My K301A uses oil

[ol'George]

Originally Posted by OldSkull

In those days guys didn't wear chaps just to look tough or cool, they wear them to stop getting burn by the oil "spitting" from the engine! Girls like those old "shaker" but technology helping they now can ride on new bike wearing bikini and sun tan oil...(Sturgis:-) You can't stop progress.

If them hardleys didn't shake I'd have several, the rubber mounting didn't stop it.
Once I rode a V4 jap many years ago,
I never went back to old skool Milwaukee vibrators.
Not knocking HD, just not my cup of tea.

[I-H73]

Thats because your a soft ass as apposed to a hardass like me who grew up riding Hogs before I owned a drivers license, & thats why I nickamed my sportster Shaker LoL after I sold my goldwing I restored, I took many road trips from here to northern Indiana to North Carolina & back, I bought this sportster & on my 1st ride home with it asked myself What have I done here? LoL But you know what this bike is so much fun to ride on the back roads I will never look back, rode it up to lake Michigan fully loaded with saddle & trunk bags, tents,tool bags, & backpacks many times, did I miss the Goldwing on those long rides you bet but its just what my dad raised me on a American Heritage 1955 FLH Harley Davidson Panhead.
Its just a family tradition.

[I-H73]

Originally Posted by ol'George

Harley "K" model,
it was a flathead race bike in it's day.
http://www.harleykmodel.com/

SWEET

[Baccarat]

Personally, you can't beat a Panhead engine. Best motor HD ever built. I had a 48 FLH. The first year of the Panhead. My "garage" was our 1 bedroom ground floor apartment living room with tan shag carpet. There was never a drop of oil on it in nearly 3 years of living there.

Never should have sold it.

[ol'George]

Originally Posted by Baccarat

Personally, you can't beat a Panhead engine. Best motor HD ever built. I had a 48 FLH. The first year of the Panhead. My "garage" was our 1 bedroom ground floor apartment living room with tan shag carpet. There was never a drop of oil on it in nearly 3 years of living there.

Never should have sold it.

Then it wasn't set up right if it didn't drip oil.
They had a adjustment for primary chain oil and what was slung off it, was able to drip out of a little "spout" onto the rear chain @ the rear of the primary cover.
----@ least my '56 panhead was that way.
But I'm done, as I have lead this way off topic, sorry!

[I-H73]

Dc

Originally Posted by ol'George

If them hardleys didn't shake I'd have several, the rubber mounting didn't stop it.
Once I rode a V4 jap many years ago,
I never went back to old skool Milwaukee vibrators.
Not knocking HD, just not my cup of tea.

I ate beans, bread & hotdogs for 6 months & paid cash for my brand new 1982 Honda V45 magna, it was 748cc V4 with 16 valves & back in 1983 both it & the Honda Interceptor were very smooth fast bikes.
I test drove a V65 magna after I bought the 750 but after I hit 2nd gear on the 1100 my helmet was choking me so I stuck with the 750 & it had a 6speed gear box.
Had a escort radar detector mounted above the guages & when the cops pulled me over for speeding they would always ask whats that?
I would say thats my alarm, they would reply whats your alarm for?
I would say "speed traps" then they would let me go with a verbal warning LoL.
This thread is definitely off topic but who cares lets talk motorcycles, the K301A uses oil so what it still runs geat and doesnt smoke on startup or when hot & doesnt leak oil like my panhead Duke so IDK where its going its a mystery.

[OldSkull]

Originally Posted by ol'George

Then it wasn't set up right if it didn't drip oil.
They had a adjustment for primary chain oil and what was slung off it, was able to drip out of a little "spout" onto the rear chain @ the rear of the primary cover.
----@ least my '56 panhead was that way.
But I'm done, as I have lead this way off topic, sorry!

I'm the one who made a suggestion giving a old HD example...

Lesson learn! Never, ever, mention HD in a thread about oil consumption... You always get a Tsunami of story's and headaches.

[I-H73]

Originally Posted by Baccarat

Personally, you can't beat a Panhead engine. Best motor HD ever built. I had a 48 FLH. The first year of the Panhead. My "garage" was our 1 bedroom ground floor apartment living room with tan shag carpet. There was never a drop of oil on it in nearly 3 years of living there.

Never should have sold it.

I do agree you should have never sold it, my Dads 1955 FLH build started out in the garage then moved into the living room in the winter months.

As for a update on my Cub 73 I am going out to mow 3 acres of grass today then will check oil level then add Lucas 100% petroleum engine oil stop leak & give it a go on this ole bird.

[J-Mech]

Stop leak oil isn't going to make it not burn oil.....

[ol'George]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

Stop leak oil isn't going to make it not burn oil.....

And if it sez "lucas" anywhere on it, prolly will make it not start and bring on the prince of darkness