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A Motorcycle Chain Tension Measuring Tool The Chain Monkey is a tool to help set the correct motorcycle chain slack during a chain adjustment. It’s made from plastic with an adjustable metal screw. Follow the instructions in the kit and set the bottom of the nut to your correct optimal chain slack number. Then tighten …

A Manually Pressurized Chain Oiler The Cobrra Nemo2 chain oiling system is about as simple as it gets. It has a reservoir, feed tube, drip orientation component and the oil of your choice. Simplicity vs. complexity; it really is “back to basics” regarding the Nemo 2. And that goes also for an installation on the …

Kal-Gard Moly Chain Kote Chain Lube Quck Look Kal-Gard is another name that has been around forever but is probably known only to enthusiasts and not the general public. The company makes an assortment of lubricants and the Chain Kote product shown here is the “moly” version, which contains molybdenum disulfide, a commonly used lubricant. …

Chain Drain Motorcycle Chain Cleaning System Review The Chain Drain motorcycle chain cleaning system fits under the chain and rear sprocket to help prevent overspray from chain cleaning fluid and chain lube. The dripping chain cleaning fluid collects in a sealed canister that serves as the base. Why didn’t I think of that? It’s not …

Bean Clean Chain Cleaner Review “Environmentally friendly” (or friendlier, anyway) method of cleaning a motorcycle chain. Being “green” doesn’t mean you have to compromise. This stuff works! While there are plenty of different motorcycle chain lubes for sale (as our recent review of 13 confirms), there aren’t many products that specifically claim to be motorcycle …

Kal-Gard Clear Chain Kote Chain Lube Quick Look The second Kal-Gard chain lube reviewed in this series, Clear Chain Kote is similar to the Moly Chain Kote except that it does not contain the molybdenum disulfide additive. The Clear Chain Kote appears to include ingredients that are similar to the Moly version, including the sticky …

Kleen Chain Synthetic Chain Lube Quick Look Kleen Chain Synthetic Chain Lube was recommended by several webBikeWorld readers, so we finally acquired a bottle to try. This is the most expensive chain lube in this group at $3.73 per ounce. We anticipated that the container would hold a liquid, so we were surprised to discover …

How To Clean a Motorcycle Chain webBikeWorld visitors have responded to our recent articles on motorcycle chain maintenance (Motorcycle Chain and Sprocket Replacement and Motorcycle Chain Lube). Here are a few tips on products for cleaning motorcycle chains, with some useful comments below. One of our interesting discoveries was the relative paucity of motorcycle chain cleaning products. …