Getting oil to crank bearing - does this work?
Posted: 12:42 pm May 24 2010
Rode the KDX on a long Dual SPort ride last weekend. Probably 70 or so highway miles.
In that situation I usually cruise around 40-45 mph or so....so I don't push it hard.
I remember reading a post where there was some concern about running at that low RPM for long stretches, maybe the crank bearing doesn't get lot's of oil because there's not that much oil/gas passing through.
Anyways.....while I was grinding away the highway miles, on downhill stretches where I knew momentum would keep the motor turning, every now and then I would hold down the kill button and open up the throttle while leaving it in gear and the motor turning over. My thought was ..... this would dump a load of gas/oil past the bearing without revving the motor real high (uneccessarily).
Wonder if that's a good idea to oil the bearing. Forgive me if that's been talked to death already and I didn't see it....
In that situation I usually cruise around 40-45 mph or so....so I don't push it hard.
I remember reading a post where there was some concern about running at that low RPM for long stretches, maybe the crank bearing doesn't get lot's of oil because there's not that much oil/gas passing through.
Anyways.....while I was grinding away the highway miles, on downhill stretches where I knew momentum would keep the motor turning, every now and then I would hold down the kill button and open up the throttle while leaving it in gear and the motor turning over. My thought was ..... this would dump a load of gas/oil past the bearing without revving the motor real high (uneccessarily).
Wonder if that's a good idea to oil the bearing. Forgive me if that's been talked to death already and I didn't see it....