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Hood Ornament
03-13-2006, 03:36 PM
So when I got the new KX I got some pre mix oil with it. Now the stuff I usually use comes in a pint container so it's pretty easy doing the ratio. Just dump the whole thing in with 5 gallons of gas to get 40:1 which is what I used in my old KX. The guy who owned the new KX was running 32:1 so I figured I'd just keep it at that for now. So I filled the can up with 4 gallons of gas and dumped a container of the oil in. 32:1 I'm thinking. Last week I didn the same thing. This week I still have about 2 gallons of gas so I have enough to last me the day. I'm watching a buddy mixing his and I see he's using a ratio right to measure out the oil. I ask him why he's doing that since he's running it for 40:1.
Well, he says, since the oil comes in 32 ounces, I have to measure it out. :eek2: Then it hits me, the oil I got with the bike is in a 33 OZ bottle!! Doh!!!! I'm running 16:1, no wonder I got spooge dripping all over the swing arm! :argh:
igo-wfo
03-13-2006, 03:43 PM
Hmm.. you could always run up and down the street during skeeter season...

COUGH COUGH COUGH..
What kind of oil do you run?
I used to put Maxima 927 bean oil in the old RZ. smells goooood
Would smell REAL good wif some race fuel !
kurt
03-13-2006, 03:48 PM
Buy a thumper and eliminate the guess work.
Kidder
03-13-2006, 04:03 PM
Buy a thumper and eliminate the guess work. Do you mean a 4-stroke? I always thought a thumper referred to a single cylinder machine. So, a two-stroke and a four-stroke could both be thumpers. :rider:
CycleCat
03-13-2006, 04:10 PM
Well... at least you are doing your part to keep the mosquito population down :lol2:
Hood Ornament
03-13-2006, 04:29 PM
Buy a thumper and eliminate the guess work.

Errrr, got TWO of them.
Hood Ornament
03-13-2006, 04:30 PM
Hmm.. you could always run up and down the street during skeeter season...

COUGH COUGH COUGH..
What kind of oil do you run?
I used to put Maxima 927 bean oil in the old RZ. smells goooood
Would smell REAL good wif some race fuel !

I usually run Silkolene Pro synthetic. The stuff I got with the bike is the Motorex synth.
hwy929
03-14-2006, 10:41 PM
thumpers refer to a single 4 stroke in every use I've ever seen. 2 strokes don't sit there and go "thump"..."thump"..."thump". It's more ring-ding-ding. lol