Bring Back Castrol R

[nw42 2,053]

Maybe you bumped into a fencer and it reminds you of her perfume

 

 

Hope he treated her well.

[ancient mariner 540]

I have been using second hand castrol R in my mower for years , i use it my strimmer and hedge trimmer as well . my mrs said to me your'e a bit obsessive mowing the lawn . I said I dont think I am , she says yes you are ,mowing the lawn 5 times a day is obsessive in anyones book !!

 

I'll bet you go round the lawn 4 times anticlockwise too

Edited February 5, 2016 by ancient mariner

[A ORLOV 8,628]

 

I'll bet you go round the lawn 4 times anticlockwise too

When pi##ed he ties the mower to a stake in the centre of the lawn and by hanging on and going round in ever decreasing circles, anticlockwise, manages to cut the whole lawn, sometimes before falling over.

[speedibee 3,091]

When my son was about 4 and had his first Bike a little technomoto .I suggested to my wife remodelling the garden . I drew a plan with an oval raised border and a nice wide shale path round the outside . the plan was looking like getting approved by her indoors , until the boy saw the drawing and blurted out , Mum dad's building me a speedway track !!

[Ray Stadia 1,071]

When my son was about 4 and had his first Bike a little technomoto .I suggested to my wife remodelling the garden . I drew a plan with an oval raised border and a nice wide shale path round the outside . the plan was looking like getting approved by her indoors , until the boy saw the drawing and blurted out , Mum dad's building me a speedway track !!

Had you been successful, the story may have hit the silver screen! 'Field Of Dreams' comes to mind!

[gee jay 234]

We use Castrol / Morris R in my son's Jawa and GM on Grasstrack, and in my Pre-75 Jap however it doesn't smell the same to me as back in the 70s. Maybe we build up a tolerance to the smell over the years ? Or as we get older does our sense of smell deteriorate like eyesight and hearing ?

and bladder retention .

[customhouseregular 1,651]

Not sure what you mean. Up until their demise, Rayleigh riders were mainly using 2 valve Jawas, apart from dear old Terry Stone and all the riders used castor based oil. The non use of castor based oil is a relatively recent thing, possibly started by Gary Havelock who I think was sponsored by Mobile to use synthetic oil. I even think there is a synthetic oil which offers a castor oil smell. For me it is an important part of speedway enjoyment, but then I would be considered an old f4rt!

Nothing wrong with us old farts

and bladder retention .

I wish my sense of smell had gone when Apu downstairs cooks his god-awful curries

[gee jay 234]

Nothing wrong with us old farts

I wish my sense of smell had gone when Apu downstairs cooks his god-awful curries

i'm with you on curries mate. britains favourite dish or not . i refuse to eat anything that looks like it's already travelled through someone's digestive tract.

[no-brakes-uk 76]

My son has always used castrol R and still does , when his engines go for service theres very little sign of wear , and no sign whatsoever of clogging . the oil gets thinner as it gets hot . and when it is replaced after 5 races its almost as clean as when it went in . the reason why some riders are using synthetic is the cost , with Castrol R now £15 a litre its an expensive game . Jawas need 500 ml for max 7 races £1.15 a race . Gms have 800ml capacity but still need to be chucked after 7 races , so thats nearer £2 a race .part of the reason for the lack of smell even when an engine is running Castrol R , is that modern engines have much better piston rign to Bore clearance , so all the oil gets scraped back down the bore to recycle . old japs had poor tiolerance so quite a bit of oil remained in bore and got burned . even a fully restored jap or jawa will smoke like a kipper and that smoke is the sweet smell of burning castor

He won't be using it this season though 😉

[pugwash 3,208]

When my son was about 4 and had his first Bike a little technomoto .I suggested to my wife remodelling the garden . I drew a plan with an oval raised border and a nice wide shale path round the outside . the plan was looking like getting approved by her indoors , until the boy saw the drawing and blurted out , Mum dad's building me a speedway track !!

Could have held the WC there, Team GB doing a spot of bonding- round for a barbeque, Rosco living in your spare bedroom.

[speedibee 3,091]

Could have held the WC there, Team GB doing a spot of bonding- round for a barbeque, Rosco living in your spare bedroom.

I did have the whole of team Viking round more than once

He won't be using it this season though

Well he might If you buy it for him . come to think of it , I better save some of the used stuff for the mower and strimmer ,before he uses it in the chain oiler .