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Old 09-13-2012, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by WSSix View Post
If you don't go roller, remember you'll have to run specific oil since the modern "regular off the shelf" oil doesn't contain enough ZDDP for a flat tappet cam.
I guess being focused on high performance off-road and track bikes running high-dollar Motorex and Motul synthetic lubes the last ten years I completely missed the zinc bulletin.

I was really caught off-guard on this one.

Here's the cylinder bore that was done in 1989, don't think it has over 9K miles.
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