engine oil for antarctica

[Crusader G.]

Castrol Syntec 0w-30 better known as "German Castrol" [made in west germany] Excellent cold flow but actually close to a 40wt oil once it warms up. Do a search on www.bobistheoilguy.com for all the background info. AutoZone stocks it in the USA

----- Original Message ----- From: "fasteddiecopeman" To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 8:17 PM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: wheelie > > >> Just say for just a minute that you did order your BMW and shipped it to >> Antarctica, what oil would you use/recommend??? >> >> Harry Seifert >> bseifert71@... > >

[fasteddiecopeman]

Guys, I'm going to "beat on a dead horse": Went for a ride with a good buddy yesterday - I was ATGATT, he had on jeans, combat boots, heavy black leather jacket (NO armor), work gloves, and a good full face helmet, blue. He was about 200 yards behind me, about 60 - 65 MPH right at sundown heading north. Car coming towards us must've done SOMETHING to get my attention, because as he passed on my left I looked into my mirrors to see him swerve into my lane then apparently fishtail a bit then into the ditch on my left (his right), and I could no longer see my buddy's headlight, so I stopped and turned back when I had 'cleared' the road. I had NOT seen car #2 following the first in the other lane, as I was looking into my mirrors. I rode back several hundred yards in mounting horror as, by then, 2 to 4 cars were already stopped with 4-way flashers going, and I saw bits of motorcycle scattered all over the road and my friend on his back in the middle of the road, a car in the ditch about 25 yards past him (the first one that had been headed south...). I ran to him and kept him still till the paramedics arrived. His bike was 20 yards off the road, and looked as if it had been hit in the vicinity of the left fork and front wheel. He's in the hospital, and will be for quite a while. His injuries - road rash up his spine where his jacket had ridden up (including pebbles under his skin), as well as on his butt and legs where the jeans had NOT protected him, TWO broken legs, TWO broken ankles (car #2 drove over at least one leg as he lay there BLENDING INTO THE DARK PAVEMENT!), a smashed knee cap (probably when car #1 side swiped him with its rear quarter), broken ribs and other internal injuries. His helmet took some pretty good scraping as it protected his head, and his combat boots were scuffed pretty badly, but didn't wear thru. GUYS, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WEAR YOUR GEAR!!! Ed : <(

[Darren Clark]

Ed, Glad you're OK, and you buddy is alive. I hope he heals properly from the accident. Darren Clark 2004 KLR-650 Fowlerville, MI fasteddiecopeman wrote:

> Guys, > > I'm going to "beat on a dead horse": > > Went for a ride with a good buddy yesterday - I was ATGATT, he had on jeans, combat > boots, heavy black leather jacket (NO armor), work gloves, and a good full face helmet, > blue. > > He was about 200 yards behind me, about 60 - 65 MPH right at sundown heading north. > Car coming towards us must've done SOMETHING to get my attention, because as he > passed on my left I looked into my mirrors to see him swerve into my lane then apparently > fishtail a bit then into the ditch on my left (his right), and I could no longer see my buddy's > headlight, so I stopped and turned back when I had 'cleared' the road. I had NOT seen car > #2 following the first in the other lane, as I was looking into my mirrors. > > I rode back several hundred yards in mounting horror as, by then, 2 to 4 cars were already > stopped with 4-way flashers going, and I saw bits of motorcycle scattered all over the road > and my friend on his back in the middle of the road, a car in the ditch about 25 yards past > him (the first one that had been headed south...). I ran to him and kept him still till the > paramedics arrived. His bike was 20 yards off the road, and looked as if it had been hit in > the vicinity of the left fork and front wheel. > > He's in the hospital, and will be for quite a while. His injuries - road rash up his spine > where his jacket had ridden up (including pebbles under his skin), as well as on his butt > and legs where the jeans had NOT protected him, TWO broken legs, TWO broken ankles > (car #2 drove over at least one leg as he lay there BLENDING INTO THE DARK PAVEMENT!), > a smashed knee cap (probably when car #1 side swiped him with its rear quarter), broken > ribs and other internal injuries. His helmet took some pretty good scraping as it protected > his head, and his combat boots were scuffed pretty badly, but didn't wear thru. > > GUYS, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WEAR YOUR GEAR!!! > > Ed : > > ------------------------------------ > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >

[LDHunter]

Ed, That's a very sad story and I hope your friend recovers quickly. We ALL need to learn a lesson from that one. $bob$ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]