Good eye! I was trying to give y'all the best angle to see that slightly worn profile. You can see it with the naked eye if you look real close. It's harder to pick that up on camera. But you better make sure you don't swap the sprocket around the other way when you put it back on.
This front sprocket is my OEM sprocket that came on the bike brand new. It has 30,000+ hard miles!! The chain wear indicator on the swingarm is still in the green "New". Hardly any chain stretching since my initial break in period.
LUCAS 80/90W Gear oil! Stop using chain wax! It's one of the biggest scams out there. Listen to the chain manufacturer. The results speak for themselves. (1) bottle of gear oil ($15) will last about 15k miles. How many cans of chain wax would you go through in that same time period? Which is easier to clean off when it does sling onto your exhaust pipe/tag?
I was forced to store it under a covered shed in Alabama weather for a few years and didn't oil the chain set like I should have during storage. So it developed a lot of surface rust. And dirt dobber nests....(potter wasps for you northerners...lol)
This front sprocket is my OEM sprocket that came on the bike brand new. It has 30,000+ hard miles!! The chain wear indicator on the swingarm is still in the green "New". Hardly any chain stretching since my initial break in period.
LUCAS 80/90W Gear oil! Stop using chain wax! It's one of the biggest scams out there. Listen to the chain manufacturer. The results speak for themselves. (1) bottle of gear oil ($15) will last about 15k miles. How many cans of chain wax would you go through in that same time period? Which is easier to clean off when it does sling onto your exhaust pipe/tag?
No matter how far back you search I've been telling people to use Lucas 90W gear oil. They still fall for the marketing schemes. It's no surprise that the most expensive chain wax performed the worst.
I can't even remember how long I've been using gear oil for chains! Must've started back in my paper-boy days. Had BMX bike that I would use for everything. Remember replacing headsets by chipping them out with screwdrivers and pounding new ones in with blocks of wood!
I would have thought somewhere in the ball park of 30-40 hrs (coming from dirt) not really sure what that equals in mileage????? But i'm a fan of using either fluid film or kimball midwest penetrating grease. They go on easy and I can really control how sloppy I'm getting with it. It's held up on my dirt chain since I can remember greasing the chain.💁♂️
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