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Originally Posted By: XS650 Originally Posted By: toocrazy2yoo Ya know, for the word h-e-double toothpick and the word frequently used to denote a donkey to be censored is really above and beyond idiotic. Loosen up admins. Jeez, it's ridiculous. Lighten up with the filters, put the mods to work...

Ya know, for the word h-e-double toothpick and the word frequently used to denote a donkey to be censored is really above and beyond idiotic. Loosen up admins. Jeez, it's ridiculous. Lighten up with the filters, put the mods to work if things get filthy, and be happy. You'd think this was a...

The bars come to YOU, not the other way around. Plus, you can buy bar-blocks that mount between the steering head and bars to bring em back to you another inch, and pick em up an inch and a half. Murph's sells em. The seat? Not horrible, but could be better. Some folks send em out to have the...

I returned to the sport this spring with a 1200S Bandit that I got a heck of a deal on, but it was too uncomfy on my old wrists. I looked at the ST1300 (too fat and sounds funny), the Yamaha big-block sport tourer (needs a 6th gear and still leaned me too far forward), and dismissed the big BMW...

Originally Posted By: ViragoBry For longevity's sake, have you considered a bike that's more suited to the type of riding that you're doing? The 250 has proven to be a bullet-proof powerplant since the 80's, but common sense says that running anything to 100% of it's capacity every time you use...

Originally Posted By: Chris142 Originally Posted By: GOPHER FREAK Newbie question. What the heck is SLOB? Street Legal Oil Boost An additive we like. It has Zddp and other stuff to help protect my non roller cam and lifters.Hard to find now WE like? Depends on who WE is. Dunno WHY you...

Ya know, this is the same principle as oil and additives. The manufacturer and their engineers deem the best break-in procedure based on their reckoning of what's best for what THEY designed. Then along comes Motoman to tell us that the method is best, an antiquated method at best. In fact...

Originally Posted By: ZGRider Since when did gear shifter feel become a standard for oil quality? I always thought BITOG was about being objective and scientific? This has to be the least scientific and subjective way to qualify and quantify oil. How do you know if your engine "likes" oil just...

Why not just run the Valvoline bike specific oil in SG/SH/SJ? 3.50/quart, plenty of zinc for the gears, undoubtedly a great base oil to begin with, what's not to like? Don't forget, your oil is lubing your gearset, too.

Dunno about the new liquid-cooled bikes, but my oil/air cooled GSX-R based 1200 Bandit specifies SH/SG additive levels. That means bike-specific oils, whether in an exotic synthetic or not. I ran M-1 car oil in my NighthawkS (hardly a horsepower or torque-producing heavyweight, but @ 80 horses @...

What does THAT mean?

Originally Posted By: XS650 I went from a Nighthawk 700SC to a Bandit 1200 in December 1996. Do tell, XS! The size and the weight of the bikes, nearly identical. Power? A third or more HP, torque and top speed, nod to the bandit, obviously. Tell me about the transition? Did I buy into a...

It's not the bike I have contempt for, although real Harley doods would certainly be happy to pee all over my "rice burner" even though it has far more American-built parts and labor in it than their Harley, at least in the case of Hondas. It's a few of the peeps that are on the smelly, noisy...

Harley Davidson (Hardly Ableson): A miracle machine designed specifically to convert perfectly good fuel to annoying noise and fumes without the risk of performance or power. Most present-day Harley riders are a bunch of wannabe posers. They trailer their "bikes" to Jacksonville or St...

I just got a Bandit 1200S, myself. Not quite sport, but sporty. Bought it at a Honda dealer in Manassas, Virginia. Consignment bike, a guy bought it new in the crate in 05, put three thousand on it, parked it. A first bike, it scared him, wife didn't want him on it, he hadda million reasons not...

Yeah, it IS nice. I'm already scheming for new struts, just put an Alpine XM/CD/HD/AM-FM in it. Complete with all the modules. It's going to be primarily my long haul buggy, so have to have the XM. The Hyundai will be my working vehicle around town. Tx for the replies, you'se guys! Appreciate...

Ma's 1990 Eldorado.. 82,000 miles, lived in the garage it's whole life, maintained to a "T". She didn't drive it, but my sis and I drove her around in it when we were in town. It was Pop's, and she maintained it for sentimental reasons, and maintained it well. So, no one wanted it after Ma...

For the Neon? G-05. At least you can define what came from the factory. Those of us with the odd foreign cars like Hyundai have no idea what they put in it. I'll be switching to Prestone's Dexcool clone when the time comes, with a good flush of course.

I have no idea why you're wanting to go outside the factory/dealer for an oil filter for any motorcycle given the critical nature of such things on a bike. Assuming that filter is a spin-on, I figure the factory filter for any given bike is built never to blow out and dump oil on your rear tire...

Back then, perhaps 12-1400 PPM Zinc. Not sure about phosphorous. JHZ is right though. Unless you have a car that old with an engine on the original build, what's it matter?