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Re: Oil Additives - red98 - 16-02-13
just looking at the floor plan for the excel show and activ8 have a stand.......wonder if there doing the same demo
Re: Oil Additives - darrsi - 16-02-13
(16-02-13, 07:51 AM)red98 link Wrote: just looking at the floor plan for the excel show and activ8 have a stand.......wonder if there doing the same demo
Yeah, come and say hello...... oops....... i mean, go and have a look :thumbup
Re: Oil Additives - Jacko - 16-02-13
Would a friction reducer cause clutch slip.
Re: Oil Additives - darrsi - 16-02-13
(16-02-13, 02:05 PM)Jacko link Wrote: Would a friction reducer cause clutch slip.
No, Activ8 works with metal against metal only, i've had no trouble at all.
Oil Additives - Exupnut - 17-02-13
Spoke to the guy on the stand. He said its a load of foccin shit so dont bother i'm sellin up because all those fuks @ foc-u put me outta buisness.
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Re: Oil Additives - darrsi - 17-02-13
(17-02-13, 07:32 PM)Exupnut link Wrote: Spoke to the guy on the stand. He said its a load of foccin shit so dont bother i'm sellin up because all those fuks @ foc-u put me outta buisness.
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Did you buy a bottle?
Oil Additives - Exupnut - 17-02-13
He gave me one for free cos he was sellin his van and he couldnt cart all his shit product back home. So i binned it. Lol
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Re: Oil Additives - noggythenog - 17-02-13
Good pic exupnut
I didnt know darrsi had grey hair though!
Could you the smell the awsomosity from that distance?
Did you put it in just the engine oil or gearbox oil also?
Re: Oil Additives - red98 - 17-02-13
went to have a look at this activ8 at excel.......looks like the same demo as the yanks.....old boy whos doing the demo is defo not an engineer....hes a salesman.....ask a question outside his patter and hes lost....he chose the youngest member to do the test who just about stopped the bearing with standard engine oil......failed to stop it using active 8.....i had a go and stopped the wheel reasonably easy but what put me of was the grinding noise :eek :eek salesman blamed it on the testing tool mounting and bench :rolleyes :rolleyes :rolleyes :rolleyes ......iam not convinced.....you cant beat regular oil changes,its as easy as that
Re: Oil Additives - noggythenog - 17-02-13
All jokes aside, the jury's still out i think
Can't wait to try it out though
A gut feeling tells me it wont do anything, but i certainly dont think it'll do any harm,besides how many of us with a second hand bike have already had it/got it in our bike already considering how many bike shows it has been to.
It will be interesting to see longer term when the mileages get up a bit as to how many problems folk have and whether or not they used it.
Re: Oil Additives - darrsi - 17-02-13
"....Did you put it in just the engine oil or gearbox oil also?...."
Is that a trick question?
Re: Oil Additives - noggythenog - 17-02-13
Well it kinda was until i realised what i'd written & before i had time to delete it...well nowt gets passed you
Ever seen a dog chasing its own tail before......that's me!!!! :o
I'll get back to my 'ladybird my first motorcycle' book & shut up now!
Re: Oil Additives - darrsi - 17-02-13
Hahahahaha........i thought you knew something i didn't for a minute.
I was thinking "Gearbox oil, i don't remember ever changing that?" :lmao2
Oil Additives - Exupnut - 17-02-13
Well i just had me first pint of it and foc me if me wankin arm aint smoother....it does work after all
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Re: Oil Additives - noggythenog - 17-02-13
Well i know foc all about bikes!!!
Wanking however :b :b :b .....
Where's my foccin activ8 :lol
Re: Oil Additives - Disky - 04-03-13
They will have a stand at the Scottish Motorcycle Show next weekend at Ingliston Showground
Re: Oil Additives - darrsi - 05-03-13
Slippery buggers get everywhere...... :lol
Re: Oil Additives - Slaninar - 05-03-13
(12-02-13, 10:10 PM)wezdavo link Wrote: When you pay more you are paying for expensive additives that fight friction, corrosion, give better adheasion,reduce drag and foaming, the list goes on...
As well as GP racer's multimilion sponsorships, CEO's gigantic bonuses etc.
(12-02-13, 10:10 PM)wezdavo link Wrote: imho if you are using decent oil you need not worry about expensive extra additives...
Fighting friction is only half the story when it comes to oil.. film thickness and visosity temp range are far more importent to protecting it from going bang!
Couldn't agree more. Good, expensive, oil is good enough for all the bikes and cars I've seen. All the extra aditives have turned out to be snake oil. Good engines will run and run and run on just good oil changed regularly and warmed up before full throttle.
Re: Oil Additives - darrsi - 05-03-13
@Slaninar, you've tried it then? :rolleyes
Re: Oil Additives - Slaninar - 05-03-13
(05-03-13, 11:26 AM)darrsi link Wrote: @Slaninar, you've tried it then? :rolleyes
I haven't tried it - regular good quality oil is good enough. But you do have a point. I'd like to see an independent test:
2 engines. One run for 500 hours on regular quality oil, the other run the same period on oil with magic aditives. Then measure and compare wear. Same change periods, same revs etc.