chain lube

[ron criswell]

Increased construction in your area might have something to do with it? It is amazing the number of flats I got after I roofed my house once and carrying all the old shingles off in my pickup truck. There is a lot of construction going on around here. I try and steer clear of pickups hauling trash and the shoulder of the road. I have spotted a number of wood screws and nails pulling out of gas stations and convenience stores in the trash at the side of the road. South Dakota gravel roads have evil spirits lurking. Criswell Sent from my iPad

On Oct 11, 2012, at 8:42 AM, Stephen North wrote: > The "why's" of random nail distribution in a road bed are already well understood..... > The question was if any one else has noticed an INCREASED incidence of nail grabbing with a 606 tread (or similar) pattern VS other tread patterns. Im not bashing Dunlop, i think its a GREAT tire. As I said I have been riding these SAME roads for many thousands of miles with NO nail problems with tighter tread patterns. Both incidents were many many miles apart as well so it' s not a local event. > Twice in two weeks seems either really unlucky or something else going on. Hence my question. > > Stitches Afloat LLC > 4580 Harbor Road > Shelburne Vermont 05482 > 802-985-9547 > www.stitchesafloat.com > stitchesafloat@... > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Bogdan Swider]

Sometimes the way tires interact with sharp objects is downright weird. I still remember the exact time and place when I looked down at my rear tire and eyeballed a large screw head close to the middle of the tread. I was a hot day in Alamogordo NM. I pulled out the screw and was surprised to find the screw was more than an inch long. It was not sitting in the tire at an angle but was longed straight in. The surprising thing was that the tube lost no air. I had no idea how long I was riding like that. I guess it makes no sense to question the fates especially if the ladies act in your favor. Bogdan From: Jud > Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 6:23 PM To: "DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.comDSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com>" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.comDSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com>> Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: 2nd flat in two weeks You are free to conclude that D606s are jinxed, contain nail magnets or are otherwise somehow inferior. I still say try the mudflap.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Stephen North wrote: > > The nails were perfectly straight. Also, the nails were stuck In between the blocky knobs both times. > And was I "gassing it"?......, I live in Vermont. It's hilly. I "gas it" all the time! > Just weird I haven't picked up any nails before switching to the 606's, riding the same roads thousands of times / miles...... > > Stitches Afloat LLC > 4580 Harbor Road > Shelburne Vermont 05482 > 802-985-9547 > www.stitchesafloat.com > stitchesafloat@... > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Jud]

The Lubeman seemed like a great idea until I figured out that an oiler that allowed you to lubricate your chain every fifty, or even every ten miles was really no more effective than spraying your chain at every gas stop. The only way to lubricate the rollers and wearing surfaces of the sprockets effectively is with a continuous-flow oiler like a Scottoiler

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "achesley43@..." wrote: > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Glenn Sturley" wrote: > > > I have had this system fitted to my Honda Balckbird for many years and I have also fitted a similiar system to my KLR650C. > > Boths chains are wearing well. 37000km or nearly 25000miles on the Blackbird chain before replacing. > > > > I tried a Lubeman system out on my '07 Bandit for awhile but found it was collecting too much grit when running down dusty gravel roads. That was on the OEM chain which was out of adjustment at about 23,000 miles. Even though I had took the system off and run Dupont for the last 10,000 miles of it's life. The next chain on the Bandit 1250s , I ran nothing but the Dupont stuff and took it off early with over 35,000 miles on it. This is running about 5% gravel roads with it. I'm sure it I would of left it on I could of made 45,000 miles on the chain and sprockets. They were not that bad off when I changed them as a precaution. >