Thread: Tenacious Oil in Sturmey-Archer Hubs?
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Old 12-07-09 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by David Newton
Early Brit motorcycle engines used this same strategy, it was called "total loss oiling".
"Total loss oiling." Never heard that phrase before, but I'm familiar with the phenomenon. It reminds me of one of the original late 60s communes in southern Vermont, which was called Total Loss Farm.
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