stinger
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I love YaBB 1G - SP1!
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I know most of you have heard this a hundred times but I'm baffled why I have so many miles on my bike and am only on my second cam chain at 51,500 miles. Savage Greg and I changed it at 33,000 miles. The chain and plunger allowance was within limits still. I am going to open it up at the end of the season and get me a Versy so I am not so darned paranoid about riding my bike after all of these cam chain posts. So far, I have not had one repair done on my bike other than tires, brakes, (front and rear once), no engine leaks and the engine is still as quiet as new. In fact, I have only adjusted the valves once. The only thing I can figure is I have never used first gear. I have always started out in second because it gives me better acceleration from a stop. Clutch is still fine. I never try and rev the engine to it's limits in each gear and usually in 5th gear by the time Im doing 40-45 mph. Most of my riding seems to be 55 mph to 75 because I ride the freeways lot. Have always used 50 weight Castro auto oil and it seems to keep my bike running cool after long rides. I have been really lucky with this bike and think I got a rare one indeed. Most of my other bikes have fallen apart long before this one will. Now I ma going to knock on wood because I know if I don't, my cam chain will go out tomorrow.
Supertrapp with 8 discs, K@N air filter, rejetted, Lancers high performance cam
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