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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Gaynor" data-source="post: 2645" data-attributes="member: 4034"><p><strong>Lagging tanks</strong></p><p></p><p>(The carb balancer I bought was made in Ulster. Someone to operate the throttles is a big advantage, unless you have three arms and two heads.)</p><p></p><p>I've just bought 20 litres of straight 40, and it's bloody freezing outside, and likely to be for several months.....so I'm looking for a short term fix. Next time I'll buy 0-40. The STF is likely to be polystyrene wodged into place, thanks, Ken.</p><p></p><p>I suspect the underlying belief is that oil needs to be cooled if anything, whereas it has been known for years that Vincents have the opposite problem (hence the widely known advice that you shouldn't start it unless you intend to ride it at least 10 miles). Not only is this subject covered in great depth in FYO and ATY, it can be assumed that Trevor didn't conduct his experiment because he'd suddenly gone doolally, but because he expected to find what he did.</p><p></p><p>I pass on the comments of a fellow racer, that more bikes stopped in races because the oil-cooler started to leak, than ever stopped because the oil got too hot......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Gaynor, post: 2645, member: 4034"] [b]Lagging tanks[/b] (The carb balancer I bought was made in Ulster. Someone to operate the throttles is a big advantage, unless you have three arms and two heads.) I've just bought 20 litres of straight 40, and it's bloody freezing outside, and likely to be for several months.....so I'm looking for a short term fix. Next time I'll buy 0-40. The STF is likely to be polystyrene wodged into place, thanks, Ken. I suspect the underlying belief is that oil needs to be cooled if anything, whereas it has been known for years that Vincents have the opposite problem (hence the widely known advice that you shouldn't start it unless you intend to ride it at least 10 miles). Not only is this subject covered in great depth in FYO and ATY, it can be assumed that Trevor didn't conduct his experiment because he'd suddenly gone doolally, but because he expected to find what he did. I pass on the comments of a fellow racer, that more bikes stopped in races because the oil-cooler started to leak, than ever stopped because the oil got too hot...... [/QUOTE]
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