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SOHC.co.uk Forums => CB500/550 => Topic started by: Glynnrg on April 12, 2016, 08:32:35 PM

Title: Redex
Post by: Glynnrg on April 12, 2016, 08:32:35 PM: Tell me if I'm draft but does anyone use redex in there bike?
Title: Re: Redex
Post by: royhall on April 12, 2016, 10:15:29 PM: Nope, your daft.

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Title: Re: Redex
Post by: Trigger on April 12, 2016, 10:23:23 PM: As a Redex salesman, I can tell you that using Redex will give you 25.5% more BHP and increase your fuel economy to 232.6 MPG. Also woman will find you irresistible if you use it as aftershave ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Redex
Post by: matthewmosse on April 12, 2016, 10:28:46 PM: Helps clean up dirty or dribbling carbs, not much point using it if not suffereing these issues on Hondas with their unleaded ready heads, used to use it in my bmw as there is a risk of valve seat recession if the bike were ridden hard as bmw did not fit valve seats that could cope with unleaded til much more recently.
Title: Re: Redex
Post by: Trigger on April 12, 2016, 10:33:25 PM: Redex was known as Brut in the 70's >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5tLfiu7an4
Title: Re: Redex
Post by: Green1 on April 12, 2016, 10:34:48 PM: Years ago my dad had a T500 he put it at TDC and soaked the piston in redex to soften the carbon when he fired it up the next day it ran backwards. ;D
Title: Re: Redex
Post by: Trigger on April 12, 2016, 10:36:57 PM: That is a cheap way of fitting a reverse gear Mick;D ;D
Title: Re: Redex
Post by: Green1 on April 12, 2016, 10:40:21 PM: I could do with that on my 750 at times its surprisingly tip toey.
Title: Re: Redex
Post by: Trigger on April 12, 2016, 10:43:26 PM: I will have a very nice CD250 for sale soon, so you can get your feet flat on the floor Mick ;D
Title: Re: Redex
Post by: Green1 on April 12, 2016, 10:47:44 PM: As you know I do like the little 250u but I have now run out of room
As I have just bought something a little smaller ;)
Title: Re: Redex
Post by: Trigger on April 12, 2016, 10:49:19 PM: Not on your bike list Mick ?
Title: Re: Redex
Post by: Green1 on April 12, 2016, 10:53:05 PM: Not collected it yet.
But saying that there is one missing from that list that fits me perfectly
Title: Re: Redex
Post by: Trigger on April 12, 2016, 10:55:56 PM: Are you saying that you bought a shed load of monkey bikes from a member down south ;)
Title: Re: Redex
Post by: Green1 on April 12, 2016, 10:58:27 PM: Sed member is involved
Title: Re: Redex
Post by: Trigger on April 12, 2016, 11:00:53 PM: Does it come with a free bottle of Redex ? ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Redex
Post by: Green1 on April 12, 2016, 11:05:34 PM: Hopefully it doesn't need no voodoo magic as sed member has hopfully cleaned and ballanced the carbs ;)