Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
Castor Based Premix - who's using it?
streetsleeper:
alexander-vmann. Thanks for the link. I found Millers a while back and when I'm back in the UK with the KX I'm definitely going to try it. At first I got confused with Morris oils which is more of a budget line, but I also found a page for Millers oils on a UK website, Here's the link: www.millersoils.co.uk/products/cb-40/114. There's another page I put aside for my intended return, although the company selling it couldn't even spell it correctly in their blurb. They call it "caster" oil, LOL. Here's their link: www.carrotcycles.co.uk/lubricants/engine-oil/millers-zcb40r-castor-based-1-litre.html
Eventually I chose to go with Shell and Silkolene, but would be interested to hear how you get on with any Millers (castor based) lubricants.
Here are a couple of pics of what I'm using until I get hold of the Shell and Silkolene. If experience is anything to go by the Repsol Moto 2T is probably completely compatible with the castor based oils, obviously I'll make sure first. The Castrol Go! definitely won't be.
Whereabouts are you in the UK, btw?
alexander-vmann:
--- Quote from: streetsleeper on December 22, 2018, 08:26:36 AM ---alexander-vmann. Thanks for the link. I found Millers a while back and when I'm back in the UK with the KX I'm definitely going to try it. At first I got confused with Morris oils which is more of a budget line, but I also found a page for Millers oils on a UK website, Here's the link: www.millersoils.co.uk/products/cb-40/114. There's another page I put aside for my intended return, although the company selling it couldn't even spell it correctly in their blurb. They call it "caster" oil, LOL. Here's their link: www.carrotcycles.co.uk/lubricants/engine-oil/millers-zcb40r-castor-based-1-litre.html
Eventually I chose to go with Shell and Silkolene, but would be interested to hear how you get on with any Millers (castor based) lubricants.
Here are a couple of pics of what I'm using until I get hold of the Shell and Silkolene. If experience is anything to go by the Repsol Moto 2T is probably completely compatible with the castor based oils, obviously I'll make sure first. The Castrol Go! definitely won't be.
Whereabouts are you in the UK, btw?
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im not in the uk, im in norway. i've used millers oils in my car and it hasnt broken down yet so :-D im curious about trying out that karting oil with the nanodrive, since they have made such big claims about their nano-technology.
streetsleeper:
Forgive me for suggesting you are in the UK. If you're Norwegian then I have to say your English is exceptional. When I got here I was an English teacher: Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (formerly Teaching English as a Foreign Language, TEFL). The funniest thing is I have such a strong London accent that people joke I'm teaching "Estuary English" - the estuary being the Thames Estuary.
Actually I'm really taken aback by the professionalism of KXRiders.com. Just as an aside, I am reading an article by sandblaster called Having electrical problems on your K5?. At the beginning of his post he says: "I am really sticking my neck out without finishing it and getting some good proof reading done." Well, if that's not dedication to education (I mean passing on all the know-how and expertise to people like me who know nothing about KXs), then I don't know what is....
Please let me know how you get on with different Millers oils, especially if they're castor based so I can try them if you think they're good and avoid them if you have real problems. Thanks.
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
alexander-vmann:
--- Quote from: streetsleeper on December 23, 2018, 06:37:41 PM ---Forgive me for suggesting you are in the UK. If you're Norwegian then I have to say your English is exceptional. When I got here I was an English teacher: Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (formerly Teaching English as a Foreign Language, TEFL). The funniest thing is I have such a strong London accent that people joke I'm teaching "Estuary English" - the estuary being the Thames Estuary.
Actually I'm really taken aback by the professionalism of KXRiders.com. Just as an aside, I am reading an article by sandblaster called Having electrical problems on your K5?. At the beginning of his post he says: "I am really sticking my neck out without finishing it and getting some good proof reading done." Well, if that's not dedication to education (I mean passing on all the know-how and expertise to people like me who know nothing about KXs), then I don't know what is....
Please let me know how you get on with different Millers oils, especially if they're castor based so I can try them if you think they're good and avoid them if you have real problems. Thanks.
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
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i havent tried their castor based oil's, but their syntetichs seems to be good quality stuff! they even won an award for ''most innovative motorsport product'' and all the testing results i've seen suggest that their claims are true. They also have a very long history in the oil industry, so i wouldnt be afraid to ever try any of their two stroke products. Wheter or not they're actully better, is a diffrent matter.
-merry christmas
streetsleeper:
Hi Everyone,
I haven't posted for more than 3 years but hat doesn't mean I'm any less keen. This post turned up online when I was doing my own search for Miller's Oils this evening. I had their Castor based 2 Stroke oil brought to my attention in a link by the gentleman called alexander-vmann (details here).
Posted by: alexander-vmann
« on: December 22, 2018, 01:59:01 PM »
Well, it's true they advertise on a UK site and have an English name, but the advert says "Caster Oil" which I thought was a spelling mistake. Here's the online entry:
Millers CB40 Caster Blend Engine Oilhttps://www.millersoils.fr › ... › Motorsport Engine Oils
Suitable for all 4-stroke, car and motorcycle engines which historically require a caster-based oil. Formulated for engines running methanol or alcohol based ...
Well, one can see from the dot.fr (France) that they have a base in France too.
I write this for my own reference. I don't seriously expect anyone to read it. But at the end of my original musings on Castor oil I said I intended to try out Shell Racing M - a castor/synthetic combination, followed by (for comparison), Silkolene PRO Castor/Ester Synthetic 2T. Both are castor oils I've not used before. Well, I actually bought these on a UK site and got an old mate of mine to bring it out to Mexico when he visited. The muppet mentioned he had two litres of castor racing oil to UK customs before he even left the country. He said they went through "Flash Points" to see if it was safe to carry on an aeroplane (a liquid is considered to be flammable if its flash point is less than 60°C) when to give you an example, the flash point of Castrol R40 is 220 degrees Celsius!. In any case, because both he and UK customs came up stumps, he handed over the oil and I lost the oil (plus postage) which came to about £30. Most annoying, than even the hapless English guy, was a lack of lubricant pre-mix for the KX500.
So after more than 3 years I remain just where I was with the KX. Now I'm going to start reading up on it again as I'm going back out to Mexico in the not too distant future.
Regards to all, Jonnie
Nope, the company is actually French
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