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[ThumpnRed]

Originally Posted by supernick

This is a full stock bike. Му friend Yura make it during many years. Oil level also standart.
Engine haven't damages.


Sorry my bad English.

Your English is far better than my Russian!

[ONandOFF]

Originally Posted by Brown Falcon

I learned two things today:

1. My legs are just a wee bit too short for a stock height XRL. (barely on tip-toes with stock link and forks level with top triples)

2. The previous owner definitely shortened the side-stand when he put in the lowering link.

Needless to say, I re-installed my White Bros lowering link and moved the forks back up in the triples after that experiment.

Of course it's "too high" - certainly you've noticed everyone saying so! And surely you can pick up a stock kickstand. I suggest you try this -- take the bike as you have it on a couple trail rides this spring, then reset to stock height and ride those trails again and compare ride difference.

[ltcole]

Here is a video of a ride around where I grew up in SW New Mexico.

http://youtu.be/Z0uO0ypk17A

[Dooga]

If anyone told me how needy the Pig is about oil, I might have reconsidered, but she's mine now and I love her. But I check the oil every time I gas up (on the factory tank) and she's always low (she's 11 years old, is that normal?) and this time I over-filled her and then needed to get crafty so I devised an oil-extraction set up from a syringe I had from an ear-irrigation kit and from some hose and a little super glue:

And here's my oily mess. I don't have a garage, I only have a parking lot.

[techforlife]

Originally Posted by Dooga

If anyone told me how needy the Pig is about oil, I might have reconsidered, but she's mine now and I love her. But I check the oil every time I gas up (on the factory tank) and she's always low (she's 11 years old, is that normal?) and this time I over-filled her and then needed to get crafty so I devised an oil-extraction set up from a syringe I had from an ear-irrigation kit and from some hose and a little super glue:

And here's my oily mess. I don't have a garage, I only have a parking lot.

It`s 11 years old.......and uses oil...sounds about right if nothing in the engine has been touched..alot of cars use oil that old too...

It could be something as simple as valve seals...

B

[Brown Falcon]

Just throwing this out there to give you guys a chance before someone on Craigslist gets it...

Selling a K&N air filter and pre-filter sock for the XRL

Send me a PM if interested.

[stiggs13]

Rode from LA to Death Valley and back with the VJMC, XR did really well, got some terrible gas milage when pushed to 75 mpg + Had to push the last 100 ft or so into the gas station at Trona After fueling up with 87 in Stove Pipe. The bike likes 91 a bit more, esp with the 11:5:1 JE piston


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[ONandOFF]

Not fair, Stiggs! We just got another bout of snow here.

Reminds me of good times, though!

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Dooga, it's no surprise your bike uses some oil. I used to put a few ounces in mine before each ride until I had to take it apart and replaced the valve seals and rings. Top off your oil either when you stop or warm it up a couple minutes before you go riding, shut it off and check - that will keep the level more consistent and help you keep from putting too much in.

[stiggs13]

Snow yikes sounds cold

Originally Posted by ONandOFF

Not fair, Stiggs! We just got another bout of snow here.

Reminds me of good times, though!

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Dooga, it's no surprise your bike uses some oil. I used to put a few ounces in mine before each ride until I had to take it apart and replaced the valve seals and rings. Top off your oil either when you stop or warm it up a couple minutes before you go riding, shut it off and check - that will keep the level more consistent and help you keep from putting too much in.

[purpledrake]

Originally Posted by JWhitmore44

Serious wheelie skills You run into any issues with top end oil starvation ?

JW, were you able to see this video on YouTube? How?

[JWhitmore44]

Originally Posted by ltcole

Here is a video of a ride around where I grew up in SW New Mexico.

http://youtu.be/Z0uO0ypk17A

I like that camera angle. Glad to see riding season getting here

[JWhitmore44]

Originally Posted by purpledrake

JW, were you able to see this video on YouTube? How?

Yes, I didn't have a problem getting to it.

[JWhitmore44]

Originally Posted by supernick

This is a full stock bike. Му friend Yura make it during many years. Oil level also standart.
Engine haven't damages.


Sorry my bad English.

Originally Posted by ThumpnRed

Your English is far better than my Russian!

+1 you got your message across fine.

I'd heard of the possibility of oil starvation from riding wheelies for too long. Wasn't sure if it was really and issue or not. I would think as much time as you spend with the front wheel in the air you would have first had experiences with the problem if anyone has.

[JWhitmore44]

Originally Posted by Dooga

If anyone told me how needy the Pig is about oil, I might have reconsidered, but she's mine now and I love her. But I check the oil every time I gas up (on the factory tank) and she's always low (she's 11 years old, is that normal?) and this time I over-filled her and then needed to get crafty so I devised an oil-extraction set up from a syringe I had from an ear-irrigation kit and from some hose and a little super glue:

Not sure what to tell you about the oil usage, are you getting any smoke at startup? There's a little trick I learned from another site for bleeding brakes (not that your issue has anything to do with bleeding brakes) that may work better if you ever have to pump excessive oil out again. The trick was to take the pump out of something like a hand soap bottle with the pump. Get about a foot of hose the diameter of the pump tube that sticks down in the bottle. Insert the tube in the oil and pump into a container. Don't know it that would make the process cleaner for you or not.

[ThumpnRed]

Originally Posted by Dooga

If anyone told me how needy the Pig is about oil, I might have reconsidered, but she's mine now and I love her. But I check the oil every time I gas up (on the factory tank) and she's always low (she's 11 years old, is that normal?) and this time I over-filled her and then needed to get crafty so I devised an oil-extraction set up from a syringe I had from an ear-irrigation kit and from some hose and a little super glue:

What sort of riding are you doing? Burning oil just putting around town is not normal. Using some oil when doing long highway runs is not unheard of.
How many miles are on the bike? Age is largely irrelevant. Mine is a '93 and the valve seals were shot, but the bore and rings where within spec when I pulled it apart a couple of years ago.