My small tin of spray lube came, too...cheers for the pointer simonw. I've never seen that stuff in poundland, you get occasional bargains there, but stuff I have obtained from the place frequently turns out shite. Might try a collapsible camping mug , but wouldn't trust their grease on me chain, its pretty much vital! 
I am interested in your diagnosis. The bike runs smooth and it seems well lubed after a good few miles - what am I compromising here? I have used Pound World's version of WD40 and found it virtually identical . Do you suspect there is some harmful additive or are you working on the assumption it can't be any good because it's cheap. My SV650 was a lot cheaper than other 600cc Jap bikes but I believe just as good. Just wondering.
Well, firstly I did say that you get 'occasional bargains' there (and I do!) so it's fairly safe to assume upon careful reading that I do not subscribe to a simple cheap = crap hypothesis.
I ride a V-strom, not a GS ... and you will never hear me bemoaning that situation!
I don't
particularly suspect anything in the way of 'harmful additives', or even substances which might have been left out of the compounds involved...I'm just saying I personally don't want to take the risk with a component such as my chain. If Poundland did engine oil, I probably wouldn't use that, unless enough people raved about it.
You've done a 'good few miles' now without apparent adverse effects, sea-strom, and that's encouraging. Maybe keep making observations about the stuff, and we might all be using it soon!
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