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I love it.

All those R&D departments in oil companies and bike companies all just sitting around twiddling their thumbs not specifying oils and not working out what oil is best for the bearings fitted.

Pour any old crap in the engine - lard is a good lubricant, so's vaseline, why not brew up a special batch - dash of graphite, KY jelly, bit of margarine, and some goose fat.
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I have had two bikes seize when using a type of diesel oil known around these parts as "multiversal" or "universal". It is designed mostly for agricultural and construction use, to be used in engines AND hydraulic systems of petrol and diesel engines and equipment. It worked fine in my tractors, but caused two bikes over the years to seize the engines, within 100km of an oil change. You would have thought I would have learnt the first time, right?

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Aye , good old TUO [ tractor universal oil ] !
I used to use it in the UK when I farmed there . I don't believe it did anything particularly well , certainly it buggered up the hydraulics on my Massey crawler ,when I used it instead of proper hydraulic oil .
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I love it.

All those R&D departments in oil companies and bike companies all just sitting around twiddling their thumbs not specifying oils and not working out what oil is best for the bearings fitted.

Pour any old crap in the engine - lard is a good lubricant, so's vaseline, why not brew up a special batch - dash of graphite, KY jelly, bit of margarine, and some goose fat.
Are we talking about synthetic or natural goose fat ?
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High spec diesel oil of a similar viscosity to what is called for should be fine.
When Rollie Free set the 150mph mark at Bonnieville on the Vincent one of his tricks of the trade was to clean the grease off the wheel bearings and replace it with Vasaline.
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Aye , good old TUO [ tractor universal oil ] !
I used to use it in the UK when I farmed there . I don't believe it did anything particularly well , certainly it buggered up the hydraulics on my Massey crawler ,when I used it instead of proper hydraulic oil .

I work on the spanners in a small garage.One of our customers,a farmer,always supplies his own oil when he brings in his vehicles for servicing.I forget the brand but the container has pictures of combines,tractors etc on it.
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When Rollie Free set the 150mph mark at Bonnieville on the Vincent one of his tricks of the trade was to clean the grease off the wheel bearings and replace it with Vasaline.

Milage marothon cars remove all lubricants from the wheeel bearings. They aren not concerned with how long they last (as long as they do the 'race') but they are concerned with friction - lowest friction is simply the two steel surfaces sliding .. not pushing oil/grease around... Think 100 milse is about the limit of a millage marothon race Nigel...
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