Wa hooo!!  Lancers racing cam came in the mail yesterday  Looks like Ill be riding for the first time this year by the end of the day!  Web Cam did a very nice job on the cam. Not hard to tell it was a professional job.  I hope with rejetting, a supertrapp exhaust, K@N air filter, and now  the new cam,  Im hoping  to see some increase in performance.  Greg D is coming over this morning to install it while I put the rest of my bike back together.
New cam chain too!  34,000 on the original and it was still only 19 out after Greg checked it at 30,000. Hadn't moved. Seriously think I could have ridden 50,000 before replacing.  Also found out I was running the original infamous leaking head plug and was amazed in all that time it had not leaked a drop. Gonna install a new one anyway. We put new rear brake pads on, and there is still alot of wear after 34,000 on the originals. Maybe only half worn.  New header pipe, and polished all my casings till they shined like chrome.  Bought Gregs old rear wheel belt sprocket and am taking it in to be chromed. Gonna have Greg post a pic.
By the way, Web Cam  states that you should not use any type of synthetic oil in your bike at all. They say use a good petrolium based motor oil. 30 wt.

thanks lancer for the quick delivery!  Next purchase is your carb!

stinger wrote on 04/30/08 at 00:19:42:
Well, thankfully they're more knowledgeable about cam profiles than they are about tribology.

You'd want to use a traditional mineral oil like that for bedding in a new cam, but if their advice was to avoid synthetic altogether, they need to go back to school and learn about lubrication because they are totally, utterly wrong, and clearly do not understand oil in engineering terms.

Sadly, there are plenty of people even in the motor industry who suffer ignorance on the subject of lubrication and base their opinions on old wives' tales about oil.  

Ignore them, they're wrong.  Bed your new cam in with a traditional mineral oil for a couple of hundred miles, or longer if you like, then switch to a full synthetic like Mobil 15W50, and your engine will last twice as long.  

I base that advice on fact and experience from working a few years in the oil industry in industrial/automotive lubrication, seeing hundreds of test engines run on synthetics vs mineral, and seeing the results with my own eyes when those engines are stripped for inspection – the difference in wear is just staggering.  
I despair every time I hear about people who should know better giving out dumb, ill-informed advice to the market end-users.

LANCER wrote on 04/30/08 at 05:34:26:

Once again, the oil conversation is about like one's choice of toothpaste

I am braking in my new piston and rings with regular old dino fluid.  Then I'm going to give some Mobil 1 Motorcycle oil a try.

Well, it won't be long 'til I go over and screw with Stinger's bike

I second Kwaknut's position, having used synth-oil since 1976 on everething I ride or drive. Only time I use Dino-oil is during break-in to purposely create extra friction for bedding-in

And so, here we are...finally got Stinger's bike ALMOST back together yesterday.

We're still wondering where one missing engine bolt went, and still curious about where an extra bolt is supposed to go...but aside from that the bike is nearly ready to go.

Been a process

Sandy Koocanusa wrote on 05/12/08 at 18:40:14:

Yeah.  If that happens, it'll make me go #@&++**#@!!!

mick wrote on 05/13/08 at 12:28:55:

Mobil 1 for motorcycles.  I made the mistake of using the stuff for autos several years ago.  Worked pretty good if you don't mind that your clutch won't want to actually engage  

Greg how do you like the new cam? Max