Just think how it would be if they could blend in some bacon grease!
Nobody would ever replace valve seals or rings... well at least none of the men... :D |
Oil?
I want to try some Beanol in the KDX. I hear it smells delicious.
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Originally Posted by IDRIDR
(Post 517275)
I want to try some Beanol in the KDX. I hear it smells delicious.
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Did someone mention bacon?
Mmmm, bacon... |
Originally Posted by TNC
(Post 517284)
LOL!...I'm old enough to remember the occasional bean aroma during my early enduro racing days.
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I run Maxima 927 in my KDX once in a while, it smells great.
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Originally Posted by IDRIDR
(Post 517304)
A number of the guys racing KDX's over on the KDX forum swear by Beanol's superior lubrication qualities over the synthetics. And there is surprisingly not a lot of debate. Beanol is expensive . . . so it must be better.
Up in your neck of the woods where cold is more of an issue, that's a fairly, widely, accepted negative for castor in a 2S motorcycle. Unleaded and leaded fuel issues were another debate area for synthetic vs. castor oils. In unleaded fuels, synthetics picked a small advantage IMO. There are so many factors between these two, and my fingers are not up to it. Castor oil is not bad. I just think castor does not offer the advantage level over synthetics that it had back in its heyday. Now, if you're talking about RC vehicles with certain engine designs, that's another debate. |
Castor bean oil was quite common in use by flat trackers, both the two strokers and the BSA and Triumph racers. The stuff smells fantastic, but will gum up rings and foul plugs somewhat easier than the regular and synthetics. The two strokes ran premix around 20:1 or 16:1. I'm not sure how the stuff was used in the four strokers, if it was pure or if it was an additive.
One friend would occasionally dump a bit in his gas - nearly as good a smell as bacon! On performance there was Blendzall two stroke oil that had an additive that was a power booster. I don't believe it was legal for AMA racing and I don't remember what it was, just that it was there. |
The flat trackers that run methanol mix it in their fuel for some added lubrication. If you want the smell, but none of the downside, run Maxima 927. It's essentially a synthetic 2 stroke oil with some degummed castor blended in. All the good and none of the bad, and probably the best 2 stroke oil you can buy.
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Oil change interval?
OK if we're doing an oil thread I would be interested in knowing how frequently folks change their oil.
Just to get us started, my '09 KLX250S manual says every 7500 miles (corrected on 1/5). |
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