atomikchicken wrote on 03/05/15 at 19:37:25:


Would be nice.... but um... its going to take me and MMR two days to get there.... so we needs to camp on the way.

And I am not sure how long i'll stay.... so I might need my tent on the way back also.

I will be traveling the interstate mostly on the way there and back.... and I really don't like to pitch a tent in the rain.....when a hotel is close by.... but I will.... maybe....LOL  

P.S. I'm a cheap ol' fart by nature.... besides... i'm saving up for the fall dragon run with the wife.....so I figure i'l have to have about a zillion bucks for that one.

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Same here  

OldRider
If we're going East on the same day then you don't have to bring a tent ?  
I figured I'd leave ...   ... maybe ??? Monday or Tuesday ???  

Don't know if ya'll have discovered it yet , but ;  when the rear picks up extra weight , then it's good to put some of the weight on the front tire.   Something like the cot or tent (small heavy things) tied to the triple tree under the headlight is a good thing .       Be careful to keep the weight OFF the front fender.   The front tire still needs to freely jump up and down sometimes.   "Just ,"what has worked good in the past"  --- Thats why the "Old Harleys and Triumphs had their TOOL bags hanging up there (some of them needed lots of TOOLS)  ,

youzguyz wrote on 03/06/15 at 03:48:55:

Thanks youzguyz. I really wanted to ride this morning also but I have been freezing all week long and so figured I would just take a ride tomorrow. I appreciate the offer to meet up with me on my ride in. I do not want to be a bother so let me get back to you on that. I will try to do seat raise mod and see how that feels first. Thanks again though for the offer.

Checking some routes..  OK..   not this way..  

Today I put in the 45/145 jets and the raptor cut-off valve, then took the S-40 for  a ride.   about  30 miles round trip.

picked up some ZDDP to change oil with at Auto Zone ... That's where it started !



The ZDDP was only $17.99
but I needed $20.oo worth of something so I could get my Auto Zone card credited toward my 5th free $20.oo.   So I started looking at OIL.   Anybody tried the "Castrol Edge 5w50" yet ?    Or am I to be the First ?    It brags about being "Longer Lasting"   I suspect anything with 16oz of ZDDP in it will be OK.   I'll change oil next week.

After warming-up the motor good I found the highest idle with the mixer screw out 2.5 turns and the motor pulls strong at higher RPM and is smother at the "Low speed in High Gear" stuff (2000 rpm in 5th gear seems softer pluses)

No pictures , but had a nice ride !  

MMRanch wrote on 03/07/15 at 22:03:19:


MM......Why not just buy the Shell Rotella T?  We know it works.

I looked that Bob the Oil guy site.  It sounds like the ZDDP will be OK based on this comment:

Castrol EDGE with SPT 5W-50 certainly meets the engine protection and performance requirements of the Ford spec for the GT 500. The one part of the specification that is not met is the maximum requirement for phosphorus in the motor oil. This is to address long term catalyst and emission system control protection. Castrol EDGE SPT 5W-50 is boosted with antiwear additive to ensure protection in older flat cam and tappet design engines. Raising the antiwear also raises the phosphorus in the formulation.

However - this is a car oil and is not a motorcycle oil, and it may have friction modifiers that make it bad for your clutch based on the following comment from Castrol:

Details on our formulations are of course proprietary to Castrol. However in moving to GF-5 we used high quality synthetic base oils as in GF-4. Changes were made in the additives where detergent balances and our exclusive dispersant technology were employed along with state of the art friction modifiers to achieve new levels of fuel economy and superior sludge control performance.

I wouldn't use the Castrol in my motorcycles.....might work great in your car.

Friction modifiers ... I'll save the "EDGE oil"  for the car.

I've got some Rotella in the shop I'll use it .    So how much of the ZDDP should I put in ?  

http://www.autozone.com/motor-oil-and-transmission-fluid/engine-additive-and-...
its the only ZDDP they had .  

Is there any such thing as too much ?    Actually I wouldn't know anything about ZDDP if I had not read about it here.   But it does say on the bottle about the "Flat Tappets "needing extra and  to use 1 bottle with 5 Qt. oil change.

For $18 + tax a bottle maybe I should make it last for two changes !  
 

MMRanch wrote on 03/08/15 at 21:02:46:


Well....I would not use the Hy-Per Zinc Replacement.  It has no zinc or phosporus in it.....it is friction modifiers and should not be used in a wet clutch.  I would take it back.

Order some Redline Zinc....and put 1 oz. per quart in the Rotella T.

Following is a quote form a post on "Bob is the Oil Guy", one fellow emailed the manufacturer and they said not to use it in a motorcycle with a shared sump (wet clutch).

"I've got 5 bottles of this in my basement. When I emailed the company about using it in a shared sump bike they said not to. I've used it in my mustang and truck with no noticeable running differences or fuel economy increases.  They told me it's sone kind of polymer blend that coats metal creating a super slick surface."

Buy the Redline ZDDP....one 16 oz bottle will do 8 oil changes in the Savage.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/RED-81403/