Maintenance
German seems to be thorough in everything that they do. I like this guy channel- good information and how to's. He even went as far as calculating the lean angle he needs to drag his knee (42°).

Wonder why he sprayed WD-40 all over the inside of the swingarm?

He probably uses it as general cleaner/polisher.

Well, I'm mostly German, but I believe in using the right tool for any job. WD-40 is for water displacement and not much else. It works pretty good for removing leftover glue when decals and stickers are removed. Poiish is polish.

I wipe my swing arm down and clean my exhaust with WD40. I used to use to wipe down the factory wheels as well. Cleans off chain lube and road grime nicely. I love the stuff!

sure. WD works fine for chain fling but I just use kerosene since that's what I'm using when I clean the chain. Nice touch to remove the whole wheel to clean chain though. can't knock those Germans for not being thorough.

Yep, I use WD40 for my exhaust as well...Does a great job! I had to remove my tires to get new rubber mounted so I cleaned my chain that way. It worked great so I also sprayed WD40 on my swing arm etc. It cleaned the road grim pretty well!! I read somewhere that WD40 was intended to be a lube but the recipe wasn't quite right. Later people found out it was great at cleaning parts. I'm going to borrow a couple of pages from that guy, looks like he knows what he's doing.

but most people don't seem to like WD for o-ring chains. I found a lot of flakes of rubber flying out of my chain after using WD to clean it. ...for anyone who hasn't heard this age old conundrum.

* Last updated by: Rook on 6/24/2014 @ 1:14 PM *

Rook I know you think this is bad but I use WD40 to clean my chain and it works great along with a grunge brush. I then take the bike for a ride and heat the chain up and apply a nice thin layer of lube to the warm chain when I get back. I let the lube sink in over night. Im at 11250 miles and the chain sprocket still looks pretty good even after multiple WD40 cleanings !

WD40 and Armor All. No use for either one. There's nothing either one is any good for that some other product doesn't do better.

WD-40 stands for Water Displacement formula #40. NASA wanted a spray that would displace water condensed onto circuits and wires. Never use WD-40 as a lube, it will stop the squeak for a short bit, then gum-up and collect dirt and crud

WD40 not used for lube, used to clean, then chain is lubed with chain lube. thats three lubes in a sentence.

Just wondering what you use to clean off the WD-40 before you chain lube?? Oh, you don't clean it off before it's trapped under the chain wax, attacking the o-rings .... good reason to change the chain and sprockets. Just saying.

After multiple WD/Grunge brush apps I take a clean towel and clean all of the remaining gunk/wd off. This step takes a while. Ride to heat chain up. Then apply chain lube. Works great.... Just sayin'

nice lookin bike btw! Actually the WD wont affect the o-rings at all .....

I have used WD40 to clean my o-ring chains for the last 15 years without a problem.

Yah hacken unt das en spritz'en mit'en da 40 double de unt take'en das chain'in, dip pit in das 40 rustizz buck kit. Who das nin can poop das spritz'en das double you de fort tea on das chain'in' in use das nuts? Das for brat worst on das steel pan is das cook'en spray. Das is my best spanish is das use is ass stew pit toe. Wun das waz das thinking is das not!