View Poll Results: Do you run a aftermarket oil pickup on your stuntbike??
Yes, oil pickup
35
30.43%
No, i run oil on the heavy side
45
39.13%
No, I run normal oil level
29
25.22%
Whats an oil pickup?
6
5.22%
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Putting an end to the controversy
06-02-2007, 10:19 AM
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Re: Putting an end to the controversy
ive only seen consistant oil issues with gsxrs. put mine on before i got into stunting and the bike runs great 2 years later.
the people i think who tend to bitch are the ones that stunt out there bike for a few summers, THEN install a pickup only to have their **** hit the can. once you start to stunt w/o one whats the point of adding it later, the timer is already counting down. at least with a gsxr anyways.
the people i think who tend to bitch are the ones that stunt out there bike for a few summers, THEN install a pickup only to have their **** hit the can. once you start to stunt w/o one whats the point of adding it later, the timer is already counting down. at least with a gsxr anyways.
06-02-2007, 01:15 PM
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Re: Putting an end to the controversy
WE TALKED ABOUT THEM WHEN YOU WERE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IF YOU WANT ONE IM SURE I CAN GET IT FOR YOU DIRT CHEAP IT IS WORTH IT
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ive only seen consistant oil issues with gsxrs. put mine on before i got into stunting and the bike runs great 2 years later.
the people i think who tend to bitch are the ones that stunt out there bike for a few summers, THEN install a pickup only to have their **** hit the can. once you start to stunt w/o one whats the point of adding it later, the timer is already counting down. at least with a gsxr anyways.
the people i think who tend to bitch are the ones that stunt out there bike for a few summers, THEN install a pickup only to have their **** hit the can. once you start to stunt w/o one whats the point of adding it later, the timer is already counting down. at least with a gsxr anyways.
06-02-2007, 04:42 PM
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Re: Putting an end to the controversy
i bought an oil pickup from "stuntme on ebay"...it took 3 weeks to get it...i have yet to blow a motor.
after learning how to wheelie on my 750 it never gave me n e problems with all the revlimiter power wheelies never any problems but bad 2nd gears and a shot cam chain.
when i would start to scrape it on my 02 1k the light would go on and stall out..i put it in and now it doesn't do it anymore...and i cant hear my valves anymore either.
i always run my bikes with oil up to the very top of the sight window...
(id rather have a gixxer and have to do an oil pick up than have an 4f ez) (ps, my honda -crf450- is a bagga **** money pit)
after learning how to wheelie on my 750 it never gave me n e problems with all the revlimiter power wheelies never any problems but bad 2nd gears and a shot cam chain.
when i would start to scrape it on my 02 1k the light would go on and stall out..i put it in and now it doesn't do it anymore...and i cant hear my valves anymore either.
i always run my bikes with oil up to the very top of the sight window...
(id rather have a gixxer and have to do an oil pick up than have an 4f ez) (ps, my honda -crf450- is a bagga **** money pit)
06-02-2007, 07:42 PM
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Re: Putting an end to the controversy
Extra quart, keep it fresh, long live motor
With or without stuntex pickup both 04 gsxr 600's I had ran great.
Stuntex is not getting anymore dough from this guy....
With or without stuntex pickup both 04 gsxr 600's I had ran great.
Stuntex is not getting anymore dough from this guy....
06-02-2007, 11:46 PM
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Re: Putting an end to the controversy
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and i dont understand why in the other thread people are saying there motors blew due to this. i dont see how thats possible.[/QUOTE]
that is exactly why i started this thread. I dont understand how having an stuntex can blow your motor.
and i dont understand why in the other thread people are saying there motors blew due to this. i dont see how thats possible.[/QUOTE]
that is exactly why i started this thread. I dont understand how having an stuntex can blow your motor.
06-03-2007, 12:31 AM
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Re: Putting an end to the controversy
you know, i dont think there's a way to "accurately" determine if a pickup tube is worth a **** outside of common sense. the pickup tube for my gsxr reaches further back in the pan, how could it not be beneficial?
i think its important info if youve blown 2 motors, possibly through limiter burnouts and other high rpm dicking around, verses 5 minute lot idle wheelies and longass freeway standups. nobody has any idea what said bike has been through so we are comparing apples with oranges.
+ give me a break on the "oil light" issue with stoppies. i have yet to hear anybody or any thread for that matter discuss how they spun a bearing from a long *** endo.
i think its important info if youve blown 2 motors, possibly through limiter burnouts and other high rpm dicking around, verses 5 minute lot idle wheelies and longass freeway standups. nobody has any idea what said bike has been through so we are comparing apples with oranges.
+ give me a break on the "oil light" issue with stoppies. i have yet to hear anybody or any thread for that matter discuss how they spun a bearing from a long *** endo.
06-03-2007, 02:34 AM
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06-03-2007, 09:39 AM
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Re: Putting an end to the controversy
IF you have any brains at all and are mechanically inclined you will understand that your motor can not blow from a Stuntex pick up your motor may blow but its def not from that
06-03-2007, 09:45 AM
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Re: Putting an end to the controversy
one of the first things i did to my bike, been stunting da old girl for over a year now, and havent had a problem wit da gsxr, stop being cheap......and doit.
06-03-2007, 10:11 AM
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Re: Putting an end to the controversy
Revlimiter anything, burnouts, overheating etc. will still make your motor blow, a pickup can't save it from that, it just prevents oil starvation at wheelie angles.... that's it and that's all.
06-04-2007, 07:14 PM
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Re: Putting an end to the controversy
So many "do it" "dont do it" 's here......I can see how it would help a great deal while on a wheelie or on the bar, but like said in one of the previous post what about when the bike is on two wheels? Just like the stock pick up? Im thinkin about getin one and just want to clear it up..."is this a good mod for the f4i"? this wasnt even a question back in the day, it was more like extended oil pick up hell yeah gotta have it..lol....before they were tested I suppose....
06-04-2007, 07:57 PM
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06-04-2007, 08:03 PM
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Re: Putting an end to the controversy
Unless you are getting 5-10 seconds of hang time you will never see the oil light in a stoppie.
Bottom line I got a "Pickup" for my f4i (baffle and a oil pickup key). with it it ran smooter at lower rpm's, lugged lower and it can run on the bar past 12'oclock just as well as it does with two wheels on the ground for as long as I want.
Bottom line I got a "Pickup" for my f4i (baffle and a oil pickup key). with it it ran smooter at lower rpm's, lugged lower and it can run on the bar past 12'oclock just as well as it does with two wheels on the ground for as long as I want.
06-04-2007, 08:13 PM
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Re: Putting an end to the controversy
ok, so picture it this way. lets say you wheelie a gsxr w/o a pickup tube on the freeway for um 5 miles. mechanical common sense is gonna lead you to believe that the oil in cylinders will fall to the pan and not be replaced, as the stock pickup tube cant reach the oil..
so when your rocking a long *** endo WITH a pickup tube, isnt it nearly the opposite? wouldnt the oil simply stay in the cylinders? i understand fresh oil would stay in the pan since the aftermarket tube wouldnt reach the oil in a tall endo. so i would think that as long as your not rocking an endo for a mile or two youd be fine. i dont understand why poeple run their gsxrs (again, the only bike ive seen with consistant oil issues) into the ground from wheelies yet are scared to death of an oil light.
so when your rocking a long *** endo WITH a pickup tube, isnt it nearly the opposite? wouldnt the oil simply stay in the cylinders? i understand fresh oil would stay in the pan since the aftermarket tube wouldnt reach the oil in a tall endo. so i would think that as long as your not rocking an endo for a mile or two youd be fine. i dont understand why poeple run their gsxrs (again, the only bike ive seen with consistant oil issues) into the ground from wheelies yet are scared to death of an oil light.
06-04-2007, 08:13 PM
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Re: Putting an end to the controversy
have one on my gsxr and f4i the only thing i dont like about the pickup on the gixxer is theres no screen, so i change my oil every 1500-2000 miles. the design on the f4i pickup is awsome flips the stock pickup 180 and theres a baffle that keeps the oil were it needs to be on the f4i it made a difference bike runs smother doin bp idle **** and pulls better doin bp idle ****. one more thing i roll revlimit coasters all the time with my f4i somtimes 200-500 ft on the limiter and no problems yet knock on wood.
