Gearbox oil

I start and ride off immediately - bikes/cars/whatever.

Anyone ride off immediately and then start up...?

Fast Eddie said:

Anyone ride off immediately and then start up...?

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My buddy George does... bump starts going down the hill.

Used to do that anytime I could! That way all my UJM-riding friends wouldn't laugh like they did overtime they'd see me kickstarting "that old fashioned motorcycle."

When I first got the bike two yrs ago I put Royal Purple gb oil in gb. Can't recall specific weight or spec but during the first few thousand miles I put on the bike, I fell in love with the shifting smoothness. Note my only other ride is a modern air cooled bonne and its gb is clunky and notchy. When I rebuilt. The AMC box and put redline in, still had the wonderful smoothness. So I don't think I can conclude one fluid is helping more than other in regards to feel. I like redline because it's easily available, has good reported performance, lower price then fully synthetic RP and its a different colour (green in my case) to aid in tracing any leaks.

Gently does it and then give it whatever you want, steady Eddie for me now I'm not a 20 year old. Old bones have calmed my recklessness. Still love the noise and thrill of it ! Maybe I need some Redline. Tee hee.

maylar said:

Is that available this side of the pond?

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looks like it available on a couple UK fleabay sites w/ shipping to the U.S. -- https://www.ebay.com/itm/MOLYSLIP-G...389241&hash=item4b2883c14d:g:7DUAAOSwofxUa8B9

https://www.ebay.com/itm/MOLYSLIP-G...534547&hash=item4ae049d1a5:g:7DUAAOSwofxUa8B9

Has anyone used Royal Purple gear oil for an extended period and care to comment?

pretty sure forum member Tornado has real world experience using RP for the gearbox. I have nothing to go by, since my 74 Mk2 is yet to start, and I have no hands on experience with anything related to this bike. i'm doing a full maintenance and service during the cleaning, detailing, and re-conditioning effort, and chose royal purple 85W-140 for the gearbox lube. there may be something out there that's better, but I figure RP can't hurt either. I've put enough thought into the matter, and time will tell....