This can be prevented!!
someone else started it...........................*
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Never let your air get darker than 5-6.5 Roundel on the Lickford scale, otherwise you could experience flaking chrome inside your wheels, which isn't bad in & of itself, but it could cause you to develop deerbars on the barndells, resulting in a possible blowout & microfrasm at speed. Not a good thing to happen, especially if your atechme slubberdegullion has fresnic freen modulations on your slog bitsko fignut.
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After reading all the BS, I noticed that no one answered the original question.
First you fill a portable air tank to 120psi. Yes, any air will do. Bury tank in back yard leaving nozzle exposed. Urban air (because of additives) will take longer to ferment and darken than rural air. Once a month go out and squirt some of the air into a glass jar. Don't use plastic. Chemicals in the plastic will chemically combine with the nitrogen in the air which is about 80% nitrogen and give a false reading. With city air wait until the 3rd month to do first check. You want the air to at least be the color of weak tea. Some riders claim that darker is better. The darker air stiffens the sidewall of the tire and decreases heat buildup. Air that is too dark to see through makes the tire to stiff to give and creates a rough and dangerous ride.
As for the oil rinse I only use distilled water. Tap water has natural minerals and added chemicals in it. You don't want minerals added to your oil and the oil already has the needed chemicals in it. The Harley Blower is great if you are in a hurry to put the now clean oil back in the bike.
First you fill a portable air tank to 120psi. Yes, any air will do. Bury tank in back yard leaving nozzle exposed. Urban air (because of additives) will take longer to ferment and darken than rural air. Once a month go out and squirt some of the air into a glass jar. Don't use plastic. Chemicals in the plastic will chemically combine with the nitrogen in the air which is about 80% nitrogen and give a false reading. With city air wait until the 3rd month to do first check. You want the air to at least be the color of weak tea. Some riders claim that darker is better. The darker air stiffens the sidewall of the tire and decreases heat buildup. Air that is too dark to see through makes the tire to stiff to give and creates a rough and dangerous ride.
As for the oil rinse I only use distilled water. Tap water has natural minerals and added chemicals in it. You don't want minerals added to your oil and the oil already has the needed chemicals in it. The Harley Blower is great if you are in a hurry to put the now clean oil back in the bike.
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This is what ya get for listening to a bunch of back yard mechanics. Think they know all about it because they got to operate a two bit air pump a couple times.
Any school trained mechanic will tell ya the air will darken quicker when ya use darker bearing grease on the axle combined with a blue shade of anti-seize. If a grease barrier isn't installed, the grease will blend and the centrifugal force will send the restructured molecules down the spokes to the tire air chamber.
Any school trained mechanic will tell ya the air will darken quicker when ya use darker bearing grease on the axle combined with a blue shade of anti-seize. If a grease barrier isn't installed, the grease will blend and the centrifugal force will send the restructured molecules down the spokes to the tire air chamber.
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From: Middleton Tennessee
I have always believed that when removing the old air you need to have your bike on a jack style lift and after you remove the stem to let the air out you should crank your bike and run it thru the gears at a modest rpm to safely remove the bad air as bad air and fresh air dont need to mix as it will cause the tire to be out of balance
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From: Middleton Tennessee
even though I havent had my Trike long I want to change the wind in the windshield and can find the drain plug to drain the old wind out before putting in new and the manual doesnt say how much wind to put back in
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