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Actually, diesel oil is accidentally good lubricant for motorcycle powerplants. I thought everyone knew that. Something like Shell Rotella 5w/40 had or still has JASO MA specification, so it is even for motorcycles with wet clutch, transmission as well. Except it is irrelevant in this case because traditionally HDs had separate lubrication systems for engine, transmission and primary. There might be powerplants like that from other makers, but vast majority has just one lubrication system, not three, and that dictates oil specifications. So, HD engine oil has evidently not much to do with traditional "motorcycle oil" because requirements are vastly different. HDs have, at least, air cooled cylinders with big bores with necessary generous piston to cylinder clearance becouse that tend to run hot like fuck. Diesel engines of semi truck have huge 130-160 mm bores, and under full power for 30 minutes or better climbing Independence Pass do run hot as fuck as well. It requires generous piston to cylinder clearance as well. Hence oil specifications. So, diesel oil is better match, and on the top, is widely available. Walmart, truck stops, etc will have it. 24/7. Motorcycle dealers? Not so much. I don't see anything surprising 8n what they suggest. And you? You'll never admit you were wrong, so couple pages of Latino Bull Shit is coming next.🤪

Blithering nonsense. So much wrong I won't even get into it. You make fasle assumption, and then, verbal vomit. Anyway, please continue.

Nope. I understand that based on your ethnic background some group of people cannot properly digest milk but that does not mean milk is generally bad for people. I'm not in that group btw. I like milk a lot, cannot imagine it would not be a part of my diet. Having said that cheap milk in plastic containers is simply horrible. Taste like cow shit, and Fuck only knows what is in the bottle. It could be like Subway tuna sandwich has not tuna situation. Lol. I like organic milk from Aldi's the best. I drink 2 0.5 gallons containers per week. Plus one of this.

Says who? Your brother?

I prefer 2 percent , better cappuccino vs. whole milk.

No. Way more dangerous vs. cigar smoking and drinking bourbon. Big Milk wants to kill you. Seriously, I only drink organic milk from paper containers. Anything from plastic tastes like, literally, shit.

Well, if any of Hyundai owners want trailer outlet they should buy something Chinesium on eBay for 9.99$ instead of going to the dealership. Better engineered, better quality and your Hyundai won't end up as a ball of fire. Just saying.

Well, oil that leaks out of pistons (while parked) in "normal" engine with vertical cylinders just ends up in the crank case. No harm. With horizontal cylinders it wets cylinder walls and gets burned during start up, hence smoke. Of course no Goldwing owner has ever complained about oil consumption, but that's Honda. And the second part of your post, fuck yea. Owners of expensive European cars have been brainwashed into many, many things. But it is basically a cover for sloppy, lazy engineering. No Camry or Accord owner would ever put up with the notion new radiator every 50 k miles is a part of maintenance. Etc. Lol.

Flat 4 and 6 engines. So, Subaru. Engines with horizontal cylinders have a tendency to burn oil. Most of that happens during start up. Porsche owners bitch about it as well, but manufacturer claims 1 qt per 800 miles is O.K. lol. Of course, people buying Japanese car won't put up with that level of oil consumption hence lawsuits.

Btw, going back to OP. Knowing what we know now I'd definitely drop oil pan, and remove oil pump, oil pick up, etc. and examine everything. Should not be too time consuming.

Nice Wing.☝️

The tapping sound was coming from bearing going off on black helicopter hoovering over your head.

Does it happen on cold engine as well, or is not related to temperature. What is the frequency of the tap, crankshaft speed or cam speed? One cam rotation for two crank rotations. Or does it sound like rod bearing going off? Does it depend on engine load?

Is it serious post, or are you just just being you? My head almost exploded when I read it. Oil pressure gauge, but where is it hooked up to? Was pressure measured on hot engine? Has he pulled valve covers on both sides, no oil on the other side as well? Ii is boxer, two heads. That would be the start. Oil pan drop would be next.

Hot 🔥 jalapeno? Looks delicious.

Just please continue. Post, for fuck's sake, something on the subject. I yield the floor to whoever or Carlos and Oscar. Share with us your knowledge and your thoughts.

I've decided to bail out from this thread for obvious reasons. What is stoping you, and your brother with years of experience on valvetrain gained from working on two stroke leaf blowers, from continuing on this subject? Am I necessary to discuss valvetrain? Unreplaceable? Can't do without me? Wtf?

Btw, blood pressure. I've reduced coffee to just one cappuccino first thing in the morning. Green tea on the afternoon. That's my entire caffeine intake for the day. Quality of sleep increased bigly. Like a brick. Reduced alkohol intake to occasional glass of red wine- combined less than a battle per week. Reduced salt. Got serious about pretty strenuous cardio about 4 times per week. At the begining my heart beat was approaching about 160 bpm by the end of exercise. After couple of months of it - 135 to 140. My blood pressure dropped about 15 points, and now is at 65/115. My resting heart rate is around 60 bpm.

Jb weld will eventually fail,something about different rate of temperature expansion vs. plastic. Been there, done that. So weld it. Now, if you have to pay someone else to repaint it- better to buy new piece from BMW.

Not sure about being default design. Fluid will flow even slower with bend like that. I don't have all day to watch oil slowly disappearing in the funnel. Not all of us live in places where average temperature is 120 F, and consequentry most automotive fluids have almost no viscosity even at room temperature. But anyway, I'd definitely get one for those special occasions.

Nope. That was supposed to be about 2004 r1. I nuked that one due to idiotic comments by certain idiot. Again. This one, was a trial balloon. I was hoping, perhaps, he learnt something, and would refrain from spreading stupidity. Nope. Nothing changed. It is pointless, it always comes to debunking utter nonsense he posts, etc instead of concentrating on the built. And he has major issue with the truth. Makes things up, twists the truth, etc. Inferiority complex on top of it. Probably was abused by parents and/or Swamp. We'll never know. He is destructive prick and asshole. Never starts anything of his own, but pollutes my threads with his bithering nonsense any chance he gets. Next trail balloon will be in 10 years. 🤪

Of course I do. The bike in question has oval pistons, so there are, at least, couple ways to play it. 😜

Oval? 😉

Superhawk and Swamp. Please continue without me. Please share your wealth of knowledge with other forum members.

I remember awhile ago you were absolutely "mind bugled" by fact piston travels slower-on averege- between TDC and 90 deg. ATDC vs. 90 deg. ATDC and BDC. That is very basic geometry, kind of like 2+2 =4 It was clear indication you don't know much about geometry, and consequently this particular area of physics. I would never, ever try to post anything into Swamp's IT threads becouse it would quickly become obvious I know dick about it, and cannot contribute in any meaningful way. I have no idea why both of you try to post something in threads like this one, when it is clear it is not your area of expertise. This is physics and hard science, it is not possible to bull shit your way out of it.