Getting hard to find 50 weight oil
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
Not in an old flathead it won't.
OP stick with straight weight in the old girl, multi's are ok in newer machines not so much the old iron.
OP stick with straight weight in the old girl, multi's are ok in newer machines not so much the old iron.
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From: la la land jerzey
its a wheel barrel - it really wants thick $hit it has one piece piston oil rings and no valve seals - it you want it to smoke they pore away thin today oil - and syn oil really wants to smoke and dont forget the leaks it causes < you have cork and very thin paper gaskets < not like your family Toyota
we stock 70+heavy < yea they make it -- for a reason
how much are you snow riding in sub freezing weather is the question -- and is it parked out side leaning against the garage < if so then thin $hit is us
we stock 70+heavy < yea they make it -- for a reason
how much are you snow riding in sub freezing weather is the question -- and is it parked out side leaning against the garage < if so then thin $hit is us
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From: CT/FL
Amazon sells a case of 6 VR-1 in 50 and 60 weight for under $30, you just have to wait for the price to come down. I use camelcamelcamel.com to get price alerts.
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I use 60 WT year round, my bikes are parked in my basement so it is tempered, does not go below 55. If I do go for a ride in the winter she gets started from that temperature and given time to warm up. Not likely to be parked outside for an extended amount of time.
That said, yes hard to find oil sometimes, I use Penn Grade (used to be called Brad Penn Oil) and I buy it online and it gets delivered to the house. Running it in the Shovel as well, so I just get it by the case. Amazon gives me the best deal, but it usually arrives in a JEGS box.
https://www.jegs.com/i/Glockner-Oil/461/71166/10002/-1
Maybe easier to order from JEGS direct, but free shipping thru Amazon, shop around. I also like that it is green, easy to tell which end of the bike is leaking.
That said, yes hard to find oil sometimes, I use Penn Grade (used to be called Brad Penn Oil) and I buy it online and it gets delivered to the house. Running it in the Shovel as well, so I just get it by the case. Amazon gives me the best deal, but it usually arrives in a JEGS box.
https://www.jegs.com/i/Glockner-Oil/461/71166/10002/-1
Maybe easier to order from JEGS direct, but free shipping thru Amazon, shop around. I also like that it is green, easy to tell which end of the bike is leaking.
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