Triumphrat

Shaunlee

Have seen a few post's here concerning "sticky" "clunky" or missed gears. I have had all of the above, but while doing some other work on my bike I went ahead and did some routine maintenance fluid levels and such. On a hunch I went with a different oil ( Motul 15w 50). Long story short, went for a ride today(about 100 miles) and there was a world of difference in shifting smooth as silk. I highly recommend getting away from the Triumph/Mobil oil on the triples. :-D

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Shaun

glgavin

My TBS is the opposite. Use the Triumph juice and all is well. Used Honda and Motul products and things were not so well. Funny.

I might try the other brands on my Tiger as it clunks all the time.
:-g

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Gary
Oahu, Hawaii

Slinky

It might be worth trying a lighter oil- 15w is like treacle in a modern engine. 5w40 works well for me, but then the ambient temps are a lot cooler in this part of the world.

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Shaunlee

Not a bad idea I may try that this winter when the oil takes awhile to warm up. What the hell is treacle? :wink:

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Shaun

Jodel

Very similar to, but not quite exactly the same as molasses.

AH-1

what type and weight of oil for 119.0 F in texas???.I thought I was going to melt in laredo this weekend.
pete

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Slinky

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Shaunlee

Can I put treacle on my pancakes? Or is it better on toast.

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Shaun

shedds

it must be british slang ??? i guess, well i changed my oil with 15w-50w spectro synthetic golden supreme and the mobil 1 (triumph blend ) was a better oil for my bike as far as trannie being smooth and quiet and price was not much less maybe i will try motul next change :???:

Silk

Useless info 101

The name Treacle is derived from Old French 'triacle', in turn from Latin 'theriaca' meaning “antidote to poison”.

Treacle being a syrup based product of which there are two types :
Golden (closest would be Light Molasses) is made from the first boilings of sugarcane (or beet)
Black (bit like Dark Molasses) is obtained by later boilings and has a lower sucrose content.

Like syrups they have thick slow running properties not unlike some oils

and yes you can put it on pankakes



[ This message was edited by: Silk on 2004-07-12 02:47 ]

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