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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Which Oil do You use in your Vincent?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Gaynor" data-source="post: 2646" data-attributes="member: 4034"><p><strong>Which oil</strong></p><p></p><p>I use Castrol R40 in the Rudge (twice through the Manx then into the Rudge). One is 100 bhp / litre, the other probably 70 bhp / litre. I doubt if the Rudge needs R, but it smells nice, and the bike doesn't leak anyway. And i hate waste......</p><p>Vincents, at 45 and 55 bhp / litre are by no stretch of the imagination highly stressed motors, which is their biggest charm (IMHO). My guess is that the best Vin oil is a modern diesel 0-40 like Shell Rimula. I use Rimula 40, which is like syrup in winter (cheap syrup: £28/litre for 20 litres), but whoever said "it probably doesn't matter" was probably closest to the truth. I've even heard of people using cheap motor oil from the DIY store Homebase for their Vincents. Aarghh!! The horror!!!! Homebase bought it from a company called Filtrate who had stopped marketing it under their own name.</p><p>Pity really, there were Vin owners throwing themselves under trams when Filtrate went off the market.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Gaynor, post: 2646, member: 4034"] [b]Which oil[/b] I use Castrol R40 in the Rudge (twice through the Manx then into the Rudge). One is 100 bhp / litre, the other probably 70 bhp / litre. I doubt if the Rudge needs R, but it smells nice, and the bike doesn't leak anyway. And i hate waste...... Vincents, at 45 and 55 bhp / litre are by no stretch of the imagination highly stressed motors, which is their biggest charm (IMHO). My guess is that the best Vin oil is a modern diesel 0-40 like Shell Rimula. I use Rimula 40, which is like syrup in winter (cheap syrup: £28/litre for 20 litres), but whoever said "it probably doesn't matter" was probably closest to the truth. I've even heard of people using cheap motor oil from the DIY store Homebase for their Vincents. Aarghh!! The horror!!!! Homebase bought it from a company called Filtrate who had stopped marketing it under their own name. Pity really, there were Vin owners throwing themselves under trams when Filtrate went off the market..... [/QUOTE]
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