de tour 2006 oil analysis?

[loudicks]

Hoping for some travel advice from the group... I'm contemplating taking a long weekend to Phoenix the first weekend of March to attend a family event. As I live in Minnesota, I'm hoping to begin the riding season a bit early and take a day or 2 of the weekend to rent a motorcycle (hopefully not a cruiser but I won't be too choosy and explore the area. Does anyone have any advice on where I can rent a cycle near Phoenix that won't cost too dearly, and any tips on what I should see, where I should ride etc? Perhaps one of the members has a 2nd, well maintained bike and would like to make a few bucks showing me around on one of the days? I haven't even started looking at plane tickets yet and that will be the deciding factor on if I can afford this trip or not. I'm just testing the water here. Thanks for any advice you can offer.

[Jeff Saline]

Hey all, Again top posted. That second sentence should have read... "I didn't address TBN or contaminants as they WEREN'T an issue with any of the oil analysis results I've received from my bike, Martin's bike or Steve's bike." Best, Jeff On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 08:02:40 -0700 Jeff Saline writes:

> TOP POSTED For Easier Reading. > > Jim, > > Thanks for your nice post. I didn't address TBN or contaminants as > they > were an issue with any of the oil analysis results I've received > from my > bike, Martin's bike or Steve's bike. TBN didn't change as far as I > remember and started out as a 10 and was still there after 1,000 > miles. > So I didn't continue to have that checked as it costs $8 extra for > each > test and the oil change intervals are so short. Martin, Steve and I > all > use No Toil air filters and filter maintenance products and show no > air > filtration issues. We do clean our air filters while on the road > and the > No Toil products make it easy. We also come up short when looking > for > fuel or coolant contamination in the oil. Steve and I also go for > up to > about 5,000 smiles without changing the oil filter when on a trip. > We've > both cleaned our oil screens and examine oil filters after use to > see how > they're working and what's been floating around in the engine. Once > the > filters quit picking up chunks of stuff I think it's safe to use > them for > extended intervals instead of changing at every oil change. > > My initial concern was oil viscosity stability based on the three > unique > situations the oil is subjected to in the KLR engine. They are > lubricating the engine, transmission and wet multi disc clutch. > Trying > to get one oil to perform well in this compartment is tough. So far > the > Rotella seems to be the best bang for the buck. > > Thanks again for your interest and comments. If you'd like to see > an oil > report let me know and I'll send it as an attachment. > > Best, > > Jeff Saline > ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal > Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org > The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota > 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT