How's it going? I'm new to the forum nice to meet you guys. But my question is, why is their a light gray greasy residue on my chain and next to shift lever? The bike is brand new and it only has 230 miles on it. Just want to make sure if it's something I should worry about?

Is it light gray compared to your skin or light gray compared to the black paint of the gearbox where your shift shaft goes in? If its light grey compared to black paint (actually that would be dark grey in my book), that's about the color of molibdenum paste which is used on your clutch push rod and probably allso on your shift shaft. I think I might haave seen such a dark grey grease around my shift shaft when the bike was new...but that was eight years ago so hard to tell you for sure. ...or if it really is light grey, that sounds like the super sticky whitish lube they put on brand new chains. It's very sticky. I left this on my chain and it flung all over everything a few times and then was gone. Grease from the chain builds up under the sprocket cover. If the the chain was not cleaned and relubed before starting service, I could see it running out near your shift lever. that will happen with any lube if you use it heavily. YES, now I remeber---the chain lube that goops out sort of has an automatic effect of lubing the side stand pivot and the shift shaft. Nice engineering idea, KAWAI!

I would wipe it off and don't give it another thought unless it persists. go another hundred miles if you want and then clean and lube the chain. That should get rid of it if it is new chain anti-rust goop.

Yeah it sounds like it's the sticky stuff your talking about. I'll wait awhile and let the dealership clean it when I bring it in for the first service. Thanks for the response.

That is prrobably it. It is pretty sticky and dust will stick to it making it look a little darker. It's actually almost white' i had that on my OEM chain and also on the chain I replaced it with. I think it's an ok lube for a couple hundred miles but I believe people usually clean it off right away and use something like Maxima. The white litheum lube is what is packed in the rollers of the chain so I'm sure it is fine for exerior lube. you're good to go. My busa had a coating of actual wax like off a candle on the chain. I cleaned that off right away and sprayed it with Maxima.

* Last updated by: Rook on 4/13/2016 @ 7:38 PM *