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Midwinter Blues 1, 2020 - Best Oil/Filter for Motorcycles?

Wingboy said:
Correct. The owner just needs to let the smoke out of the electrics now and then.
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I used to play with Leyland products, I still have a jar of replacement smoke in my garage.
 
I stop using olive oil from Italy when they got caught 6yrs ago adding sunflower oil and canola to the olive oil. I only buy Portugeses and California olive oil now. My Ducati couldn't tell the difference but my penne noodles could. YMMV
 
It’s coconut oil now. Very healthy and also a mild laxative. Your bike will appreciate the reduced weight load.
 
Trials said:
"Present: DL650XT, SP125, TS125, FJR, GL1000, XV920R, TR25W"
:unsure: That is kind of an open ended question, exactly which bikes are we talking about here and what oil specifications do the owner manuals call for ?

... correct answer is likely: the same length of time as any other correct combination of oil and filter, just as long as it is kept clean and installed correctly ;)
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The TS always puzzles me - she asks for blue oil.
 
crankcall said:
I stop using olive oil from Italy when they got caught 6yrs ago adding sunflower oil and canola to the olive oil. I only buy Portugeses and California olive oil now. My Ducati couldn't tell the difference but my penne noodles could. YMMV
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I only buy Extra Virgin Olive oil from Greece.
Trials said:
The following is straight out of the Suzuki 650 owner manual:
Oil filter tightening torque:
20 N·m (2.0 kgf-m, 14.5 lbf-ft)
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With a schmeer or red loctite? Those vtwins vibrate!
 
So you've heard about filling the transmission with sawdust to quiet loose bearings....
In the tropics, you use bananas... except crushed up bananas actually is pretty good gear lube.
Works great!
 
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After brewing up a fresh batch of kofeffe oil, I usually filter it through an old sock.
 
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Mad Mike said:
I only buy Extra Virgin Olive oil from Greece.

With a schmeer or red loctite? Those vtwins vibrate!
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Point me to a reciprocating internal combustion engine that does not vibrate.
Oil filters have a thick rubber gasket that swells in the presence of oil, water or gasoline. If you put one on new and tighten it to the previously suggested 100 foot pounds you are going to have a b*tch of a time taking it off. The objective is to have the rubber gasket compress and seal oil from leaking out, not to crush it to death, if you are worried about a spin on enclosed oil filter come loose you don't need to stop it from turning at the thread, you can stop it from turning anywhere aka safety wiring. Last time I had an oil filter spin off from vibration was never, but I always refer to the instructions that are in most cases printed right on the filter housing. honda-of-15400-plm-a01-2.jpg
 
TK4 said:
And it makes the best chain lube too !
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Margarine or butter (unsalted type) is easiest to apply to chains. If you have an enclosed chain drive, you can melt it then pour into the chain case.
 
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Trials said:
...if you are worried about a spin on enclosed oil filter come loose you don't need to stop it from turning at the thread, you can stop it from turning anywhere aka safety wiring. ...
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Gorilla tape works too. I put that sh!t on everything.
 
bitzz said:
So you've heard about filling the transmission with sawdust to quiet loose bearings....
In the tropics, you use bananas... except crushed up bananas actually is pretty good gear lube.
Works great!
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this is true
watched an intersting docu not long ago
used truck broker in South Africa made a deal with a guy in Rwanda
fleet of old trucks to be leased to the UN, old junk

anyway they had to road this junk 2,000 km up to Rwanda
several border crossings with corrupt to the core officials
locals that will steal your wheels if they stop turning

one of the trucks had basically nothing left of the seal on a drive axle pinion
they got tired of pouring gear oil in to see it run out on the road

so they pulled the axle shafts and stuffed the diff full of bananas
it worked, got to Rwanda on bananas

something for you GSA monkeys to keep in mind
when that German shaft drive decides to puke it's guts
always carry bananas
 
lol and if they shoot out your radiator in the desert you can plug the holes with black pepper and eggs then piss into it to save your water for drinking :LOL: I seen that movie too.
 
I'm torn between synthetic blinker fluid, or good old fashioned dino blinker fluid. Someone told me that the synthetic might make by blinkers blink too fast due to less electrical friction, so I'm leaning towards the dino.

Discuss.
 
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PrivatePilot said:
I'm torn between synthetic blinker fluid, or good old fashioned dino blinker fluid. Someone told me that the synthetic might make by blinkers blink too fast due to less electrical friction, so I'm leaning towards the dino.

Discuss.
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You only need synthetic if your blinkers are LEDs on metric bikes. Metric bike alternators have a sinus wave pulse so their LEDs blinkers use mechanical flash synchros to smooth out the blinking. The synchros will corrode with conventional blinker fluid.


The only cars that still use blinker fluid are BMWs, their blinkers fail when fluid gets old (that’s why you rarely see working blinkers on BMW cars).
 
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