full synth and gearchanging

["Paul Pemberton" <painbreton@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This may be something well known to all, but just to say that today I had 
the oil changed (@4500km/2800m - probably totally unnecessary, but makes me 
feel better), opting for full synthetic instead of the blended, part 
synthetic put in @1000km. The mechanic said that I'd notice a smoother 
gearchange, and so it appears to be; it may just be the placebo effect, but 
I'm pretty certain that my still clunky transmission is changing more 
smoothly now. FWIW,

Paul

P.S. Somewhat in the 'belt-and-braces' spirit, I also had fitted a Magnom 
magnetic oil filter unit (basically being a 3/4" thick sandwich of 
magnetised plates that fits between the standard oil filter and the engine 
block). I'd phoned Triumph some time ago about it, and they'd asked me to 
send them some info on the unit; they very efficiently got back to me within 
a couple of days and basically said that they couldn't formally approve it 
but, subject to the understandable proviso that they reserved the right to 
challenge any oil-related claims (they put it no stronger), the basic 
warranty would remain valid with the unit fitted. Again, FWIW.
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