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« on: December 15, 2011, 01:31:43 PM »
Where they landing, bearing, routes?
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« on: November 28, 2011, 01:45:27 PM »
If members = n, then opinions = (n+1)  LOL! I believe that full synth may affect your wet clutch operation although I've no first hand experience and it may be an urban myth
Methinks the later  (using mentioned under sometimes harsh conditions in my touring rig since >200.000km...) It however is an MC specific engine oil with friction additives for the clutch and increased shear resistance for the gear box. Wouldn't dare to pour car oil into our precious ones...  But here its about old engines, old school designs, different sintered alloys used for bearings/bushings... What's the true deal there?
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« on: November 28, 2011, 11:21:30 AM »
it should be "Premium quality 10W40" And how does such translate into todays world? Will a modern full synth* be OK, or might such harm bearing alloys, gaskets and seals? What if one uses higher/wider specs like 5W50 or 0W60? * besides the risk of dissolving existing coal buildups, thus leading to increased oil consumption on the first few thousand miles/kilometers
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« on: October 31, 2011, 06:58:59 PM »
Don't forget to clen out the seal groove really well or the piston will still be tight While refurbing the the brake systems (and more) of other motorcycles, I made pretty good experience with car type rim-cleaner (Sonax, etc...), which removed/softened all kinds of deposits very well. Also used it on aluminum engine/gear casings without any noticeable corrosion. However please proceed with care, as I yet don't know personally about the effects on the materials used on those older bikes!! Use as advised, apply, let soak for 2 minutes at max (might use nylon brushes there), rinse carefully with lots of water; repeat procedure if necessary.
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« on: October 29, 2011, 10:21:56 PM »
Thanx for actually doing it Steve!
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« on: October 19, 2011, 09:09:51 PM »
...which you just don't seem to get with the original installation given basic servicing. Which is the general base anyway... or should be... Points were used for decades, worked flawless, as long as they received just a little TLC... (did have VeeDubs and such) And since the combined experience of the owners doesn't indicate any weak point there, I rather save the quids for other essentials. Besides that EI-farkel is not the true spirit of running CB500/4s  cheers!
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« on: October 11, 2011, 07:47:36 PM »
Yes Bryanj, makes sense; I'd applied the POV of doing >12T miles a year
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« on: October 10, 2011, 08:11:19 PM »
Many years ago my friend had an electronic ignition set which was always going wrong. In the end we took it off in favour of points. So you blokes would not recommend the use of electronic ignition control on CB500/4s at all?
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« on: July 01, 2011, 08:52:41 AM »
I ran the factory filled oil (whatever that was) for like 1000km/600miles in both bikes as well as in them cars, like as a 'brake-in oil' (very old fashioned I know , but it gave me some confidence), to then change filter and oil to my 'preferred' full-synth weight/type. I did notice that all engines required a higher milage to finally 'free up', like 20Tkm/12,5Kmiles at least, while never showed any mentionable rate of oil consumption either, even after well exceeding the 100Tkm/60Kmiles (bike) or close to 300Tkm/187Kmiles (car, petrol engine); which would confirm lower friction, thus lower wear of parts due use of full-synth. On cars I use 5W40, on the bike the 5W60 on which I frequently receive objections about using a higher grade then rated by the manufacturer (except from my well trusted mech, who's fully confident on that oil  ), but I think that since a motorcycle engine is driven way harder, I like to have some reserves; an issue maybe even more critical on them air-cooled, thus partially hotter running SOHC engines. With the 5W60 I can further maintain a 'touring friendly' interval of 12Tkm/7,5Kmiles, instead of the 6Tkm/3,7Kmiles suggested by the manufacturer, due which I would not be able to make my runs without being grounded for 'overhaul' somewhere along, which also helps to make the of course higher price of this 'liquid-gold' more bearable as well I would however not extend the interval beyond this, over factors like shear and chemical contamination... As with your Audi, also the guts of my engines are just 'sparkling clean', no sludge, no deposits, no sooth, just spotless, amazing me newly every time I wrench on them... However have I been told that its not adviseable to change the oil type once an engine has been ran with a particular type (dino, semi, full) over a longer period, as such could lead to soften/loosing deposits that have aided sealing, leading to a previously not occurring oil consumption. I also don't know how, or how much of it applies to the sinthered connection rod bearings? Further will the plates of wet clutches have saturated with the used oil, which then might not work properly with the now 'new' oil there. I'd actually experienced such once, as my mech was not avail once and they'd incidentally filled a 'standard' oil into my engine, causing the clutch to not fully disengaging, plus not properly engaging either... a look at the view glass gave it away then...
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« on: June 29, 2011, 09:41:32 PM »
...long chain molecules are more stable, stay intact longer and under wider conditions i.e. heat contaminant etc still manage to perform the job over and above the ability of non-synth type oils... Exactly the arguments why I'm successfully running 5W60 fully-synth (MC17/EXS) in my 1100cc w/cooled touring rig since many years/miles now... plus the points about better suspending abilities, friction additives, lower decomposition rate, chemical stability, etc... So what are the opinions of using a 5W60 in a fully rebuild, air-cooled SOHC?
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« on: June 20, 2011, 08:13:58 PM »
Unfortunately we don't have a sample to match yet... over the decades them parts (tank & panels) have been brushed, abused, rattle canned, abused, foam rolled... I hope to find traces of the original color underneath once I've started the 'archeology' on working through  layers... I can only assume that the '76 once might have been blue metallic... The man at the car body shop moaned a lot over the waterbased stuff these days and warned that multiple layers don't work well with the 'environmental friendly stuff' now... He'll needs to 'close' the metallic base with transparent lacquer before he could spray the black markings on, etc...
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« on: June 18, 2011, 12:24:32 PM »
...how the people blithely joining the motorway expect a 53 foot long 8 foot 6 inch wide 44,000Kg behemoth to leap into the middle lane... Oh my... has this ignorant idiocy spread out to the UK already...?  When riding on a two way m/way and this happens while you're aside the trailer of the semi, you're going to experience another time-stretching... Nailing the horn-button, dowshift and whack it... even with 100hp avail those semis suddenly stretch 'infinite' while you observe the gap ahead between tractor and safety rail growing narrower...
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« on: June 17, 2011, 07:27:05 AM »
the mental processes which motorcyclists tend to have to manage are limited Totally agree, when adding 'new toys' like intercom, stereo, PMR radio, GPS (that one in particular) one has to take it easy for a while, as those are an irritation and distraction at the beginning; ignoring that fact is simple overestimation of your own capacities thus calling for disaster to happen, especially the GPS can grow to a stress-factor... one have to learn on how to sort the 'priorities' while on the move with all that stuff... Practiced with the Garmin in the car on known routes for a while, just to get properly used to that thing before nailing it onto my touring bike... GF declared me being out of my mind when using it for doing groceries and such... after the first real bike use (2 weeks France) she committed how good it was practice with that thing at first... Riding occupies way more of your senses then things like driving a car. If your head holds i.e. 5ltr, you'll need about 4 while riding, but only like 3 for driving a car...
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« on: June 16, 2011, 05:25:44 PM »
However. Mrs Kaceyk2 does something different... LOL! Yeah, also then the ways one experiences time can change dramatically... But that's what I meant in men's target focus origins in prehistoric hunting... ...it sets me off when I hear what's become a standard phrase of "men can't multi task"... Ah, that's only 'propaganda', just the same as the always ongoing '...men only have the one thing on their minds...' whilst in reality its exactly the opposite... Being passenger in one vehicle piloted by a 'multi tasking' fem, can grow to a quite worrying experience... the silent 'there is a stop sign...' can also stretch into endless seconds... And lending a vehicle to such, likely results in an expensive and long visit at the car-body shop... And what absolutely blows my fuse, is the fact that fems just always have to SLAM car doors shut with all physical force avail... Like the thing is their natural enemy, and therefore must be destroyed... Those seconds, while the sound of abused material is echoing through the garage, can as well stretch painfully long...  Try the very same at home, walk into the kitchen, open the fridge door 90 degrees and WHAM!... so eggs and other stuff detonate on the refrigerator plate at the backside... But in this lack of 'parallel processing' might be the reason of the low number of females riding bikes. And those who do, mostly seem to have some kind of an 'issue'... Car driving females again always claim that their afraid of motorcycles... Inquiring with 'why, for crying out loud?' you'll mostly hear that they 'always suddenly dart by out of nowhere'... If you then draw the chain of evidence that they wouldn't be an 'out of nowhere' nor 'a suddenly' if 'she' would care to check her rearviews at least occasionally, cause a motorcycle is well noticeable there at you're six already at a distance of way over 2 clicks behind you... So either just another sample of 'lack of multitasking'... or motorcycles do exist in a different continuum...
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« on: June 15, 2011, 09:27:54 PM »
It just makes me laugh when I'm told that women can "multi-task". No intention in sounding 'sexist' there, but I think that fems do 'tick' different by evolution. While hunting males had to maintain focus over a longer period, and not getting distracted by things like '...oh, now that's a nice daisy here...' or to grow second thoughts when starting the attack on the cave-bear going like '...you really think this is good idea...' '...OK, lets talk it over...'. I think that also things like teamwork, sense of orientation as well as the ultimate realization that the individual is just a small, totally unimportant 'fart' out there and everything else in this world is so much stronger, more dangerous, etc... Observing fems in traffic or such, I fail to see 'parallel processing', more a shuffle change of random issues, each fully occupying... Its like second No1 'traffic', second No2 'did I leave the stove on', second No3 'what will I buy at the mall', ... second No20 or 30 'traffic' again... Keep in mind that this is just a theory, grown out of daily observations, and no rating of 'good' or 'bad' given... just 'different'... I've also the impression that a motorcyclist is a way better car-driver as well, way more foresighted, fluid, dynamic, higher general awareness, spatial perception, etc... also a more 'relyable partner' in traffic... So riding does train general skills and reflexes.
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