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Whereabouts are you based?
Whereabouts are you based?
Soggy Republic of Wiltshire....
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welcome to the site , what you can see of it
Greetings & salutations.....
I think there's a filter that restricts your posts in the first weeks in case you inadvertently post a thread asking about oil or post a video that has been posted before - its for your own safety.
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Everywhere Man is in Chains - Smash the Cistern!
Oh, I see I was going to say that I'm looking for advice to include in an article I'm writing on chain maintenance
Its a simple but oft neglected thing... I'm now having to do it as I've just bought an F700 - it won't of course apply to the bigger bikes.
Here's the start of the article:
Whether you're a busy commuter or a weekend sportsbike rider it's easy to neglect the unglamorous job of chain maintenance. Chains are low on the bike and obscured by guards and huggers; more than that, they are also greasily grimy and likely to cover you and your riding kit in gunge. But it makes sense to look after them; good chains can easily cost over £100, so it adds up financially. But but there are more urgent reasons too.
Modern bikes make the power of many horses, and the only thing taking all that hoof-kicking energy to the back wheel is the collection of thin plates and rollers of your chain drive. Not only will a lubricated and maintained chain transmit power more fluidly leading to smoother transmission, a badly looked after one could snap, locking the rear wheel and sending shrapnel flying in all directions.
Most bikes will not need adjustment more than every 500 miles, but cleaning and lubrication are important too; cleaning because road grit makes a great abrasive that eats into your sprockets, and lubrication because without oil between moving parts, power will be lost and transmission will feel harsh. If the chain is loose, then stiffness makes it more likely to jump the sprockets, with potentially disastrous results.
In this article we use some of Rock Oil's specialist products to do a routine clean and lube on our Graham's Hornet, an old bike but in everyday use for commuting and instructing.
Then we go on to show some basic cleaning etc...All very simple...but I'm always open to tips and advice to include. Often our articles do have input from forums. We're not paid journalists, just bikers sharing info.
Edited via Duchess
All advice and help welcome.
We'd also like input for an article on shaft drive maintenance we have planned.Nothing like real-world experience.
Hedgehog
Oh, I see I was going to say that I'm looking for advice to include in an article I'm writing on chain maintenance
Its a simple but oft neglected thing... I'm now having to do it as I've just bought an F700 - it won't of course apply to the bigger bikes.
Here's the start of the article:
Whether you're a busy commuter or a weekend sportsbike rider it's easy to neglect the unglamorous job of chain maintenance. Chains are low on the bike and obscured by guards and huggers; more than that, they are also greasily grimy and likely to cover you and your riding kit in gunge. But it makes sense to look after them; good chains can easily cost over £100, so it adds up financially. But but there are more urgent reasons too.
Modern bikes make the power of many horses, and the only thing taking all that hoof-kicking energy to the back wheel is the collection of thin plates and rollers of your chain drive. Not only will a lubricated and maintained chain transmit power more fluidly leading to smoother transmission, a badly looked after one could snap, locking the rear wheel and sending shrapnel flying in all directions.
Most bikes will not need adjustment more than every 500 miles, but cleaning and lubrication are important too; cleaning because road grit makes a great abrasive that eats into your sprockets, and lubrication because without oil between moving parts, power will be lost and transmission will feel harsh. If the chain is loose, then stiffness makes it more likely to jump the sprockets, with potentially disastrous results.
In this article we use some of Rock Oil's specialist products to do a routine clean and lube on our Graham's Hornet, an old bike but in everyday use for commuting and instructing.
Then we go on to show some basic cleaning etc...All very simple...but I'm always open to tips and advice to include. Often our articles do have input from forums. We're not paid journalists, just bikers sharing info.
Edited via Duchess
All advice and help welcome.
We'd also like input for an article on shaft drive maintenance we have planned.Nothing like real-world experience.
Hedgehog
Hopefully this will be the last thread I have to close in the intro section from you.
May I suggest if you have a query regarding your membership then please make contact with Admin, this is the intro section. Spamming your bike site is not permitted, equally it would be unfair to ask members to redirect their responses to your queries to your bike site rather than posting in the forum here.
I've done a quick search on you, you have been posting in other parts of the forum
which strengthens what I've said above
Thread now closed. PM me if you want to talk to me direct. Many thanks
May I suggest if you have a query regarding your membership then please make contact with Admin, this is the intro section. Spamming your bike site is not permitted, equally it would be unfair to ask members to redirect their responses to your queries to your bike site rather than posting in the forum here.
I've done a quick search on you, you have been posting in other parts of the forum
which strengthens what I've said aboveThread now closed. PM me if you want to talk to me direct. Many thanks
I have no idea what you're talking about but, as you have contacted me via email on numerous occasions before, why not drop me another email
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