Recent content by nils

It seems clear enough to me that the cost/risk of a crash is to expensive to justify the car tire argument. The only thing that benefits is cost and the convenience of longer service intervals. Now, how long/costly is it to fix a crashed bike? How long/costly is a trip to the ER? One such...

very cool, thanks for the feedback. I picked up some Mobil1 Synth. 4T 10W40 at my local Advance Autoparts for $8/qt. Not a bad deal for motorcycle oil!

I've searched, but I can't seem to find an answer, so forgive me if this has been discussed before. Just I have an '06 Yamaha R6 (you know, the one that revs to 18,500 ) that I enjoy taking to track days. I've been using Rotella 5w40 for the last 800 miles or so, and all seems well, and in...

Thanks for all the responses. Yup, central TX weather is highly variable. The low is supposed to be 37 tonight. Weird wild stuff. I looked at your UOA's shanneba, that's good data and gives me some more confidence. I guess what I'd really like to see is how the 335i's do on this stuff, being...

It's already over 80 degrees here in TX. I am not looking forward to when summer really starts... Anyway, any opinions on running GC in summer temps of 100 deg. F? I've got an 08 Subaru STI and an 02 Saturn VUE V6 (GM 3.0L). I know GC is supposed to be thick, but do you guys reckon it's thick...