Uhmm, who put you in charge?
Empirical data? OK.
1. I ride to work if it's over 50 degrees. On those cold days I *have* to use starting fluid. When B-12 sat in the tank over winter it started, albeit reluctantly. When I ran through a couple of tanks without it, it was back to it's old habits.
2. It ran like a 100% piece of **** until it warmed up. It now smoothly idles although you have to fine tune the choke as it warms up (say the first mile at 1/4 choke, 2 miles 1/2, then back off all the way.
3. My kids said not to park it near the street the trash men might take it. Now 2 of 3 of them have motorcycle permits and want to take it out to practice.
4. Last weekend changed from Delvac 1300 15w45 to Shell Rotella T Syn (5w40) - sweet! (Manual calls for 10w40, previously used Castrol Syntec 10w40). Less chatter at start up. And it runs cooler (I can tell because after playing basketball I don't wear socks and I can feel the heat).
Come on by, I'll let you take it out. I thought FP was going to clean/lubricate UCL/boost octane. Instead B-12 seems better.
Another data point, the gas tank had rust debris when I bought it. I flushed it out, and found drained the dual carb bowls which had sediment too. Since then I drain the bowls every year and they are pretty clean.
I think B-12 boosts octane and keeps the carbs clean. I was hoping someone would weigh in instead of just criticizing. If nothing else this is my experience - for anyone else is tooling around in an old bike.
[ May 19, 2004, 10:20 PM: Message edited by: rg144 ]
