...but not all that bright.
So I don't know how easy it will be to see in the garage this morning. I'll head out soon and see but no matter what I'll need to get some work done.
I bought synthetic oil yesterday and am going to put the same fluid in all "three holes" so am about to find out how easy it is to do a complete oil change on a harley. The Japanese bikes I've had in the past just had one oil filler cap and that was it to do an oil change. One drain plug and one filler cap! How easy was that?
Oh well nothing tried nothing gained....
...FOUR HOURS LATER...
When it comes to Harleys and oil nothing, and I mean NOTHING, is simple. Ask twenty Harley owners about oil and you'll get twenty-two different opinions. I made a post on the HDRC GB web-site and got a reply saying that I should maybe not use synthetic oil until the bike has done 5K miles to let it all bed down. I've also seen a test where a harley"expert" tried out synth 1500 miles after the first service and gave glowing results. On top of that the MoCo recommend their synth oil in new bikes. (As it's a lot dearer than their mineral oil, they would!)
So I suppose as long as I don't do anything which will do major damage (like ride with NO oil in the engine) then it's my bike and I'll need to do what I feel is best for the machine.
Over the next few months I'm going to continue to blacken out the bike. I'm waiting for a black stainless front brake line to arrive and will fit that to the stock front end for now. I've also ordered a tri-bar tail-light and will get the billet brake and gear-shift levers when I can afford them. At least that will only be a couple of hours to fit so I wont be off the road while they're being fitted.
Like I've said before this will be a longer term project.
So I don't know how easy it will be to see in the garage this morning. I'll head out soon and see but no matter what I'll need to get some work done.
I bought synthetic oil yesterday and am going to put the same fluid in all "three holes" so am about to find out how easy it is to do a complete oil change on a harley. The Japanese bikes I've had in the past just had one oil filler cap and that was it to do an oil change. One drain plug and one filler cap! How easy was that?
Oh well nothing tried nothing gained....
...FOUR HOURS LATER...
When it comes to Harleys and oil nothing, and I mean NOTHING, is simple. Ask twenty Harley owners about oil and you'll get twenty-two different opinions. I made a post on the HDRC GB web-site and got a reply saying that I should maybe not use synthetic oil until the bike has done 5K miles to let it all bed down. I've also seen a test where a harley"expert" tried out synth 1500 miles after the first service and gave glowing results. On top of that the MoCo recommend their synth oil in new bikes. (As it's a lot dearer than their mineral oil, they would!)
So I suppose as long as I don't do anything which will do major damage (like ride with NO oil in the engine) then it's my bike and I'll need to do what I feel is best for the machine.
Over the next few months I'm going to continue to blacken out the bike. I'm waiting for a black stainless front brake line to arrive and will fit that to the stock front end for now. I've also ordered a tri-bar tail-light and will get the billet brake and gear-shift levers when I can afford them. At least that will only be a couple of hours to fit so I wont be off the road while they're being fitted.
Like I've said before this will be a longer term project.
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