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Old June 11th, 2014, 04:34 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by corksil View Post
It's probably around 8k miles, maybe less. Always kept it tensioned, a bit on the loose side perhaps. I got a little negligent and went 1k miles without lube, but it didn't rust and it should absolutely be able to handle that without destroying itself..........
The quotes in bold are very incorrect.

Those pictures show a non-admissible amount of overall "dryness".
Lubrication is all it needed and needs.

Please read this while you lube that poor chain with abundance of ATF:
https://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=133019

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