Ernie did you choose an oil with a high ZDDP content I have done over 5000 miles and three of the four tappets still dont need touching
I have just changed my oil and put Castrol Classic XL 20/50 in my twin, I haven’t run it yet but wondering if it’s too thick having just read these threads. I live in the colder north so maybe should have used something thinner.Has any body checked the oil used on their twin . I have no oil leaks apart from the crank case breather to which has been extended to the rear pillion foot rest hanger cannot seem to seem to stop oil from leaking out when stopped about 1 inch dia puddle on the road. I have routed the breather pipe under the engine. would it be better to go upwards with the breather pipe but the route would not be easy . For the last 5000 miles i have been using fully synthetic mobile one 0/30 with the high content of ZDDP with no restrictors in the barrel feeds and no metering wires in the rocker feeds. no smoking on the over run or normal running . would you say that 500 miles per pint is ok . I think most of the loss is going on the road via the breather any ideas
Duckhams 20-50 for years. Valve stem wear not seats. Started rattling.Ernie did you choose an oil with a high ZDDP content I have done over 5000 miles and three of the four tappets still dont need touching
When we stayed with the Kirkers in 2007, Tim Kirker was working on a problem he was having with oil fouling the plugs.I think when the engine is on tick over the returning oil being pumped over the heads and leaking down the rockers and push rod tubes explains why nothing is going back to the tank dispite the return side of the pump being double the size so the crank case fills up an oil comes out of the breather. I still think that I need to slow the amount of oil to the rockers
I'm still using the Vr1 in the Rapides and the other old bikes.Are you still using VR1 or have you switched to something better? I like it because it is easy to find and I have probably done 40,000 miles. Used a Casterol before the VR1.