on December 24, 2004, 04:46:06 PM
the kerosene store :nana:
j/k. you can usually find kerosene at your local hardware shop (OSH, Ace, Lowe's, Home Depot, &c.)
j/k. you can usually find kerosene at your local hardware shop (OSH, Ace, Lowe's, Home Depot, &c.)
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: se7enty7 on December 24, 2004, 06:25:34 PM
Post by: se7enty7 on December 24, 2004, 06:25:34 PM
Quote from: AR5ENALthe kerosene store :nana:
j/k. you can usually find kerosene at your local hardware shop (OSH, Ace, Lowe's, Home Depot, &c.)
which I suppose isn't open xmas day :x
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: pixelmonkey on December 24, 2004, 07:29:09 PM
Post by: pixelmonkey on December 24, 2004, 07:29:09 PM
Quote from: se7enty7Quote from: AR5ENALthe kerosene store :nana:
j/k. you can usually find kerosene at your local hardware shop (OSH, Ace, Lowe's, Home Depot, &c.)
which I suppose isn't open xmas day :x
nope!
another suggestion is... check with some gas stations! they sometimes have a kerosene next to a diesel pump
chris<pixelmonkey>:D
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: Kerry on December 24, 2004, 08:49:16 PM
Post by: Kerry on December 24, 2004, 08:49:16 PM
Quote from: pixelmonkeycheck with some gas stations! they sometimes have a kerosene next to a diesel pumpYeah ... see? 'Course, this isn't your regular gas station. Probably not your regular kerosene either. :dunno:
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: Michael on December 24, 2004, 10:35:12 PM
Post by: Michael on December 24, 2004, 10:35:12 PM
Ok, Kerry, I'll bite. Where is that gas station? Is it where you usually fuel up?
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: pixelmonkey on December 24, 2004, 11:12:52 PM
Post by: pixelmonkey on December 24, 2004, 11:12:52 PM
there are 2 gas stations within 2 miles of my parents in missouri that have kerosene...
and 1 about 2&1/2 miles from my appartment in stillwater
just have to look!
chris<pixelmonkey>:D
and 1 about 2&1/2 miles from my appartment in stillwater
just have to look!
chris<pixelmonkey>:D
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: Kerry on December 24, 2004, 11:24:10 PM
Post by: Kerry on December 24, 2004, 11:24:10 PM
Quote from: MichaelWhere is that gas station? Is it where you usually fuel up?No, it's about 9 or 10 miles from my place. I looked it up after Rema1000 (who runs E85 in his GS) told that he had seen a listing for an E85 station in Provo, Utah - the city bordering Orem to the south.
That "station" is across the street from the railroad tracks, in a part of town I wasn't very familiar with....
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: Michael on December 25, 2004, 09:00:56 AM
Post by: Michael on December 25, 2004, 09:00:56 AM
Quote from: KerryHmm. I'd never even heard of E85 prior to this thread. I knew some people O/S ran alcohol, mainly Brazil and so on. We had a huge to do here in Oz a while back when some of the oil companies said they were going to add about 10% EtOH to the petrol. People got worried and now a lot of the stations have signs up assuring ustheir petrol contains none of it. I don't really understand what's so bad about it.Quote from: MichaelWhere is that gas station? Is it where you usually fuel up?No, it's about 9 or 10 miles from my place. I looked it up after Rema1000 (who runs E85 in his GS) told that he had seen a listing for an E85 station in Provo, Utah - the city bordering Orem to the south.
That "station" is across the street from the railroad tracks, in a part of town I wasn't very familiar with....
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: bikenut on December 25, 2004, 11:04:51 AM
Post by: bikenut on December 25, 2004, 11:04:51 AM
WD-40 works fine and will not harm anything. After you clean it, get the chain warm and then use chain wax :thumb:
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: mp183 on December 25, 2004, 12:06:35 PM
Post by: mp183 on December 25, 2004, 12:06:35 PM
Quote from: se7enty7where can kerosene be bought?
You could have asked Santa but it's too late.
You'll have to wait for the Easter bunny.
:roll:
I'm bad so he never stops by my house, so I just siphon off a couple
quarts from his sled when he is delivering toys to my neighbors.
His sled actually runs on Kero. Those damn reindeer are just for show.
:lol:
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: Kerry on December 25, 2004, 12:31:18 PM
Post by: Kerry on December 25, 2004, 12:31:18 PM
Quote from: MichaelHmm. I'd never even heard of E85 prior to this thread.Sorry to continue the thread hijack, but check out this thread from April, May and October.
Also, see Rema1000's modest but useful web page HERE.
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: sprint_9 on December 25, 2004, 05:37:44 PM
Post by: sprint_9 on December 25, 2004, 05:37:44 PM
Put some of that 100 octane in the GS and see how she does. I bet it will run like a champ for a few miles. :lol:
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: Michael on December 26, 2004, 03:45:56 AM
Post by: Michael on December 26, 2004, 03:45:56 AM
Quote from: KerryThanks, Kerry. That was interesting. Still think I'll stick with petrol for the moment. :thumb:Quote from: MichaelHmm. I'd never even heard of E85 prior to this thread.Sorry to continue the thread hijack, but check out this thread from April, May and October.
Also, see Rema1000's modest but useful web page HERE.
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: Cal Price on December 26, 2004, 04:00:31 AM
Post by: Cal Price on December 26, 2004, 04:00:31 AM
We call it "Parafin" and it is available at some filling stations, hardwares and some chemists/pharmacys in smaller quantities. It's what you put in an "oil" lamp.
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: Kerry on December 26, 2004, 05:38:04 PM
Post by: Kerry on December 26, 2004, 05:38:04 PM
Quote from: Cal PriceWe call it "Parafin" [...] It's what you put in an "oil" lamp.By "it" you mean kerosene, right? And not E85?
When I was a kid my mom would buy blocks of "paraffin" in a box. She would melt it down in a double boiler and we would make candles out of it. Like so:
Around the same time I read a UK-authored novel about a shipwrecked polar bear swimming ashore on a small island, and the measures the inhabitants took to deal with the threat. Was I ever confused when I read about the main character pouring paraffin into a lamp...!
BTW, here's something I found while searching for an image like the one above. If Mom only knew that she had us messing about with rocket fuel! :o
Title: chain cleaning tutorial
Post by: Cal Price on December 27, 2004, 02:54:44 AM
Post by: Cal Price on December 27, 2004, 02:54:44 AM
That's right, Parafin = Kerosene
Not to be confused with Parafin wax that you describe or
"Liquid Parafin" which is something else again, not sure what but if you mix it with Petroleum Gell (Vasaline ?) you get that 1950's "Greasy kid stuff" that the young Elvis and a million other guys put on their hair. Ugh!
Not to be confused with Parafin wax that you describe or
"Liquid Parafin" which is something else again, not sure what but if you mix it with Petroleum Gell (Vasaline ?) you get that 1950's "Greasy kid stuff" that the young Elvis and a million other guys put on their hair. Ugh!