centerstand on every bike

[AtvMinibike]

lubing the chain and cleaning up the rear rim, etc. And I've always found it effective to run the bike in gear to speed up the process. After putting it back together and flushing/bleeding the fluid, I was cleaning up the rear wheel. I caught a finger somewhere. and a mangled finger. if any of you run your bike in gear on the centerstand, don't learn the hard way like I did.I just posted this in the hopes it helps someone avoid what I went through

 

[AtvMinibike]

i saw a post on another bike forum,
where a guy was cleaning his chain, with the bike on a stand and in gear.
he got his fingers caught and took the tops off 4 fingers, at the last joint
bad move....

Received this link from a PM How NOT to clean your chain. **GRAPHIC PICS*** : Suzuki GSX-R Motorcycle Forums: Gixxer.com

mine was not this gross though

 

[my67xr]

same accident, yeah

 

[AtvMinibike]

Hope this reminder post saves your fingers:mod: