RE: st-digest V1999 #50

["Rick Damiani" <rickd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bob
> Bitchin
> Has anyone ever used Slick50 ( the 4 stroke wetclutch bike stuff ) and if
> so is it worth putting in my bike? how long do you let her run in for
> before you put it in too ? mines run in according to the manual but shoult
> it be left to free up a bit more before you use it if you should use it at
> all ?

Slick 50, like any oil additive, serves mainly to lighten your wallet. Even
if the Teflon [1] *could* be convinced to stick to the metal parts, it would
tend to stick better and build up thicker in areas where there was no
relative movement [2] rather than the parts that actually need the help [3].

An execelent areticle on oil additives is located here:
http://www.mikeandkatherine.com/sabmag/oil_add.htm



[1] The active ingredent of Slik 50

[2] Such as oil passages, the oil pan, and the oil filter

[3] E.G. the bearings being starved of oil by those teflon-clogged oil
passages.


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