• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

  • In order to help others find info on a particular bike, be sure to put the year, make or model of bike that you are asking a question about, in the Topic Title. This will allow people to pass by posts they have no interest in.

Oil with the best ant ifoaming prperties

Can you get Morris oils in the US ? They do a range of castor base oils specifically for old race engines.
For the limited use your TX will see - and given how fragile they are - I'd look seriously at using this stuff.

Castor is still the absolute best in marginal lubrication conditions - and it doesn't seem to foam much at all.
 
Simmotos above post has that one key word in it about the diesel oils..such as the Rotella T we run in our GSs. "Might" is the word I am trying to decisively eliminate from my worries when it comes to this engine not being smoked again due to foamed up oils.
 
OK....UPDATE. So I went and got this oil at the local Honda shop. Write up says nit has enhanced anti foaming qualities. We shall see how the old TX does with this stuff in her belly.
 
850 Combat said:
I thought the problem was exacerbated by high RPMs. Hopefully, if you ride it easily, you won't have a problem.

I say ride it now. If you have a problem later, you will be in the same boat that you are in now., which is not being able to ride it. For what its worth, I recently bought new repop calipers for my RD400 from HVC Cycle. I think that you have the same ones in the TX.

There used to be one of those in my neighborhood when I lived in HB. It was painted black, and had the "grills" shaved from the side covers to make them look smooth. It was a good looking machine.
Click to expand...

HVC is local to me, just checking their website, didn't know they were in to all that. The owner is a big RD guy and Yamaha guy.

I'm with you, get the oil and start riding Chuck
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

B
Oil types and reviews, boiled down to preference of give and take
Replies
19
Views
704
TxGSrider
T
chuck hahn
Conventional "RACING" oil or not???
2 3
Replies
54
Views
5K
koolaid_kid
K
G
I don't think we've had enough oil threads yet...
Replies
10
Views
1K
Guest
G
T
Oil info from the "poll" section.
2 3 4
Replies
75
Views
6K
flyingace
F
Back
Top