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another year another bike
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: London
Bike: S2r 1000
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lots of places sell it over the counter like infinity
not cheap but it does go a long way of you use a soft brush to work it in i bought a big 5 litre from ebay as i think its great stuff, just remember not to let it dry before washing it off do not use muc off or the castrol green sh*te, it mottles the finish of metals plastics and carbon badly if your going to ride the bike through the winter, you should also buy a can of ACF50 and apply it everywhere (except brakes of course) its sticky stuff and it wont be long before the bike looks filthy again but it will protect your bike from worst of winter salt corrosion in the spring you can wash it all off using the sdoc and all your all hard work cleaning the bike up wont have been in vain. you have mail :-) ali |
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Seem to have spent loads of time in the garage the past several days but been cleaning a polishing mainly and stripping brakes off.
Brake discs looked horrid but with a bit of work and polishing the wheel up etc I got it back together: ![]() ![]() After cleaning and back in the forks ![]() ![]() New fuel tank arrived this week and I've stripped the old one of all its internals etc, need to polish and clean up the clip and fuel cap but that will be something a bit later on. New tank: ![]() |
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That's looking very nice indeed. If you feel like going into business detailing bikes you can have a go at mine, all of them!!!!!!
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Haha! If only I had the time! Maybe if I ever finish it ill give you shout! Next stop are the arrows ;-)
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Location: Dartford, Kent
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what was wrong with the original tank?
The cleaned up bits look really good so far
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![]() Fully paid up member of the S.A.S. (Scottoiler Appreciation Society) 27,000 miles on original chain - and still going strong! Last edited by gary tompkins; 17-11-2012 at 04:13 PM.. |
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It had expanded and was not sitting on the rubbers properly, and had pushed up around the release catch. Got a decent deal on the new one so decided to change it.
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The oil in the container in the pic you posted Petej is in-fact a semi synthetic oil, it is NOT fully synthetic.
This ‘misinformation’ by Shell, has caused owners of Adler APTC clutch equipped bikes lots of trouble. People look at Shells price for its ‘Shell Advance Ultra 4T Fully Synthetic’ and then imagine saving money on a less expensive alternative brand. A fully synthetic oil will negatively effect the APTC clutch in the S2R in various ways i.e. the plates can stick after the bikes been standing resulting in horrendous clunk on engaging first gear. The clutch may slip winding on the power. The plates drag causing nasty jolts going down through the gears. Shells oil works fine and your safe to use it, others have had good results with semi synthetic alternative brands, but if you put a ‘genuine’ fully synthetic oil in your S2R your in for trouble. Why the hell Shell call its Advance Ultra a “filly synthetic” when its not, I simply cant understand. |
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The term semi-synthetic is meaningless - it doesn't mean that it is half synthetic as the term implies. The synthetic component could be 1% which could be a Group 3 oil with the remaining 99% being a Group 2 oil. |
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Taa for that thecnical explanation zhango. I was one of those unlucky enough to get this trouble from incorrect oil in my bike, a friend of mine also got caught, he used a different brand of fully synthetic to me but he still sufferd problems with his clutch. From my experiance I would advice anyone to stick to shells oil, experimenting aint worth the risk.
Your S2R's looking great Petej Last edited by Chris & Nean; 12-11-2012 at 03:42 PM.. |
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If you want to read the Tech Data sheet for Shell Advance Ultra 4T see HERE
The important bit is the compliance with JASO:MA2 and it should be perfectly ok for wet clutches We all know that Ducati recommend Shell because of the sponsorship of the race team but Advance 4T really is a very high quality oil. Last edited by zhango; 12-11-2012 at 04:40 PM.. |
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Cheers Chris that saves me the grief of purchasing what I though was the semi synth! I'll bang this in now. Does seem odd they would market fully Synth but there going to gain sales from it I guess!
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Cheers zhango, puts my mind at rest!!
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Looking good mate, got much of your finger tips left after cleaning up the fork bottoms ?
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Haha they are burnt out hence no update!! I'm polishing the exhaust mow, what nightmare!!
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Having cleaned up the majority of the front the arrow system sitting in the box got the better of me so I removed the nuts and studs from the cylinders and replaced those with nice shiny ones after my visit to Rosso Corse (top guys) and offered up the Arrow system, polished the s pipes and they took ages but worth the effort.
![]() ![]() Had a go at carbon wrapping the heel plates! ![]() And after finding a bargain on EBay managed to pick up a carbon mud guard!! ![]() Still to final tighten the exhaust and re connect the tank to check! Then time for the rear end clean up! Pete |
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