What Oil is Best?

[jestercinti]

Never ever let beer go stale, if you let beer go stale you have failed as a man and should do the honorable thing and kill yourself

Agreed.  I knew someone who left a whole case of Foster's (I hear that in Australia, it's sh!t beer) in his shed for the whole summer.  Not to be defeated, he drank it pi$$ warm.  Now that's nasty.

[mister]

Maybe I should drink warm Fosters while greasing my muffler bearings. Anyone have any experience on this?

Michael

[05-500_F-aster]

I hear those ausies drink foster warm normally I tried it, FLIPPIN BAD CHOICE. cold fosters with muffler bearings isn't a bad way to do it, but are you sure crisco is the best thing for them? Shouldn't you use something a but more thick? I mean you want those spline rollers in those bearings to stay in place in the bearings

[craigs449]

How often do I service my rotator splint?

Per the European service manual:  "visually inspect the rotator splint every 6 hours of normal riding, every 3 hours of very aggressive riding/racing, and every hour of ride time if ridden in a predominantly marine environment or windy conditions", "If they require repacking with all purpose organic grease, you should use a long handled flathead screwdriver or a tied up mass of horsehair (whichever is closer).  Pack the grease until you see it being emitted from the small weephole on the underside of the bearing atomizer"

-Hope this helps

[mister]

As an alternative to horse hair, I've had success with the secretly snip dreadlocks from stoned out hippies. Highly recommended

[slipperymongoose]

I occasionally take a slash in the fuel tank to condition and stabilize the fuel

[craigs449]

Anybody have any luck using day old dark roasted coffee in the forks?  I would think the heavier blend would really stiffen the ride and could serve as survival liquid in the event that you get stranded with Bear Grylls in the lower Andes Mountains

[slipperymongoose]

Anybody have any luck using day old dark roasted coffee in the forks?  I would think the heavier blend would really stiffen the ride and could serve as survival liquid in the event that you get stranded with Bear Grylls in the lower Andes Mountains

You sir are an ideas man.

[Kijona]

The best kind of oil is whatever helps you sleep at night and doesn't say "energy conserving" on the seal. That's it.

[slipperymongoose]

The best kind of oil is whatever helps you sleep at night and doesn't say "energy conserving" on the seal. That's it.

You on drugs?

[craigs449]

The best kind of oil is whatever helps you sleep at night and doesn't say "energy conserving" on the seal. That's it.

You on drugs?

One should never operate a motorcycle (except on a closed race course) while on drugs.......With that being said, if you had any extra prescription pills, you can use them to balance your whels by putting them inside the tires......


Anybody ever try used peanut oil (like from one of those dirty carryout restaraunts) for the brake reservoir? 

[codajastal]

I use the old oil from the shop across the road

[Juan1]

My understanding is that most of the people around here use lots of Oil of Olay.

[slipperymongoose]

Any vitamin e cream works

[mister]

If you can get your hands on, oil transformer oil from the substation transformers. It's carcinogenic, but aside from that...

[slipperymongoose]

Got plenty o that at work. Done deal

[mister]

Yeah, well, they drink it in South Africa. They think... it gives a transformer power it will give me power too. They also steal it from transformers and cook with it. What dumbasses. Don't they know they can never fix their battery gimbal that way 

[k.rollin]

I hear that used fry oil is good to use for engine oil; saw an old Honda use it with no apparent damage.

Personally I fill my front tires with ballast to help keep the front end down during quick starts. A wheelie bar on a bike just looks stupid.

[iclrag]

It works great! but it makes you hungry! (i mean c'mon it smells like a resteraunt all day), try using GS foam to fill your tires, when i did that they never got flat!!! then you can start sticking nails in them to mess with friends =P

[craigs449]

I have been using expandable construction foam to repack my exhaust with much success for several years now..........Only problem is the US Forestry Division frowns upon my bike when it gets good and hot and shoots molten flaming globs of foam from the exhaust when she gets on the pipe!


On another note, I have been using liquid carnauba wax in the trans on my CR250 without issues for several years