Wild isn't it how common terrible looking chains are. Even worse when you see second hand bikes for sale on the high end of the asking price with rust and things lol. People are wild! Good on you for doing something so simple that so many people fail on. You'll sell them in no time!
As far as I know, any longer lasting thicker lube will be white. However as long as you put enough on and let the o rings absorb the lube for half hour or so, it should be plenty. I did a chain video showing my chain after 3 plus years. See if that helps at all 😎
Ihave years of riding experience and do both first things that you mention and have never had a problem with either. Only during my first few rides did I become aware of the kick stand sliding potential. This only occurs on an incline and my solution is just to angle the bike so that the weight, puts more pressure on the ground to keep it from sliding. A much more problematic issue, is watching your bike topple over, because the kickstand actually sunk into the pavement. Now that is something that new riders need to be warned about! I use a support plate and still leave the bike in neutral. lol! I do not normally use the rear brake when stopped, unless I need to use my right hand to do something. This will only be an issue for new riders, that have not gotten used to operation the clutch efficiently. I have been on steep hills and never had a problem at all. I simply do the transition quicker. And I have zero intentions to alter how I operate my motorcycle. It is good advice for noobs, though. I have always been good at using clutches, cause I learned to drive with a stick shift. I have always had sticks, until only last year. Sticks are getting hard to find these days. Cheers!
What a good point on the sinking tip. That's definitely one to catch someone out!!!! I'm with you on the clutch thing, and being able to drive a manual car makes riding a bike easier to pick up for sure. I'll definitely be explaining things a bit more in future videos and the pros and cons of both sides of things. Thanks for watching my friend, I appreciate the comment too! 🫡
There are reasons why sometimes you will want to use the front brake on a hill due to camber where putting your left foot down means you'll go with the camber in the road and have the bike topple on you. I've been a victim of it and ride past the very junction it happened on in shame most days It's not always a great idea to use the front brake and try to pull away from a hill start but it is possible and it can be safe if you get to learn it well.
Ah man that sucks to hear. Hopefully you and the bike were not too damaged?! And that's a very good point also, hopefully someone sees this and takes that into a account too!
Hello, I enjoyed the video and found it useful, since I'm a beginner. I have a question though: how and why is your chain so clean while mine(when lubed) looks dirty? as if the lube doesn't distribute and ends up looking like i put mayo on the chain. thank you for your time.
Hey Fabio! Thanks for watching 😎. I can think of a couple of reasons.... either you haven't been cleaning the chain properly to remove the grime before reapplying lub... OR you have the type of lube that is thicker in nature. Which typically are heavier duty and better at dealing with water/rain. I'll do an in depth maintainance video asap for you and hopefully that could help with some things. In the mean time, ride safe. And do let me know if you want any particular topics covered and I'll get to it 🤙
@fabiovenerandispp7430 ahhh my neighbour has this stuff funnily enough. I helped him get his ninja 400 chain from orange to silver lol. Yes that stuff is pretty thick. He asked me the same thing as you did as he was worried why it was almost creamy. It's just the type of grease!!! Maybe I should borrow his bike and do some begginer topics with it and compare vs a bigger bike etc... let's see. Ride safe in the meantime dude!
I'm looking forward to doing better videos as time goes. But I definitely see long time riders still parking in N and it makes me sad ;)! Thanks for watching, appreciate the comment too!
Parking in neutral gives me too much anxiety, just sayin'...
I'm selling a couple of my starter 250cc bikes and all the people are saying how my chains look new, no shit they've ben always cleaned and lubed 😂
Wild isn't it how common terrible looking chains are.
Even worse when you see second hand bikes for sale on the high end of the asking price with rust and things lol. People are wild! Good on you for doing something so simple that so many people fail on. You'll sell them in no time!
No you.
As a MT 09 owner - a Q : Do you know a chain lube, that stays ON the factory lube ( sticks to it ) - without making the chain whitened up ...?
As far as I know, any longer lasting thicker lube will be white. However as long as you put enough on and let the o rings absorb the lube for half hour or so, it should be plenty. I did a chain video showing my chain after 3 plus years. See if that helps at all 😎
Ihave years of riding experience and do both first things that you mention and have never had a problem with either. Only during my first few rides did I become aware of the kick stand sliding potential. This only occurs on an incline and my solution is just to angle the bike so that the weight, puts more pressure on the ground to keep it from sliding.
A much more problematic issue, is watching your bike topple over, because the kickstand actually sunk into the pavement. Now that is something that new riders need to be warned about!
I use a support plate and still leave the bike in neutral. lol!
I do not normally use the rear brake when stopped, unless I need to use my right hand to do something. This will only be an issue for new riders, that have not gotten used to operation the clutch efficiently. I have been on steep hills and never had a problem at all. I simply do the transition quicker.
And I have zero intentions to alter how I operate my motorcycle. It is good advice for noobs, though.
I have always been good at using clutches, cause I learned to drive with a stick shift. I have always had sticks, until only last year. Sticks are getting hard to find these days.
Cheers!
What a good point on the sinking tip. That's definitely one to catch someone out!!!! I'm with you on the clutch thing, and being able to drive a manual car makes riding a bike easier to pick up for sure. I'll definitely be explaining things a bit more in future videos and the pros and cons of both sides of things. Thanks for watching my friend, I appreciate the comment too! 🫡
good vid lad
Thanking you. They'll only get better with time! Legend
There are reasons why sometimes you will want to use the front brake on a hill due to camber where putting your left foot down means you'll go with the camber in the road and have the bike topple on you. I've been a victim of it and ride past the very junction it happened on in shame most days
It's not always a great idea to use the front brake and try to pull away from a hill start but it is possible and it can be safe if you get to learn it well.
Ah man that sucks to hear. Hopefully you and the bike were not too damaged?! And that's a very good point also, hopefully someone sees this and takes that into a account too!
Hello, I enjoyed the video and found it useful, since I'm a beginner. I have a question though: how and why is your chain so clean while mine(when lubed) looks dirty? as if the lube doesn't distribute and ends up looking like i put mayo on the chain. thank you for your time.
Hey Fabio!
Thanks for watching 😎. I can think of a couple of reasons.... either you haven't been cleaning the chain properly to remove the grime before reapplying lub... OR you have the type of lube that is thicker in nature. Which typically are heavier duty and better at dealing with water/rain.
I'll do an in depth maintainance video asap for you and hopefully that could help with some things. In the mean time, ride safe.
And do let me know if you want any particular topics covered and I'll get to it 🤙
@@thethrottletube omg thank you so much, I'll wait for your video. Btw i use Ipone's spray grease and ipone's chain cleaner.
@fabiovenerandispp7430 ahhh my neighbour has this stuff funnily enough. I helped him get his ninja 400 chain from orange to silver lol. Yes that stuff is pretty thick. He asked me the same thing as you did as he was worried why it was almost creamy. It's just the type of grease!!! Maybe I should borrow his bike and do some begginer topics with it and compare vs a bigger bike etc... let's see. Ride safe in the meantime dude!
@fabiovenerandispp7430 uploaded for you and answered your question in my latest chain maintenance video. Hope this answers all you need to know! 🤘
@@thethrottletube TY SM!!!
Good points that some need to know.
I'm looking forward to doing better videos as time goes. But I definitely see long time riders still parking in N and it makes me sad ;)! Thanks for watching, appreciate the comment too!
Great, thanks!
No problem. Looking forward to doing some more in depth things in the future! Thanks for watching 🫡