Glowing header pipes ZX9

Well, fine, but why would there be two-stroke oil in the petrol tank?

 

Because any self-respecting (2T) MX-er will have cans of pre-mix
kicking around the garage at a guess.

 

Yes. And what makes you think he'll pour it into the tank of a bloody
ZX9R? Even MX-ers aren't quite that dim.

It's just that of all the possible explanations offered, this one is the
unlikeliest. Not saying it's impossible - just rather improbable.

 

He may not have thought it'd be a problem, & neither do I, although I'd
think twice if it was Castrol R. Unwanted pre-mix has been donated to
plenty of my 4T bikes & cars over the years.

Agree 100% - there's no way it'd make it run that lean unless he
seriously screwed up the ratio.

 

Indeed.

Does anyone still use the stuff, and if so, why?

(Apart from the smell, of course, which is as good a reason as any)

 

I've smelt it coming out the back of a few scooters - bugger knows why
though. Probably coz their old dad used to use it in his Beamish Suzuki
in the 70s so it must be good. Putoline or Silkolene is the oil of
choice for serious smokers though.

It does smell fantastic doesn't it. If only someone would bring out a
Castrol R air freshener. Actually I think I'll send an email to the
makers of KY Jelly...

 

I use it in 2 strokes coz it's a better oil in lots of ways than
synthetics. There are draw backs though, like cold weather and gum and
varnish. I've mostly used it in model engines, but many of the same
ideas will hold true in full sized engines.

http://www.plasma.kth.se/~olsson/castor.html

=:-O

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Muck
<muck@_TEETH_tallbloke.net> typed

(Castrol R)

Really? What ways?

(Other than the smell, obviously)

--
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WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
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Apparently, there are some great developments going on in spark less
petrol engines and diesels now. I'm sure it'll get into bikes some time.

 

I've also discovered that petrol only trickles out of the petrol tap. When
you open the petrol cap it gushes out. So that would be all the wax polich
blocking the vent then

 

Nice

There are two dyno companies in Cheltenham did you you...

 

Wicked Uncle Nigel says...

From my experience of strokers, none whatsoever. Plenty of disadvantages
though, not least of which is the price.

 

Unless you've got a vacuum tap that isn't working right.

 

<Interested>

How does that work, then?

 

You have a seperate combustion chamber with an oil lamp burning in it.
At the correct moment, a rotary valve in the head opens and the flame
ignites the mixture. You adjust the time by advancing the opening time
(and duration) of the roatry valve by adjusting the the bowden cable
operating it, or by filing bits off the wooden eccentric cam.

 

Doesn't Castrol TTS smell rather similar to Castrol R?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Simon Atkinson

That's clearly bollocks. The oil lamp would set fire to the eccentric
cam.

Unless Muck knows something we don't?

<thinks>

Lignum Vitae still burns, doesn't it?

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WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

The Older Gentleman wrote

I would but you can't buy it round here.

The only reason surely?

 

The Older Gentleman wrote

Microwave probably, or lasers.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, steve auvache

It'll be nano-wossname, these days. Everything's gone nano.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"