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I decided that I would switch to gear oil from waxy chain lube awhile back and noticed an improvement in terms of chain lubrication. However, I also decided that wiping off the excess oil wasn't necessary because the gear oil would fling off.
Well, that's exactly what happened.
Unfortunately, oil flings off on the chain guard, the kick stand, the underseat grab bar, my riding pants and anywhere else oil dares fling it's ugly head. It even flings off on your rear tire, which brings me to...
A TALE OF PERILOUS ADVENTURE FOR OVERLUBE MAN!
Where we last left off with our hero, he was in his garage (which needs a thorough cleaning BTW) where he was gleefully applying a generous amount of lube to his motorcycle chain. While he wipes off most of the excess slippery stuff he says to himself...
"Well, I don't have to worry about wiping off all the excess, it will fling off when I ride tomorrow."
Without giving it a second thought (and not giving his wallet a second thought, for it is on the toolbox), our hero turns in for the night dreaming about not working the weekend so he can ride and be a poser on his machine. After a fitful night of allergies and listening to the neighbors throw a party for their 21-year-old Italian primadonna daughter, our hero desperately attempts to get himself ready for work. Despite an inadequate shower and not enough deodorant, Overlube Man decides that he's going to work. Getting on his trusty motorcycle, our hero leaves his home (and his wallet which is STILL on the toolbox).
Things are going swell when Overlube Man attempts to get on the highway on one of those cloverleaf on-ramps. However, danger is lurking about and it decides to rear its ugly head. Suddenly, the rear tire loses traction and our hero finds himself on a highly uncooperative motorcycle. Using great skill, finesse and more luck than he is entitled to he manages to bring the beast to heel. However, on several tight corners the motorcycle (possessed by demons or controlled by evil motorcycle mechanics), attempts to buck our hero off. Overlube Man, however, doesn’t know the meaning of surrender (or pull over and see what-the-$&*% is wrong with the bike!) and makes it to work alive. Ah, Darwin couldn’t be more wrong this day.
Despite being overly dense (having a thick skull is good when you beat on it regularly), our hero inspects the rear tire to see what the fuss is all about. Well, it seems that some of the excess lube flung off on the tire. As the tire rotates, the oil travels to the outer sidewall of the tire and onto the tire surface. Oil is slippery and therefore causes a traction loss. Mystery solved. Overlube Man vows not to be so stupid (and not to forget his wallet on the toolbox) again and cleans up the bike during his lunch.
I hope you enjoyed this short tale and if you hadn’t figured this out, the moral of this story is…
Don’t overlube your chain! Wipe-off the excess!
I decided that I would switch to gear oil from waxy chain lube awhile back and noticed an improvement in terms of chain lubrication. However, I also decided that wiping off the excess oil wasn't necessary because the gear oil would fling off.
Well, that's exactly what happened.
Unfortunately, oil flings off on the chain guard, the kick stand, the underseat grab bar, my riding pants and anywhere else oil dares fling it's ugly head. It even flings off on your rear tire, which brings me to...
A TALE OF PERILOUS ADVENTURE FOR OVERLUBE MAN!
Where we last left off with our hero, he was in his garage (which needs a thorough cleaning BTW) where he was gleefully applying a generous amount of lube to his motorcycle chain. While he wipes off most of the excess slippery stuff he says to himself...
"Well, I don't have to worry about wiping off all the excess, it will fling off when I ride tomorrow."
Without giving it a second thought (and not giving his wallet a second thought, for it is on the toolbox), our hero turns in for the night dreaming about not working the weekend so he can ride and be a poser on his machine. After a fitful night of allergies and listening to the neighbors throw a party for their 21-year-old Italian primadonna daughter, our hero desperately attempts to get himself ready for work. Despite an inadequate shower and not enough deodorant, Overlube Man decides that he's going to work. Getting on his trusty motorcycle, our hero leaves his home (and his wallet which is STILL on the toolbox).
Things are going swell when Overlube Man attempts to get on the highway on one of those cloverleaf on-ramps. However, danger is lurking about and it decides to rear its ugly head. Suddenly, the rear tire loses traction and our hero finds himself on a highly uncooperative motorcycle. Using great skill, finesse and more luck than he is entitled to he manages to bring the beast to heel. However, on several tight corners the motorcycle (possessed by demons or controlled by evil motorcycle mechanics), attempts to buck our hero off. Overlube Man, however, doesn’t know the meaning of surrender (or pull over and see what-the-$&*% is wrong with the bike!) and makes it to work alive. Ah, Darwin couldn’t be more wrong this day.
Despite being overly dense (having a thick skull is good when you beat on it regularly), our hero inspects the rear tire to see what the fuss is all about. Well, it seems that some of the excess lube flung off on the tire. As the tire rotates, the oil travels to the outer sidewall of the tire and onto the tire surface. Oil is slippery and therefore causes a traction loss. Mystery solved. Overlube Man vows not to be so stupid (and not to forget his wallet on the toolbox) again and cleans up the bike during his lunch.
I hope you enjoyed this short tale and if you hadn’t figured this out, the moral of this story is…
Don’t overlube your chain! Wipe-off the excess!
Good judgement comes from experience, and often experience comes from Bad Judgement :smt084
........ SWEET! 
5 to 7 drops. That's about all you need on the chain at any given time. The idea is to keep those five to seven drops spread out all over the chain constantly, preferably on the actual roller surface where it hits the sprockets. Putting the gear oil on a small rag liberally and wiping the chain would probably deposit enough for your purposes, as long as you remember to redeposit more in the near future when it disipates... Or just break down and get a chain oiler 
. When I do mine , I clean it with the kerosene and toothbrush , wipe dry . Spin tire ALOT , wipe some more . Using a straw and some motor oil I liberally apply oil (about a drop to each roller) , spin wheel a few times , then wipe off excess . Spin wheel some MORE , wipe of more excess . Turn bike on and spin wheel with engine on centerstand , shut down , then wipe AGAIN . 
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