Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[SBB]

I just did the 1000 mile service on my RUSE this afternoon and put Redline in the tranny & primary (I use Mobil 1V-Twin in the motor).  Used the Redline in my '07 with good results.  Guess we'll see on the '11.

1000 miles already Jerry?
Cool!
You trying to get in as much as you can before nasty weather?

SBB

[mjb765]

Getting back to the oil i concur on the extra primary noise when running redline primary fluid. It"s thin like ATF only synthetic. I'm running 20-50 Amsoil in the primary now and it's much quieter. I do run the redline in the engine and transmission with good results.

20/50 Amsoil eng oil in the primary?? Never heard of anybody doing that???

[Chains]

Seems a little thick for primary, you may start having clutch issues, maybe not time will tell.

[tennisman]

Harley recommends and puts 20/50 Syn3 in the primary.....it's not that viscous when cold, not like dino fluid.
T

[grc]

Don't forget, the SAE rating system doesn't care if a fluid is synthetic or derived from dead dinosaurs, the viscosity is measured the same way.  And Harley has been using 50 weight in the primary for a fairly long time, so I don't see that it would cause any problems as long as the fluid doesn't contain friction modifiers or other stuff that isn't compatible with a wet clutch.

I believe the Redline MTL is more like a 10w40, but that's still not what I would call "thin".  I personally use and recommend ATF in the primary, btw.  I'm not convinced that the lighter weight fluids "create" more noise, but even if they did I believe the decision on fluids should be made based on mechanical performance, not sound.  And ATF definitely works better with my Harley clutch.


Jerry

[ultrafxr]

1000 miles already Jerry?
Cool!
You trying to get in as much as you can before nasty weather?

SBB

Had 1k in the first ten days.  Wife had knee surgery on Oct 19th and not been able to ride since then but sure hope to this weekend. 

[ultrafxr]

1000 miles already Jerry?
Cool!
You trying to get in as much as you can before nasty weather?

SBB

Some friends invited me to join them on an Iron Butt Saddlesore 1000 yesterday which we completed at 5 am this morning.  So now I've clocked right at 2,200. 

[SBB]

Some friends invited me to join them on an Iron Butt Saddlesore 1000 yesterday which we completed at 5 am this morning.  So now I've clocked right at 2,200. 

Damn Jerry!

Your my hero!

When did you start and what was the route.

SBB

[ultrafxr]

Damn Jerry!

Your my hero!

When did you start and what was the route.

SBB

We took our time and lots of breaks so we did not totally exhaust ourselves.  Hey you have 24 hours - why not use it, right.  Left Lakeland, TN, (far east side of Memphis at exit 20 on I-40) at 7 am Saturday to Nashville to Knoxville to Bristol then back to Knoxville and south to Chattanooga then back to Nashville and back to Lakeland.  All interstate:  I-40, I-81, I-75 and I-24.  Got back a little before 5 am on Sunday morning.

[SBB]

We took our time and lots of breaks so we did not totally exhaust ourselves.  Hey you have 24 hours - why not use it, right.  Left Lakeland, TN, (far east side of Memphis at exit 20 on I-40) at 7 am Saturday to Nashville to Knoxville to Bristol then back to Knoxville and south to Chattanooga then back to Nashville and back to Lakeland.  All interstate:  I-40, I-81, I-75 and I-24.  Got back a little before 5 am on Sunday morning.

Very cool!
Congrats on the IB!

SBB

[ultrafxr]

Very cool!
Congrats on the IB!

SBB

Thanks Chip.  I think that will do it for me.  Couple of guys in another group (we wanted to keep them small - four to a group) rested for a while and then continued on into Arkansas to get an additional 500 miles for the Bun Burner 1500.  That's 1500 miles in 36 hours.  Don't think I'm eager to do that.  Heck it has taken me years to do the 1000 although I have done several days very close to 1000 miles (as I know many of us have) but never 'officially.'