How To Clean & Lube Your Motorcycle Chain at RevZilla.com

How To Step by Step

A little bit of elbow grease goes a long way. To prevent your motorcycle chain from living a shorter than desirable lifespan, keeping it fresh and clean is paramount. In this How To video, Lemmy walks you through the process of how to clean and lube your motorcycle chain. With the right tools and some knowhow, extending the life of your motorcycle chain and sprockets, as well as increasing performance (and just looking better overall), can be done with a minimal time and monetary commitment.

How To Step by Step:
Step One: Figure out your chain type.
Step Two: Arrange your bike in a position that will make your chain easily accessible.
Step Three: Examine your motorcycle chain.
Step Four: Spray your chain with chain cleaner.
Step Five: Scrub the chain.
Step Six: Re-soak the motorcycle chain with your cleaning agent of choice.
Step Seven: Fully dry your motorcycle.
Step Eight: When fully dry, Apply Lubricant evenly on all sides of your chain.
Step Nine: Clean up and ride!

[thorvelasco]

make a spray shield out of cardboard or paper to keep oil and overspray off of wheel and tire.  you don't want to grease up your tire.

[TmplKnght]

Just told my girlfriend I'm going out to buy some lube. It's nice to see her as excited as I am about my bike.

[efitwithnick]

At first I thought, “Is this honestly a seventeen-and-a-half-minute video on cleaning a chain!?”
Started watching and at the end happily subscribed. No wasted time here. This dude knows his stuff and explains things thoroughly, and clearly.

[netherza]

When lubing the chain I use a spent toilet role (the carton) cut it on one side with a scissor, wrap it around the chain. I then spray the lube with the nozzle inside the role which prevents a mess and some getting all over the bike or tyre.

[bclarke]

At first I wondered how anyone could take 17+ minutes to talk about cleaning and oiling a chain...
but then I watched out of curiosity and learned a couple of new things!
Great video.

[SpencerRoberg]

This guy is a great instructor.
Like... usually the instructor is corny and or condescending, this guy is just cool. Also really good job covering a lot of bases on foreseeable possible questions people might have. Just a really great teacher.

[Expertpixelpusher]

Lemmy is an awesome presenter, instructor, and teacher. Well done. Great videos. I would pay money for a motorcycle maintenance training course with him hosting.

[Ronbassettphd]

Lemmy, you are the BEST teacher I have found yet on YouTube. Excellent lesson!

[olliedavies]

This man talks sense and is a very good presenter for motorcycle maintenance, I also like how he doesn't try and push product sales on us and recommends using kerosene which is just as good as the more expensive branded chain cleaners. Cheers mate!

[JackSwatman]

kudos for mentioning kerosene, would have been easy for you to push for the sale of branded chain cleaners but you guys did the right thing. also diesel can be used as it isn't as harsh on the rings as petrol

[nathanrhodes]

Gotta congratulate on these videos, guys. Wonderfully filmed and scripted, rich in detail but to the point, no condescension, no attitude except that of being welcoming. Motorcycles can be daunting sometimes (just got my endorsement in NJ in July), but your videos are a perfect antidote to that on. Thank you!

[jonandersen]

As already stated by many reviewers: This guy is a great instructor. Demonstrates he knows the subject and is giving you the strait scoop without any bs. Just what I would expect from a Youtube video but not always what I get.

[ctmtb]

I hope Lemmy's management appreciates his awesomeness. A raise, along with a weekly case of a quality IPA at a minimum.

[johnshelley]

As someone that's relatively new to working on bikes yourself, this video goes above and beyond helping me. Thanks for explaining the small things that most experienced guys already know. Keep up the great work and I'll definitely be subscribing.

[vishnu]

Wow! A short and simple yet comprehensive explanation. Thank you, man :) The thing I admire the most is that there was no unnecessary music in the entire video. Once again, thanks :)

[fknLightning]

I binge watch Youtube to learn things about my motorcycle and this video was extremely well presented. You answered a lot of questions I still had like you knew I'd be thinking it after explaining something. Very well done!

[dethklok]

Best chain cleaning video on YouTube hands down.

[VarunSarathy]

The 17 minute video whizzed past. You were great, Lemmy!

[brianalexander]

Great job Lemmy. This is my first video by Revzilla and I was impressed with your professionalism, fast pace, omitted jokes and "personality" interference, and overall quality of the educational content.
Just picked up a $200 1972 Triumph 650 and the manual says to remove the chain, scrub it with kerosene, melt some "grease" and soak the chain in this grease. Seems like this would turn the bike into a grease pin-wheel at freeway speeds. I'll follow your instructions instead Thanks. -BA

[LunchTrae]

You could be explaining the most boring thing on earth, yet the way you explain things makes it so nice to watch and learn. Thank you