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What do I lube the splines with? GS1000G

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Of course, my bikes had the black splines originally.
In recent years I've bought rear wheels that had silver and gold splines and have seen the wear that others speak of.

Found something that disturbed me greatly, indeed it shook the very foundation of GS Knowledge.
I bought a wheel with a black hub and it was worn. The splines were half-shot, not long to go before destruction.
This wheel came from a sidecar rig and it's quite possible the extra loading of dragging that around did the damage and if the owner only changed the car tyre on the back every 30,000 miles or so, it would explain the wear, as the splines wouldn't be seeing fresh grease every 10,000 miles like normal.
So, even the black hubs are not indestructible.
 
Found something that disturbed me greatly, indeed it shook the very foundation of GS Knowledge.
I bought a wheel with a black hub and it was worn. The splines were half-shot, not long to go before destruction.
This wheel came from a sidecar rig and it's quite possible the extra loading of dragging that around did the damage and if the owner only changed the car tyre on the back every 30,000 miles or so, it would explain the wear, as the splines wouldn't be seeing fresh grease every 10,000 miles like normal.
So, even the black hubs are not indestructible.

I don't think tyres lasts that long? I doubt Ill be getting 10 000 kilometers out of these tyres... They seem to wear QUICK.
 
I don't think tyres lasts that long? I doubt Ill be getting 10 000 kilometers out of these tyres... They seem to wear QUICK.

This wheel was a special build with the normal GS850 / 1000G hub machined to fit a 15" car rim and welded together. The reason sidecarists do that (and it's a fairly expensive mod to buy) are to do with the really bad tyre life of a normal tyre on a sidecar rig. I suspect 30K miles would have been optimistic for it, but certainly more than the normal replacement schedule.

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That looks like the stuff. $35.00 for appx. 1.5 oz. seems rather expensive buuuut could be worth it.
 
While out on a long trip I had to change the FJR's tires. I went to Cycle Gear to get them mounted and grabbed this Red Line assembly lube. I was crunched for time and used it on the spline joint. Now back at home I'm considering pulling the wheel and cleaning it off since I have some M77 stuff here.

Has anyone used this stuff?

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