New Member with Questions

When shopping for a cruiser (my last bike was a 76 FLH rigid/shovel) last summer I knew I wanted something big and stumbled upon the Warrior. A little research showed that it was not a common bike, and I knew I was going to struggle to get parts and upgrades! So, here I am now, starting the season and I need to do some maintenance, and my question is, do I have to use Yamalube? or is the 10/40 just fine? I've also discovered that I need to do the clutch because it's slipping halfway through the torque curve in 4th and 5th. Also, it's squealing using it for compression braking! So I've ordered the Barnett kit.

alanh said:

It's quite possible you have an overly loose drive pulley belt causing the squealing under deceleration!
Suggest you remove the front pulley cover and inspect the (2) UHW slider rollers for signs of contact with the back of the pulley belt

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Great idea! Thank you!

Just my 2 cents... I've never used yamalube..
I've had the bike now for 7 years and she's got close to 50k on her. There are numerous posts about oils. Some have used the rotella diesel oil, others have used the synthetic v twin 20w50, others have used some other type/brand. I even used Walmart "quicksilver" synthetic one time because it was on clearance and got 5qt for less than $20.

Read up on the posts, read the manual for the service grade requirement and go from there. As long as the oil meets the grade you are fine to choose your favorite. Also read the posts on HOW to do the oil change in these bikes, we have 2 drain locations and a specific fill and level check procedure.
Good luck and congratulations on the scoot!

Definitely get the manual from the forum.
You can also use Bryan's YouTube channel to help you visually with certain maintenance/upgrade videos.

Oil is a touchy subject as most people have their favorite brand and that topic has been beaten to death. So you can search the site and the way I do it is by typing what you are looking for in Google followed by "site:www.rswarrior.com"