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    WHAT was in my crankcase?

    Hello and apologies for the length of this. I just bought a 2023 CRF 300L over here in Thailand. Went on 4 short rides. 24 hours after purchase @ 62 kilometers, (2 klicks from home), I noticed weaker engine breaking. ??? Throttling up seemed fine, nothing lit on the dash, but it bothered me. At...
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    Do these plugs look ok?

    They're stock iridium' from a 2022 Susuki Vstrom, checked during 6,000 Km service interval inspection. 2,500 Km ago I replaced the stock muffler with an aftermarket that has very little resistance/back-pressure in it. I'm aware but far from from an expert on how cam overlap & muffler design can...
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    Conventional or Synthetic for break-in???

    Howdy oil enthusiasts, I'm from an older camp & Harley'. Wright or wrong I was educated & practiced without issues, that these engines should be broke in with conventional oil for so many miles before (optionally) switching to synthetics. I just bought a 2022 Suzuki Vstrom 1050 (much more...
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    PL25230

    Bought 1 of these the other day and noticed something very odd. At least I've never seen anything like it. Usually when looking in a filter with a bypass in it you can see the bypass valve seated at the bottom of the filter. I'm assuming that's the bypass valve anyway. On this particular filter...
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    Mobil 1 5w-50 in HD twin cam engine

    I'm one day into an oil change on my Road King useing M1 5w-50 and am a we bit nervous about this venture. Appreciate any solid feedback you may have out there! There's several reasons why I'm running this, the main being I'm in SE Asia and availability. I've met a few others here useing it with...
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