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Title: oil usage with chain conversion? Post by JohnBoy on 10/04/09 at 21:07:37 If a chain conversion allows you to turn lower RPM's at freeway speed, how much less oil would you use at the lower RPM rate? Anyone with a chain conversion notice a difference? Also, with a lower RPM , how much longer would the cam chain and tensioner last? JB |
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Title: Re: oil usage with chain conversion? Post by BurnPgh on 10/04/09 at 21:36:10 I wouldnt expect any appreciable difference. The drop in RPM with a 17/45 setup is i think 420 RPMS lower than stock. Around the difference between 4th and 5th gear. |
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Title: Re: oil usage with chain conversion? Post by Serowbot on 10/05/09 at 01:06:03 ...and the chain wear is mostly from big single cylinder power pulses... or torque, on accel/decel... that would be my guess... The curse of... "the one big one".... Like yankin' the choker on a Pit Bull,... your arm is gonna' stretch... :-? |
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Title: Re: oil usage with chain conversion? Post by Oldfeller on 10/05/09 at 02:21:33 Johnboy, Many of our issues with the big single about oil usage and so many other things are a function of our right wrist and our changing riding style. I have watched myself change from a conservative stock rider (with none of these issues) slowly changing over to a performance rider with performance mods and performance habits ... And durn, I got me some of those performance related problems now. If I didn't wick it so hard, I wouldn't be using oil -- but I do, so I do. ========= It is my own durn fault. And I suspect as I put the years of hard use on the bike it will get worse. |
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Title: Re: oil usage with chain conversion? Post by Routy on 10/05/09 at 04:43:11 If oil useage ever became a concern to me, I'd say its time to fix it. Chain conversion runs more effeciently, so I would expect a little better mpg, gas and oil. But I wouldn't expect to hardly notice the difference in oil consumption,.....or cam chain maintenence |
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