Rusted chain

We could do with finding out the size somehow. It's probably nothing special size wise and would be available off the shelf from them in either stainless or titanium. Then again I am probably talking utter bollocks. Time for a pint!

 

That does look bad but a couple of things, both My Multis were coated in ACF50 about every 6 months or so, I always use Wurth bike cleaner 1st (don't leave it on more than 5 minutes) then hose it off - NEVER use a jet wash, then if it is still dirty, which is quite often at the moment, I use a good car shampoo (they don't have any salt in them) as a final wash, then leather it down. Always use a hose to wash it down, the jet washers will take off ACF50 or any other protection you have on the bike. How you get those nuts back to clean I really don't know apart from replacing them.

 

Anyone replaced the C&S and if so, what did they buy? I assume it's a 530 chain? If so, is it 112 link?

 

Ugh, this isn't just a multi thing Got worried after reading this so had a look at the chain on the Pani earlier and that's rusting up ffs Never been out in the wet and has been sat up in a warm dry office since the first week of November so no salt either. Nowhere near as bad as the pics here but theres still patches of rust forming all over it. Touch disappointing to say the least

 

It's likely surface rust. Rag and paraffin will sort it.

 

Funny how my cheap old mx chains on race bikes never rusted up in same damp conditions

 

I last cleaned a chain in about 1981. Since then, I never have. I lube them when they have been out in the rain, or every 500 miles or so - maybe sooner actually. They are all black and probably full of crud, which deposits itself on the swing arm and the rear wheel. No it isn't pretty, but I'm buggered if I'm going to spend hours removing the rear wheel and cleaning the thing every time I ride it.

On the plus side, I've only ever had one chain rust and that was because I was too lazy to lube it when it needed it. I suspect that manic cleaning isn't the best thing for some bits of a bike. They are meant to be oily and greasy - it's what protects them. These are bikes for the road and road conditions, not some pampered GP machinery that is stripped down every couple of hundred miles. If your chain is covered in chain lube, I can't see how the salt is going to attack it. Washing everything off every time it goes out is probably another story.

 

How many times...mine isn't manically cleaned!! Its a shit product not built for a life living near coastal water of the UK or indeed any moisture whatever so I recommend everyone to buy one of the sealed bubble thingies

 

I'm happy to believe that.

I can imagine that Ducati have now started to fit crappy second-rate mild-steel chains to their very expensive motorbikes. But I think it's a real pity if they have and totally unjustifiable. In which case, threads like this are good. You'd have to be a bit of an idiot marketeer not to read forums like this to find out what your customers are thinking. So let's hope they are.

 

That's the silly thing. The owners manual shows a Regina 136ZRP, a fair spec Z-ring 530 chain from a recognisable manufacturer. But rather than take the standard gold finish (REGINA CHAIN - Product data sheet), they've gone for a raw finish which means it rusts like hell.

I can't imagine it would have been significantly (if any) cheaper given that it's effectively a special order.

 

Paraffin is just a cheap de-greaser, buy it in gallon bottles from B&Q round here.

Just use it to get rid of all of the old chainlube and gunk on the chain, before pampering it with fresh lube and watching it rust away again!

 

Yeah, came off with a little persuasion, figured it probably would

Guess I was just expecting a little more really, spent a small fortune on this and to find bits rusting in a dry warm office isn't the most inspiring...though looking at the picture earlier I'm kinda glad it's away till the better weather returns

 

It doesn't. You'll need something mildly abrasive, I'd use a scotchbrite pad soaked in parrafin, with plenty of elbow grease to grind away at the rust!

 

Give it a shot mate, cleans up surface rust a right treat as well as the chain. Costs pennies compared to canned chain cleaner and does a better job.

 

No, but sell 10,000 bikes and all these pennies add up. It's down to the bean counters

 

Indeed. Can only assume that there was a price incentive then.