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Originally Posted by Easy Rider
You only need to put oil on 10-15 links TOTAL and the sprockets will distribute it for you. It is, after all, really the sprockets that you are lubing.
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You mean, the O-rings don't need lubrication, only the sprockets where they touch the chain rollers ?
I just gave the chain a good cleaning at 1800 miles, cleaned it three times with kerosene, and the third time the kerosene dripping off was more or less clean. And now it's drying overnight. Tomorrow I'll oil the chain again. The last time I put way too much oil on obviously, it was all over the place. I cleaned the oil off the rear tire with a little dish soap in water and an old dish brush, rinse with water, the tire looked like new.
At about 1700 miles the sprockets were really dry, and I followed your advice of putting a drip of oil on just 12-15 links, that worked great, thank you, and it held out fine to the 1800 mile mark.