Master Gamma makes some excellent points. (and many others as well)
I too am guilty not lubing my chain when it's hot, but I do wipe off the excess while wet then let the solvents to evaporate for at least a few minutes.
By the time I put old Bessie in the stable lubing my chain is't really on my mind. I might try to incorporate the lubing before bed time into my routine. It makes perfect sense, for sure.
My new EK O-ring chain isn't very old, Probably ~3-4K K miles since I changed the chain / sprockets during the top end overhaul I did in the fall of 2017. I think I re-adjusted it once after I replaced everything , and it hasn't stretched at all, from what I can tell. After the run in, it seems to have stabilized .
At this point I do wish I had listened to Steve a little closer, and took the sprocket ratio up (or down?) a tad, since it's too zingy with the stock 15/39 ratios. He tried to tell me, but do >I< listen? Nooooo. lol
39 tooth rear from Z1:
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15 tooth front from Z1:
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Both were aftermarket parts. Notice the lock plate holes in the new aftermarket front sprocket. Like most aftermarket parts, it is close but no cigar. I had to grind down my OEM lock plate to make it fit the aftermarket sprocket.
It is a riveted chain. I bought the tool to do this.
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