justin_o_guy2
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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Check oil every few days, and immediately after a good hard ride that saw high RPM. An identical run on fresh oil , on mine, YMMV, wouldn't use hardly any, but once I had 1500/1800 miles on the oil, consumption increased. I carried a little 2 stroke oil container with a tip from a 90 weight, rear end oil jug and a short piece of wood with a slot to put on the oil fill plug. I finger tighten it, but, needed help getting it loose, especially hot, pliers goober it up. The oil usage rate was something I was never at ease with once I had miles on the oil. The oil in the two stroke oil container got used several times. If you're on the road and low on oil and no MC shops are open, hit the Wal-Mart or parts store, a cheap oil with low standards and No Friction modifiers beats low( oil not in the window ) oil. The oil is part of the cooling, or so I've heard. Valves, check every five thousand. Once you have twenty thousand on it the tips of the adjusters will be mushroomed and work hardened. I had a Stage One cam and adjusted them on the tight side of specs.it's my opinion that that decreased the SLAP of the tip hitting the valves and gave me another 1.5ish thousandths of lift.
I recommend a pigtail to the battery. I bought two wire connectors and cut the clips off of the float charger. The charger just plugged in. Also provided a real easy voltmeter connection. Check any time you have a problem. Check when you park after a good ride. Check again next day. See how it's acting now, while it's good. Then, as it ages, you'll know. It's okay to write stuff down. Packing tape secures and protects notes on a wall.
I never add brake fluid to anything. It shows pad wear. Get a big syringe and suck the fluid in. Compare to the color of new. If it's brown, dump it.. Beware, the master cylinder is a mean dude if you let it drain and lose prime. Take the lid off, crack the bleeder, poke tubing on, quart jar, keep adding till it's flushed.
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