December 18th, 2017, 03:16 PM
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Name: Bill
Location: Port Huron, Michigan
Join Date: Mar 2017
Motorcycle(s): 2007 Kawasaki 250 Ninja, 1982 Honda Ascot FT500
Posts: A lot.
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Originally Posted by Triple Jim
That really gets to my point... I have a Vega engine that had something like 200,000 miles on the crank, running with dino oil, and the journals measured within new tolerance. It doesn't matter much what oil you use, as long as it's there in the right amount and kept clean.
The exceptions are engines like racing 2-stroke snowmobiles that really do tax an oil to its limit by expecting to keep pistons an cylinders happy at very low oil/fuel ratios and very high loads. But they have numbers like 300 hp from 1000cc.
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If you have one of those Vegas that run the pistons on the aluminum block with no cylinder liner don't let it overheat. If you do your cylinder will go from round to oval.
Bill
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