Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650
Yep! That's where the less iron and more aluminum comes from! "Dennis J. Guggemos" <djguggms@...> wrote: Bigger holes in the jugs, too.
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john gary simpson <eustisgary@...>
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Re: Oil/ Oil Additives
What the heck. DID look it over with the glass. The arrow was visible as you said...which explains a whole SL of strange problems I'd been having lately, namely backfires & misfires on long distance
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dvdberman
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Re: Oil/ Oil Additives
it I don't think the short Kawasaki filters are available any more, unless you find them in stock. Kawasaki has changed the part number to the longer, standard filter. One would either have to fit
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Ray Nielsen <rnielse1@...>
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Re: Oil/ Oil Additives
<jv_roberts2000@...> wrote: Technically Rotella T synthetic 5W-40 is NOT a true synthetic oil. It's actually a Type 3 oil, highly refined to eliminate virtually all of the wax content, then fortified
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Ray Nielsen <rnielse1@...>
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#128709
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Re: Leno and the Rockstore
<jv_roberts2000@...> wrote: the though. I'm pretty sure it was the Love Ride, not the Rock Store. The comment was along the lines of "It looks good, like a transvestite, but I'm not sure about it when
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Ray Nielsen <rnielse1@...>
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NWC: to Ursula, the Tuetonic Twister
Hey Ursula, Is this a correct translation? ...and I just learned a new German word, backpfeifengesicht: "A face that cries out for a fist in it." gene in OR
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Gene
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Re: Leno and the Rockstore
JV Look at message 17536 on the group site. Dennis
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Dennis Guggemos
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Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650
Bigger holes in the jugs, too.
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Dennis Guggemos
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Re: Do you remember NWC....
roy we hope it dont involve you puting on wellies Honourable we hope :) awkward ewe on a wee single Scottish track a few years ago (aye, Dick the one you went over last year).
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jimmi mc gaw <jimmifaegoston@...>
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#128704
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While we're on the subject of HDs...
A friend of mine has the hots for a Buell (not the latest one). I recall that Sportster gear boxes used to be notoriously fragile. Is that all a thing of the past or are they still a weak point? Pete
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petetibble <petetibble@...>
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Re: Do you remember NWC....
We need to know what your intentions are when you get her there. Honourable we hope :) Dick
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Dick Tym <rocker66@...>
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Re: Oil/ Oil Additives
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Salvatore Emma
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Re: Oil/ Oil Additives
THere used to be a view that you should use mineral oil during break-in, then switch to synthetic. Now, it's certainly still no problem to switch after break-in, in fact recommended, but many think
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Ruari McLennan <r.mclennan@...>
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Do you remember NWC....
Some of you will remember my wee run in with an auld, bloody awkward ewe on a wee single Scottish track a few years ago (aye, Dick the one you went over last year). Well I finally caught up with her
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Roy Easthill <roy@...>
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Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650
pink is non-threatening Hazel Clarke <hazel@...> wrote: That makes sense. My car might be small but it is also bright pink and quite conspicuous; I've lost count of the number
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john gary simpson <eustisgary@...>
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Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650
pink is non-threatening Hazel Clarke <hazel@...> wrote: That makes sense. My car might be small but it is also bright pink and quite conspicuous; I've lost count of the number
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john gary simpson <eustisgary@...>
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Re: Oil/ Oil Additives
IMHO your dubya is due for synthetic and a new filter. I haven't used the purolator filter but others say it works. The extra capacity of it sounds good but I'm not sure about the relief valve
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jv_roberts2000
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Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650
That makes sense. My car might be small but it is also bright pink and quite conspicuous; I've lost count of the number of drivers of bigger vehicles who have pulled out in front of me - usually, I
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Hazel Clarke
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Re: Oil/ Oil Additives
It's cheaper for a reason. It's re-cracked fossil oil. I used it for a while then went back to Mobil1 in my diesel. jv_roberts2000 <jv_roberts2000@...> wrote: It's the Shell Rotella-T 5w-40
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john gary simpson <eustisgary@...>
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#128696
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Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650
....and Beemer badges on URALs and harley badges on Japanese cruisers, ad nauseum.... Dick Tym <rocker66@...> wrote: Good point John. There have also been cases of portraying a false
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john gary simpson <eustisgary@...>
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#128693
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