bholly12 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:12:


it looks alot like a rear brake repair on her harley. i got the new hose tonight and put it back on the road. the suzuki cam chain will have to wait until the new year.

STEELWolf,,

What kind of additives are not okay? I would really like to be dumping a regular 10-40 in it. I am running a 20-40 now & the slight leak where the clutch actuator sropped.. seeps a bit with the 10-40.

Justin_o_guy, you want to stay away from things like teflon, and other friction reducers that are added to the oil. They work wonders on the engine but they make the clutch plates slicker as well. Slick clutch = slipping clutch.

geo wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:12:

You might try looking at Maxum4 Extra sometime.

not required here and I'll make a few "beer runs" (about half a mile) without but in general there are just to many flying objects, bugs, rocks and otherwise to not wear one very much - but we don't need no stinking nanny laws that require them.

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surprised such a contentious subject as helmet laws could have been allowed to crop up on here (not saying there is censorship, but it is a thorny argument to many).

I don't like unecessary laws, laws for their own sake nor most laws for how they can curtail our ability to live our lives as we chose them.

however, just as with seatbelts, I believe helmets do save injury and people should wear them too, if only, to take up less hospital beds and cause less of a drain on the health system. statistics have shown with regard to several states - fatal head injuries increased when helmet laws were repealed.

as people chose not to wear them, I see no other than choice than to have helmet laws across all states & not just some.

Well, I've only been riding for a year, but I'll put my two cents in. I like riding without a helmet in the summer time. It feels great, and there's not helmet laws here, though I wear goggles to keep the dust/stones out of my eyes. I like having the choice of whether or not to wear a helmet, but I also believe we Should have mandatory helmet laws.

Not trying to knock all the female bikers out there (well, maybe, in a manner of speaking), but motorcycle riding is a very masculine thing. It's lifestyle where, no matter what laws you have, someone is always going to be more daring and more free, or just look more daring and more free by riding faster, and harder, and without a helmet. Because men are idiots (yes, me too), without helmet laws, there's going to be a lot of guys on the street not wearing helmets, not because of a lifestyle choice, or because they can't hear, but because they're idiots, like me. On the other hand, if you have helmet laws, then everyone bitches and moans about it, and riding is a little bit less fun, but people like me are forced to wear helmets and there's fewer dead bikers. There'll still be people riding without, but at least more people will be safer.

That's my two cents. Oh, and I asked this noob question before, but is there any benefit to filling my savage with high octane?

And as for the oil debate...in general I'll take a bye, but I'll throw this in.  I ran Amsoil 10-30 in my 1-ton van.  60,000 miles without an oil change.  The only reason I changed it was to swap out the plenum plate for an aluminum vs. steel.  Had a professional mechanic (buddy) help me out, and when he saw how squeeky clean the engine was, he asked if it was new.  I told him it had 103,000 miles at the time and went with the same oil since about 40000.  Since he knows me personally he knew I wasn't pulling his leg.  Bottom line: he wanted to switch to Amsoil.  That's why I run it in EVERYTHING.

(Wanted to leave the helmet law debate )

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