Started out with cooking for my oh so wonderful girlfriend and she decided to accompany me for gear shopping at Hodaka Motorworld. Needed a new glove but reluctant to fork out $80 for one. So we went to Motorsports Asia right opposite them. We were eyeing a light brown axon jacket with a hefty price tag. We asked about it because it was no longer on display and after which, the salesperson dug up new stocks and voila! A single piece in my size fresh from shipment. We jumped at it. I felt really happy about it. Nothing cheers me up more than getting gears after knowing the importance of them since the horrific accident.
It was really hot so I decided only to wear it when I was hitting the highway. I had wanted to help a buddy fixed up his wrecked bike but since it was still early, I decided to head to johor to service my bike. Well the story goes that I have been doing some forum reading and come to the conclusion that people change their oil from 2000miles to 10 000miles. I believe at the end of the day is what you believe in. Checking my dipstick, it showed a really dark oil. Its been 4000km, 4 months, ridden daily in the harshest of conditions on 2000ml of oil. I decided it was time. Well, I know colour might have little to do with its capabilities but come on.. From golden honey to a dark pungent foamy black sooty coloured oil... Something just seems different and the bike started to feel... stale.
To cut the story short, I changed my platinum plugs to copper plugs and she started to be more responsive. She sounded thumpier! She felt fresh off the lights.
The 2t mix of 2ml / L worked right but however, the spark plugs had rather a build up of soft wet carbon. I might reduce the mixture to 1.5ml/L and see how she fares.
I am using rotella t6 and I love it at 5us/L. But I was considering using idemitsu mineral oil for future changes at 18rm/L
