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Title: Coworker thought I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: sign216 on June 28, 2017, 05:11:30 PM
Talking to myself at work, I said I was looking for "moly."
A coworker thought that meant the street drug "molly"
and things went downhill fast.

In reality I was looking for moly paste to lube a V7 spline shaft.  Hard to find now that Honda stopped making their famous "Honda 60."  It would be easier to find molly at a rave concert than moly disulfide grease.

Am I wrong?  Should I talk to the local hooker and ask for spline lube?
Title: Re: I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: bigbikerrick on June 28, 2017, 05:35:48 PM
 Sign, Re:"Should I talk to the local hooker and ask for spline lube?".......Be Careful, you want to use the proper quality lubricant that is appropriate for the type of metal its being used on... for example ,you dont want to use the same lubricant  made for a hardened  steel spline, to lubricate a rusty trombone!   :grin:
Rick.

Title: Re: I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: lucian on June 28, 2017, 05:37:40 PM
geez Joe, should be easy to find moly grease, Any napa or certainly a heavy equipment dealer would have it. If you like I can stuff some in a plastic bag and post it down to ya, got a tube on the bench. Also Marine spline lube for out drives is the stuff.  Glad your getting some garage time in. :thumb:
Title: Re: I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: Lannis on June 28, 2017, 05:42:04 PM
Talking to myself at work, I said I was looking for "moly."
A coworker thought that meant the street drug "molly"
and things went downhill fast.

In reality I was looking for moly paste to lube a V7 spline shaft.  Hard to find now that Honda stopped making their famous "Honda 60."  It would be easier to find molly at a rave concert than moly disulfide grease.

Am I wrong?  Should I talk to the local hooker and ask for spline lube?

What would worry me is that I had a co-worker next to me who assumed I was talking about some sort of "ecstasy" drug and knew what it was .... !!

NAPA sells a "sticky" red Lucas lube meant for splines and similar applications.   It's what I use on my splines.

Lannis
Title: Re: I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: JJ on June 28, 2017, 05:45:24 PM
Talking to myself at work, I said I was looking for "moly."
A coworker thought that meant the street drug "molly"
and things went downhill fast.

In reality I was looking for moly paste to lube a V7 spline shaft.  Hard to find now that Honda stopped making their famous "Honda 60."  It would be easier to find molly at a rave concert than moly disulfide grease.

Am I wrong?  Should I talk to the local hooker and ask for spline lube?

That's how you know you are "out of touch" and rapidly morphing into Geezer-dom. :laugh: :grin: :wink:  I have never heard of a street drug called "MOLLY!!"  (???)  :rolleyes: :shocked: :huh:
Title: Re: Coworker thought I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: Guzzistajohn on June 28, 2017, 08:45:44 PM
I'd rather have Mole' a Mexican chicken dish with a dark gravy MMMMmmmmMmMmm
Title: Re: Coworker thought I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: rodekyll on June 28, 2017, 09:32:11 PM
I was having dinner with a woman and the topic turned to our ailments.  I mentioned that I was taking methotrexate for my autoimmune condition.  She left immediately, saying she didn't want to get mixed up with a meth addict.
Title: Re: Coworker thought I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: Arizona Wayne on June 28, 2017, 11:21:27 PM
I have a simpler fix for you since I haven't used 'moly' for decades in my Guzzis in any way with no regrets. I use general purpose (GP) grease for splines no matter what brand bike it is for my shaft drive bikes and never once have regretted it.  For Guzzi trannies, rear ends I have only used GL5 oil again with no regrets for maybe 200K miles of riding Guzzis for 30 years.  :wink:  Frank Wedge (MGNOC) gave me a special badge for having ridden Guzzis for 100,000 miles 17 years ago.  Dang if I know where it is now.  :undecided:

Right now I have a `77 Convert, a `81 CX100, and a `04 750 Breva.  Have had a `71 Ambassador, '80 Convert, `87 Le Mans IV.  Some how they all survived without any moly.  :tongue:
Title: Re: I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: sign216 on June 29, 2017, 06:28:46 AM
geez Joe, should be easy to find moly grease, Any napa or certainly a heavy equipment dealer would have it. If you like I can stuff some in a plastic bag and post it down to ya, got a tube on the bench. Also Marine spline lube for out drives is the stuff.  Glad your getting some garage time in. :thumb:

Dave,
I was doing a search for a 40 to 60% moly paste, as opposed to the usual 10% moly lube.  The hi-moly paste is harder to find, and I wanted to give it a try. 

Lannis, Wayne, and Rick,
In the past I used a quality thick grease on the shaft splines and it worked fine, but after reading some Honda/BMW threads about using 60% moly paste for splines, it caught my attention.  Those people were arguing about the necessary level of moly, the way we might argue about 10w-60 oil

Joe
Title: Re: Coworker thought I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: pete roper on June 29, 2017, 07:07:59 AM
I was having dinner with a woman and the topic turned to our ailments.  I mentioned that I was taking methotrexate for my autoimmune condition.  She left immediately, saying she didn't want to get mixed up with a meth addict.

David winz the innerneck for today for having to sit through at least part of a meal with a moron! :grin:

I do have to ask though. Are you particularly wild eyed and scabrous? :evil:

Pete
Title: Re: I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: bad Chad on June 29, 2017, 10:28:29 AM
Sign, Re:"Should I talk to the local hooker and ask for spline lube?".......Be Careful, you want to use the proper quality lubricant that is appropriate for the type of metal its being used on... for example ,you dont want to use the same lubricant  made for a hardened  steel spline, to lubricate a rusty trombone!   :grin:
Rick.

Now that's an excellent reply!  Well played.
Title: Re: Coworker thought I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: JJ on June 29, 2017, 04:51:30 PM
I'd rather have Mole' a Mexican chicken dish with a dark gravy MMMMmmmmMmMmm

YES!!!  :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :laugh: :grin: :wink:
Title: Re: Coworker thought I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: Nic in Western NYS on June 29, 2017, 05:01:19 PM

I do have to ask though. Are you particularly wild eyed and scabrous? :evil:

Pete
Scabrous!?

scab·rous
ˈskabrəs/Submit
adjective
1.
rough and covered with, or as if with, scabs.
2.
indecent; salacious.
"scabrous publications"
Title: Re: Coworker thought I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: rodekyll on June 29, 2017, 05:22:06 PM
Scabrous!?

scab·rous
ˈskabrəs/Submit
adjective
1.
rough and covered with, or as if with, scabs.
2.
indecent; salacious.
"scabrous publications"

I would have gone with "scabacious" myself.  And in defense of Pete's question, except for the wild eyes and scabs, I resemble his remark closely.   :afro:

I wonder what she would have done if I'd asked the waiter for coke?
Title: Re: Coworker thought I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: JJ on June 29, 2017, 05:23:02 PM
Scabrous!?

scab�rous
ˈskabrəs/Submit
adjective
1.
rough and covered with, or as if with, scabs.
2.
indecent; salacious.
"scabrous publications"

1.  I have seen more that a few motorcycles recently for sale on eBay / Craigslist that could be classified as....."Scabrous!!"  :rolleyes: :shocked: :huh: :laugh: :grin: :wink:

2. One could also argue that this forum is sometimes rather......"Scabrous!"  :laugh: :grin: :wink:
Title: Re: Coworker thought I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: bigbikerrick on June 30, 2017, 12:45:38 AM
Bad chad..... You're "Da Man"! You "Get It!" your mind must be just as twisted as mine! HaHaHa    :laugh:
Rick.
Title: Re: Coworker thought I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: Orange Guzzi on June 30, 2017, 11:21:00 AM
I use aerosol chain lube with a plastic tube.  Give the splines a good spray regularly.  My drive shaft is exposed on both ends though.   The cardan joints on my bike have grease fittings.  Easy to grease.
Title: Re: Coworker thought I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: rocker59 on June 30, 2017, 11:43:23 AM


 WD-40 !!!


(someone had to say it)
Title: Re: Coworker thought I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: hauto on June 30, 2017, 01:01:01 PM
Been using bel-ray moly assembly paste with good results.
Title: Re: Coworker thought I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: Sasquatch Jim on June 30, 2017, 02:43:57 PM
Bad chad..... You're "Da Man"! You "Get It!" your mind must be just as twisted as mine! HaHaHa    :laugh:
Rick.

 S'truth!  Great minds run in the same gutters.
Title: Re: Coworker thought I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: lucian on June 30, 2017, 05:56:57 PM
Hey Joe,  where'd you go with that grease in your hand   :boozing:
Title: Re: Coworker thought I Was Looking For Drugs....
Post by: Mayor_of_BBQ on June 30, 2017, 10:09:04 PM
if any of you old hippies took MDMA at an Allman Bros Band concert back in the 70's...  you've had molly or darn close enough