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Down here in Florida you can get alcohol free gasoline at every WaWa there is....not sure if that helps to get to those high RPMs, but it is good to know.....plus they have the best sandwiches there are.....if you come to Florida try a WaWa.
That's it!!! It's the sandwiches. You break them into little pieces and add them to the gas. Mystery solved!!!
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Janesville for 10 long cold years, much better down here in Florida feeding sandwiches to my hungry Harley.
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The two longest documented running Harleys both went well beyond 400,000 miles on the Harley dino (360) oil on 2500 mile OCI's. I would say that speaks for itself!
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Just curious, did they list how much maintenance and repair work was done during that time period? I would assume with good maintenance and good mechanical repair work, couldn't you keep about any engine running forever?
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Main reason I run it is they can’t blame anything on oil if there’s a problem!
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Specifically I use semi synthetic now.
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