Snarley Bill
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hey bummer. logic tells me if toilet paper is good for cleaning the derrier. it has to be good for the motor. :rotf:
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congradulatons, sounds like your getting your moneys worth. :clap2:
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i'm not down on an amsoil dealer making some money selling it. it just is not a convenient marketing technic for the consumer. i can stop at wally world about 2 miles from my house and get my mobil1 in five qt. jugs for $27.50, 15,000 mile oci garrantee. shell 15w-40 rotella in a 4 qt. jug for $11.00, no waiting no shipping. it's alot about convenience and being cost effective. the customer has to come first if a business is going to be a total success and grow. i have the amsoil facts. we have a dealer on the wing sight named tim vispond. he is a retired shell oil engineer. i have stood by him many times when folks have drilled him into the ground. he has alot of great info, but a buyer has to do what he thinks is right.
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sure glad everything worked out for you and eileen. i was afraid she would'nt be there when eileen got down there. really a sweet dog. really cleaned up good. annie would be a great name. linda has a horse named annie.
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i think amsoil will probably test out as a top oil but i think mobil one will to. the problem i have with amsoil is the amway style sales gimic. put it on all the shelves like the rest of the oils. it is a 100% pao base oil motor oil. amsoil buys thier pao's from exxon mobil. i am just a little leery of buying off brand named things. i feel shell and mobil probably have the finest oil labs and scientists in the world. so i have to go with them.
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i can't believe how much i have learned about oil and oil analysis on this thread. and i thought i knew something. :clap2:
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i haven't got a clue.
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actually i would like to learn how to work on my own bikes. so i figured i should learn a little about oil. someday i hope to build my own custom bike so i would like to have the best oil in it. thanks for the info. bill
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i've been hanging around the best oil sight on the net. for a couple of years, www.bobtheoilguy.com . i have been using mobil1 10w-30 extended performance energy conserving in my wing for the last 7000 miles. i'm using 4000mi. oci's on it. i will get an oil analysis in 1000 miles to see how this oil fares in my wing. most guys are using 8000 mi. oci, on the wing. i just can't go that long. in my v-twins, v-star and nomad, i switched to rotella t 15w-40 cj4, at 3000 mi. oci, because of the higher ppm of zddp. i am going to have an analysis done on both of them after two oil changes to flush them of any remnents of the other oil that was in them. as soon as i get the info back i will post it. these three bikes are a good cross section of different bikes to find out what works best in motorcycle engines. since oil is my all time favorite subject, i have to know. i will be using blackstone laboratories. this may take awhile. according to my research so far these should be the best oil choice for these three bikes. i am expecting very good wear no's in all 3 bikes. time will tell.
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who all is going to st. jude sept. 12th? i'm getting ready to leave. see you there. bill
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if it's like my tour deluxe the speedo is okay. there was not really a needle in there. it is digital mine jumped in increments. i thought the needle needed oiling. .
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wrongway came over a little while ago and had coffee. he left, and i just tucked la into bed and told him a story.lol. we will leave out in the morning. i may ride a 100 miles or so with him. his leg seems to be fine. he rode straight up here from texas today non stop. over 600 miles. i guess he's back to normal. i sure do think alot of the old fart. :clap2:
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la pryor just showed up and had dinner with us, and is spending the night. he is heading for pork in the pines. wish i could go with him. linda just said , you blew your wad on that new bike. we are drinking beer so he may get a late start. i will probably ride a few miles with him in the morning.
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i can understand folks not being supporting members, but for those that want to meet new friends, and have something to do 24-7 this site is a bargain for 12 friggen dollars a year. you can even slip one by don, and the moderators once in awiile. snarley bill :clap2:
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glad to here that great news. see you next year. :clap2:
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i will drive to indy any time for free food.
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hey joe, one other thing the harley market is in big trouble right now. the fad is passing and the market is flooded with them. harley made alot of bad loans and like everyone else is in deep doo doo. that would not be a good act to follow. even tho we disagree i still love ya buddy. maybe we should bet a meal at culpeppers on this. i'm going to win.
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darn joe your making this hard for me. you can't make a v-twin half way smooth with out counter balancers. a v-twin has a very poor balance factor . harley went with counter balancers and a rubber mounted motor. a v-twin with the bad primary balance that they have has has a much shorter life span, even with balancers. you may not feel the vibes but they are always there for the bearing loads. in other words the motor feels them. you would be lucky to make 100,000 miles with a v-twin. i love v-twins but it is a very poor engine design and always has been. ducati has come close with a 90 degree twin but they ar not pretty motors. alot of engines use offset crank pins to increase the v angle internally like a 1400 intruder but they still shake. the name of the game is to sell bikes. honda is the no. one touring bike whether you like it or not. they have sold millions. they are not no. 1 because they aren't the best tourer out there. yamaha would love to be right up there and i still think they are going to shoot for that. i have two great v-twins right now and i love them both. but they aren't even close to being in the same league with my wing. not even half way there. the wing guys have a 500,000 mile club with quite a few members. i am faithful to all my bikes for what they are. but i can't make them something they are not. no matter how much i like them. i still say yamaha is shooting to compete in the touring elite market. it may not be what us old timers are hoping for, but like any business yamaha has to go where the money is. the dealer i bought my wing from told me he sells an average of thirty wings a month. now if you owned a company and were out to make a buck, would'nt that be your goal?
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joe, i have to disagree with you on this one big time. the strat is a nice bike but has nothing going for it to compete as a touring bike. the push rod, air cooled, non counter balanced engine is rather archaic for a top of the line tourer. it's a great cruiser and chopper motor. i had a warrior and it is basically the same engine just a slight amount smaller. it shook at various highway speeds like bad. even the wing engine is getting a total redesign. it will be high tech stuff, rumors are 2000 cc 6 speed with cylinders that cut out for more gas mileage. i can garrantee you yamaha wants to compete with honda and bmw for a chunk of the elite touring market, and it will be with the max engine when they do it. they did'nt put millions of dollars and 10 years of engineering in it just for a v-max. and then price it out of the average persons reach. it will be in yamahas 3rd gen touring bike. like i said last year, it won't look anything like the second gen. they will go for the younger generation market.
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i think a 3rd gen is in the works but put on hold do to the economy. looks like everyone will have to wait awhile. the v-max motor was'nt designed for the v-max. it's just a test bed. i think they priced it out of sight because they want experienced motorcyclists to buy it so yamaha can get knowledgable feed back, on maintenance and longevity of the new engine design. thats the way manufacturers test products in the real world.
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i almost bought an 09 nomad, which is basically the same bike as the voyager. after 4 hrs of comparitive research between the 08 nomad and the 09, the 08 won out hands down. so i went and bought it the next day. my big dislikes on the 09 were the belt drive, the 6th gear, totally to high and not needed, the over all looks were not as appealing. i like the traditional early nomad style bags better. the 09 is nice but just had to many cons. i really love this bike. it gets more attention and turns more heads then any bike i've ever owned. my only complaint so far was the really poor throttle responce and lack of power, which made synchronizing shifts smoothly, next to impossible. it was jetted very lean for pollution puposes. i added a cobra 2000r and it runs perfect now. it came alive and i don,t have to run the factory recommended 90 + octane any more.its not as smooth as a venture or a wing. a 1600 v- twin never will be even though it has a balance shaft. i still maintain if you want smooth touring stay away from a big twin. linda said it is very comfortable, but it ain't no wing. she said the floor boards make her feet tingle. she will never ride on it much anyway. this ones for me to go out and enjoy the solitude on.
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i am not a big fan of trikes, but i could do one of those. they look mean with that big rear tire. maybe a busa or zx-14 motor would make it the cats meow.
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the meet is on, the end of august. i will have the dates and details soon. everyone save some vacation. this is going to be a good one. allan i need you to help me with the computer stuff. thanks in advance for volunteering. we will have free registration, no t-shirts and patches, no raffles, last meal at a local restaurant, pay when you eat, no prizes, just a cheap 4 day meet, with lots of neat riding, sight seeing, and comeradrie. more details to come, motels, cabins, etc..when i get the motels listed i would recommend booking them this year. this is a big tourist area. start thinking about it and give me some feed back. we will need 4 days because there is so much to do in this area. bill:clap2:
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name a town it would be near so i can figure distance. it's a maybe for me on saturday.
