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Old 24-03-2019, 03:12 PM   #18
Nickj
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Originally Posted by Flip View Post

Incidentally, despite supposed lubrication improvements my old 1965 race bike still runs 20w50 (as recommended by the bevel drive experts) ensuring modern thinner oils do not by-pass things they shouldn't on start up.
Tis a well known thing that, bevel motors like a bit of thick oil.
The closer you get to the equator the closer to raw tar you need to go
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