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Post by novaraptor on May 12, 2015 17:42:41 GMT -5
WOW! Just did a net search on this subject, and it is nearly as debated as oil or gas grades.. Guess I'll have to use a day reading up on it. Jarlaxle, I do recall that in cars with non radials the proper way to rotate the tires was back left to front right, and back right to front left, resulting in tire reversal, though that may have been to even out wear on the tread..
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Post by JerryScript on May 18, 2015 1:35:53 GMT -5
A lot of people disregard manufacturer warning and instructions.... For example: Scoots call for 91 or higher Octane, but yet you will always find Joe Blow saying the manufacturer don't know what they're talking and 87 grade is just fine "because they do it all the time".... If a scoot manufacturer calls for 10w40, again, you will find Joe Blow telling people Oil weight don't matter and you could run chain saw bar oil if ya wanted... I've seen people actually recommend fish tank hose as a substitute for fuel lines... They said "It would be cool, it's clear"....  It's these kind of trivial things that people make complicated... My approach is this.... If the manufacturer calls for X, operate the device per X's instructions. The manufacturer is the one who actually makes the stuff and might just happen to be "experts" in the area... So why people disregard a manufacturers intended purposes or disregard warnings is a mystery to me.... But hey, to each their own and for all I know, all these alternative may actually be right... I just prefer listening to the manufacturer. I'm sorry, but I have one problem with this: these are the same manufacturers who put out scooters with parts we All say to change during PDI. We don't trust their hoses, wiring, connections, or even their ability to tighten nuts and bolts, instead we recommend that all these parts are changed, tightened, or otherwise modified. With that said, why should we consider the manufacturers to be the experts on tires, fuel, or oil if we don't trust the basic construction? Especially manufacturers from a different region with different tire, fuel, and oil standards, and extreme difficulties translating the most basic instructions, much less industry standards? |
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Post by dmartin95 on May 18, 2015 2:31:46 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but I have one problem with this: these are the same manufacturers who put out scooters with parts we All say to change during PDI. I think you may be confusing the cheap labor force (shop assembly workers) and greedy execs that cut corners on things like hoses, with the actual engineers that designed these engines.... When you purchase a quality ZNEN (or similar) scooter, you don't have to change out all the hoses and if you purchased from a shop that does a quality PDI with that ZNEN, you do nothing but ride. The specs you see on your scooter service plate are specs that came from skilled workers, not the people that assemble them. Anyhow, if you feel they're joking about the specs, or even that they don't know what they're talking about, more power to ya... I'm not on here to convince anyone, of anything... Me personally, I will go with the Manufacturers recommendations vs a Joe Schmoe article from the net. |
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