Castrol R although a superb oil (actually better than fully synth) is actually a vegetable based oil and as such cannot be mixed with mineral oils as the dreaded gummy deposits occur and it will varnish all your engine parts very very quickly.
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Falco9
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There is no problem with mixing basic mineral oils with either semi-synth or even fully synth blends. Although I'm pretty sure he will have used a basic multi-blend as these are the ones normally stocked in most garages etc..
Castrol R although a superb oil (actually better than fully synth) is actually a vegetable based oil and as such cannot be mixed with mineral oils as the dreaded gummy deposits occur and it will varnish all your engine parts very very quickly.
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Castrol R although a superb oil (actually better than fully synth) is actually a vegetable based oil and as such cannot be mixed with mineral oils as the dreaded gummy deposits occur and it will varnish all your engine parts very very quickly.
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The most useful thing I never had with me when I needed it was a Universal Cable Kit from Hein Gericke - comes in a round tin about the size of a tobacco tin, with a couple of cable inners with soldered nipples on end and and a selection of screw-on one for the other end.
My clutch cable broke on my way to the TT in 2003 and I arrived at the ferry terminal on the back of a flat bed (well the bike did, I was in the cab!) and one of the bikers waiting for the ferry had one of these kits and sorted the bike for me! I always carry one now.
My clutch cable broke on my way to the TT in 2003 and I arrived at the ferry terminal on the back of a flat bed (well the bike did, I was in the cab!) and one of the bikers waiting for the ferry had one of these kits and sorted the bike for me! I always carry one now.
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Thanks for all the pointers, panniers getting fuller by the minute.
Just sorted the sat-nav, captin bodge has done it again.
Took the tomtom one mount, cut off the sucker (!) & bolted it to a large bulldog clip.
Said clip holds onto the roof above the clocks, well inside the screen out the way of the rain & wind, in perfect view all the time & works upto 120mph ( on a private road). Little bit of wobble becasue the roof is not overy thick, but for the occassional use like this is perfect, 2 seconds to fit or remove & small enough to fit in the jacket pocket ( or under the seat where it now lives).
Just sorted the sat-nav, captin bodge has done it again.
Took the tomtom one mount, cut off the sucker (!) & bolted it to a large bulldog clip.
Said clip holds onto the roof above the clocks, well inside the screen out the way of the rain & wind, in perfect view all the time & works upto 120mph ( on a private road). Little bit of wobble becasue the roof is not overy thick, but for the occassional use like this is perfect, 2 seconds to fit or remove & small enough to fit in the jacket pocket ( or under the seat where it now lives).
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Absolutely. A complete life-saver. I also took a small duster to dry the visor off afterwards and remove the streaky marks (cos I'm fussy like that)...FlyingKiwi wrote:Well I got back rom the Alps 2 weeks ago and the most used bit of kit was a damp cloth in a resealable plastic bag for cleaning my visor.
A V2 is the bogs dollocksmangocrazy wrote:Absolutely. A complete life-saver. I also took a small duster to dry the visor off afterwards and remove the streaky marks (cos I'm fussy like that)...FlyingKiwi wrote:Well I got back rom the Alps 2 weeks ago and the most used bit of kit was a damp cloth in a resealable plastic bag for cleaning my visor.
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