one dealer vs. another

[dooden]

IS that stuff maybe.. intended for tranny's on bikes with separate engine/tranny lube systems ? Dooden A15 Green Ape

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Randy Shultz" wrote: > > My understanding, Bill, is that there is no SAE 70, and so oils with > that equivalient viscosity are called "grade 70". > > Randy > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "billshel2003" > wrote: > > > > Just looking for a real explanation of what Grade 70 motor oil is. > > Thanks. > > >

[Mike Frey]

That's what I was thinking. Castrol does a poor job on their web site (as in nothing) describing it's use. Dooden wrote:

>IS that stuff maybe.. intended for tranny's on bikes with separate >engine/tranny lube systems ? > >Dooden >A15 Green Ape > > > > >

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Tengai Mark Van Horn wrote:

> > Something tells me that the buyers working for WalMart don't ride

motorcycles.

> > Mark >

Hi Mark, Not only do they not ride M/C's but also they may not understand the language of M/C customers, using words that sells a product, rather than words that communicate properly. Consider the location of your friendly Wal-Mart, not locally, but historically....Bentonville, Arkansas....that said, and now for the story about communication.... I was born in Missouri during my father's senior year at the University of Missouri, Columbia, and moved to Arkansas when I was about 6 months old. Fast forward in time 19 years, that same child, now a college student, filling out a job application. The application asked if I had any disabilities (long before it was illegal to ask such questions) and I filled in the blank, "Learned to speak English in Arkansas" the answer, to which the HR person did not find amusing. (It still gives me a grin!) Where we learn to speak English, or any other language subset for that matter, the location/culture deeply affects how we communicate. Similarly, California attempted to suggest that many of its students had a learning disability (they called it a dis-advantage) because they spoke a ghetto-dialect of English called, Ebonics. The educators even wanted it taught as a second language in the public schools, an idea foisted upon us several years ago, as a pitiful excuse for poor communication skills. The surprise to all of this? California, (sometimes) at the cutting edge of education, was some 30 years behind in recognizing what this primary-educated student from Arkansas was able orally formulate as a handicap in 1972. I just didn't know that it was 'Ebonics'. I don't believe I got the job, but still have the story, some 32 years later. revmaaatin. who still suffers occasionally from his Arkansas heritage

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, ATO137528@... wrote:

> > Last week, I needed a 265 valve shim, so I called the local

Kawasaki shop to see if they had one. The parts guy put me on hold for a while and then told me that the didn't sell shims but would be glad to have me bring the bike in for them to do the work. Furthermore, IF they ordered it for me, it would cost eleven bucks!

> > Yesterday, I was passing through and stopped at Hattiesburg Cycles,

about an hour and a half south. I told the parts guy what I needed and he goes for a walk. When he comes back he explained that they didn't have my size on the shelf, but the service guy had a few. With my wallet in my hand and a smile on my face, he tells me it's FREE! (It ended up costing me $20 as I was so anxious to do business with them that I bought a pair of gloves I didn't really need. LOL!) I'd call the local guy to tell him what happened at his competitor if I thought he would give a sh*t.

> > So if you're ever in Hattiesburg, MS...stop in and buy something.

And if you want to know who wouldn't sell me a shim but would be happy to keep my bike for a few weeks to do the work, contact me off list.

> > Lamar > A14

Hi Lamar, Great story, and great service. I have one suggestion for you. If you are not one to do valve services for others, and the shim you removed is not one you are going to use again, I would make sure that mechanic a Hattisburg, MS, got the shims that you are not going to use again. Pay it forward for someone else. Jeff Saline helps me when I need help, and I leave all my extra shims with him so that the next guy who needs help, may just get lucky with our growing number of shim collections. just my thoughts on kindness. revmaaatin.