oil

I did the first part of the break in today and changed the oil at 100miles... Those screens and the magnet sure do their job well, as well as the filter. The oil looked pretty fresh; nice caramel color still.

In no particular order, I've found these things to eliminate a lot of the vibration people complain about: 1.) Change the oil (too much oil seems to contribute to vibrations) 2.) Lube the axles/bearings 3.) Adjust/Check the exhaust valve clearances 4.) Tighten/Adjust chain tension 5.) New...

So I'm hopefully going to be picking up an RC390 in a couple days and in looking through all the race prep I need to do over the winter, I think the front forks are probably my top question. The rules for the production class state that, "The front forks may be modified with different springs...

Went to drill a hole in my oil drain plug and turns out it's hollow, now it's leaking oil. Obviously I need a new drain plug but how did you guys safety wire it? This is the one on the side by the kick stand.

Maybe this is common sense and I just missed out, somewhere. If so, I apologize if this seems stupid to anyone. Last weekend, I was doing an oil change and was also going to clean/lube the chain while everything was easily accessible. After doing the oil change, I started up the engine to let...

About to do my first oil change I've ever done on a bike. I've done it on every one of my cars, so I'm sure this won't be a problem. I would just like to check up with you guys to make sure I have everything. I was going to buy this oil filter : Amazon.com: K&N KN-155 Powersports High...

Just trying to get an idea for the different weights and oils that folks are using. I used the factory break in oil and the Castrol 4T 10W-40 mineral oil then switched to full synthetic Mobil 4T 10W/40. Engine seems to have a lot of power and "kick" to it (for it's size). Excuse my...

i feel like a while ago i read that someone was explaining how you didn't need to remove all the body work to do an oil change but i can't seem to find the thread. is this the case? can you just remove the belly pan and not the side panels? thanks!

Started my first service interval work today... oil change was all I accomplished before I retreated back inside to the AC... but not before I got a bit of a surprise in one of the screens. My motor has worms! ;) I'm honestly not surprised, and expected to see more gasket bits, chips, and...

Besides the Akra what are pipes people are running? I see the ones that run our the belly pan outlet hole but what a chore when you want to change oil.

Hey just got my bike here in the states used from an older guy who bought it new but neck issues made it uncomfortable for him to ride. He put 239 miles on the bike, did nothing to it. I just rode it home from his place and put another 100 miles on it... so we are at the 339 mile mark and i...

I'm a big believer in torque wrenches. I have three, all of which I trust the calibration on...except maybe the one that goes down to inch pounds (or low Nm). When I was learning to turn my own wrenches, I learned (by breaking things) to turn wrenches left handed to keep from over-tightening...

First engine oil and filters service after running in my engine 645miles and on the same oil and filters it came with. Will be doing a video as I go through it and this video will also show how to reset service interval on your instrument cluster.

I went looking for some good oil to do my first service (early). I'm not a fanboy of the OEM oil recommendations on most toys and I didn't feel it necessary to spend extra on the good oil, that I will be flushing out soon enough anyway. With that being said, I stopped at my local Cycle Gear...

So I did my oil change and cleaned the screens and replaced the oil filter. I poured in 1.6L of oil and that took it right to the full mark on the sight glass. All is good right? No, service manual says to warm up the engine to operating temp, shut off the engine and wait 1 minute and then...

is a "Forked" style upholstery tool required to pop plastic rivets on radiator guard, or do you simply pop center of rivet to release? It sucks upper has to come off to change oil!

..is what I may go to after the initial break in period. Royal Purple doesn't make 15W-50 (they do even make straight SAE weights 30, 40 and 50) but I doubt 20W-50 vs 15W-50 matters in the temperate climate I'm in since the 15W/20W is the viscosity when cold and the 50 is the viscosity of the...

Okay, maybe that's not definitive enough: For the love of all that's Holy, CHANGE YOUR OIL! Okay, let me regroup a minute, and explain: I'm right particular about how I break in my bikes. Piddling along at 6K RPM (thank goodness KTM gives us 7K...) makes a perfectly good bike pretty boring...

I will be sending my forks to Traxxion next Monday for an AK20 cartridge build and install. While there, they will also develop a spring, damper, oil upgrade package for budget upgrades (likely in the $300USD range). More info later. We have finalized the JRi package for the rear and have...

3 race days. 2 real half track days. Water in the oil. Significant water (coolant) loss. Most likely bad gasket. I had a low oil pressure warning yesterday during the track day after 3 sessions. Brought it in and let it cool down and checked the oil level and it was fine if a little...