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If you were racing I would change it but for your ride tomorrow it will be fine mate
TB
Mate it depends on the brand of oil, some oils will sediment out and need to be shaken back up and they are good to go, others will start to strip the chain of oils down and have a shelf life, others will last indefinitely , the biggest thing is to know your brand of oil and its specific requirements, as a general rule synthetics are not as stable as minerals, stick with a good brand and it will all be good, I have used for trail riding Castrol TTS with no dramas for years as well as Motul 800 on all our race bikes for years with no dramas as well, on of the most pivotal things is to get the jetting right(suited to your fuel/oil ratio) and you wont have issues, good luck
just to enforce what Dave has said stick to a good brand of oil and at the same ratio every time if possible. if you use a castor based oil this should be fresh each time you use it
it also doesnt like to be mixed with other oilsOllie
Ktmrat wrote:
Quote:Mr Blue wrote:Quote:there’s that TM jetting thing right there, i tend to disagree with my learned comrades on this point, all of my bikes since the late eighties once the jetting is sorted for the season have never fou;ed a plug, and while the warm-up is a personal thing I tend to not leave thechoke on past several seconds and then just a fast idle until I can feel warmth in the radiators, then all set to go.
Caveat, about three years ago the 300 fouled a plug on a really humd warm winters day after 40 mintues in goat trail s/T, never did it again as the weather was the anomaly, even the wr450s and CRF450s I was riding with were running rough that day.the TM has crankcase induction like some of the bikes of yore in my experience they are a bit more touchy on selection of idle jet/needle combo due to the increase vacuum signal.
BC
Yes what he says is the go
Get it sorted and you wont have the issue again
Right again Mr Blue
cant wait to sit and chew the fat with you my friend…..one day…..one day
Hey Bruce are you doing the 5 way series round when it comes to your local track this year, I will be there and would love to catch up with yaRat
Am planning to do a few local meetings this season Mr Rat, certainly after this heat has settled. 1st priority is getting the young fellas’ licence sorted, actually the STB (Border boys) were planning to do some SE QLD and NE NSW meetings as a team, so even if I’m not competing I’ll be there, just give me a yell a week in front, gunna pick yer brains on conventional forks in junior racing…….
AB aren’t you glad you got a smoker, happy days are here for you now, just ride and occassionally spin a spanner and apply some locite and Bobs yer uncles best mate
Bruce
Speaking of loctite – the rear brake step plate was loose and we didn’t have an allen key small enough! Lucky they used nyloc (sp?) nuts so it didn’t come off and I’ve since tightened. Good way for me to learn that 2 smokes need a bit of tightening occasionally :p
I’m definitely sure this was the right bike for me, it’s powerful but still light and very tractable in all situations. I’ve tried the different map settings and I can’t feel the difference. I also prefer the torque controller on 1 which is the stock setting because the power is more linear and therefore predictable and useable.
I just need to get a lot of trail time to build my own skills
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