New forum member from southern Wisconsin

[MaraudeRS]

Welcome, Hilltopper! That's a fine looking brick ya got there. I'm sure she'll clean up nicely.


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[Hilltopper46]

Things are looking up!


I ordered a front tire Wednesday, it came Thursday - I ordered the wrong size  :dunno2: so I sent it back today and ordered the correct size - should be here next week.


I went to town and bought 4 quarts of Mobil 1 (5w30?). NAPA has a really good sale on Mobil 1 right now, under $6/qt. BUT, they didn't have an oil filter.  I finally tracked down an oil filter at Car Quest and a Lisle 3/8 drive wrench to fit it.  The wrench is metal and fits up in the sump with no modification required.  The oil filter has a plastic sticker on it that peeled off in one nice piece after I picked at it for a minute. The Lisle wrench even fit the old (FullFlow?) filter on the bike.


I put 3 quarts of Mobil 1 in it and a can of SeaFoam.


I rolled the bike down a little hill here on the yard, it didn't start. BUT, it coughed a couple times, and once after it coughed I heard a little RRRRRrrrrrrr.... as it came to a stop, so I hit the starter button and it took off. It has started every time since then.


I rode it 10 miles.  When I first started it the other day the bike smoked pretty badly. I scraped a bunch of dried up shock oil off the exhaust system and after the oil change, it doesn't smoke at all. Life is good.

Thanks to all who encouraged and offered advice.

[Laitch]

I went to town and bought 4 quarts of Mobil 1 (5w30?)

Congratulations. Your bike should have oil it it with a wider heat range than that once you're convinced the starter is working reliably, but you might already realize that.

[The Mighty Gryphon]

I hope you aren't planning on leaving that SeaFoam in the engine for more than 100 miles.  It has no lubrication qualities and thins out your already thin 5W30. 

Do another oil and filter change to remove all the dirt the SeaFoam flushed out.  I would recommend going with Rotella T6 full synthetic 15W40.  This is a heavy duty oil designed for diesel truck engines that go a million miles between rebuilds.  It has a stronger detergent package and will help keep the sprag cleaner.   Walmart has it in gallon jugs for $21 and change.

[Hilltopper46]

[size=0px]Your bike should have oil it it with a wider heat range than that once you're convinced the starter is working reliably, but you might already realize that.[/size]

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[size=0px]I hope you aren't planning on leaving that SeaFoam in the engine for more than 100 miles.  It has no lubrication qualities and thins out your already thin 5W30. 

Do another oil and filter change to remove all the dirt the SeaFoam flushed out.  I would recommend going with Rotella T6 full synthetic 15W40.  This is a heavy duty oil designed for diesel truck engines that go a million miles between rebuilds.  It has a stronger detergent package and will help keep the sprag cleaner.   Walmart has it in gallon jugs for $21 and change.

Thanks - I bought two of the filters and planned change again at well under 100 miles.  I'll look into the Rotella T6.

[Rcgreaves]

ok hilltopper I lost track of this thread... are you out there munching miles like a dutiful member of this here chee asylum...


Hows that bike doing?

[Hilltopper46]

ok hilltopper I lost track of this thread... are you out there munching miles like a dutiful member of this here chee asylum...


Hows that bike doing?

Thanks for asking.



This thread details the biggest challenge I had with it: http://www.motobrick.com/index.php/topic,9992.0.html


I'm riding it periodically - beginning to run it for errands and trips to church, etc.  The bike is running solid - I believe it is improving a little with each tank of gas.  The last tank I ran through it I measured mileage and it came in around 40 MPG, maybe even a little better as I think the tank was fuller on the second fill. 


I really like the way it handles and rides.  The biggest personal issue I have with it is my throttle hand tends to go numb after a while. I know there are foam grip covers out there - I think I will try adding them sometime in the future.

[Rcgreaves]

You may have it be developing carpul tunnel like me! 

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[Laitch]

The biggest personal issue I have with it is my throttle hand tends to go numb after a while.

Rotating the bar downward by a small increment might help with that, too.

[Martin]

You could try fitting cruise control or a throttle lock. Gryph has a post on cruise control I believe.
http://www.motobrick.com/index.php/topic,7822.msg56073.html#msg56073
Regards Martin.