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snakemeister
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« on: January 24, 2013, 07:15:04 PM »
 Does anybody know if the piston rings in a 1997Valkyrie are nitrate, moly or what?
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CajunRider
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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2013, 04:41:19 PM »
VERY few people have ever needed to replace the rings... so it may take a while to get an answer on that one. 

Wish I could help, but I can't.  Sorry.

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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2013, 04:59:42 PM »
 It's just a curiosity thing with me.I've looked in a mechanics manual and eveywhere else but have come up empty.Almost all Jap cars have nitrated rings so the Valkyrie probably does but I'd like to know for sure.
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« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2013, 10:40:18 PM »
Why?
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« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2013, 10:19:01 AM »
Titanium Nitrate piston rings

chrome nitrate piston rings

titanium nitrate piston ring coating

Teflon Coated and Gas Nitrate Piston Rings

plasma moly piston rings

Steel Moly Piston Rings

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The Valkyrie has standard cast rings....
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« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2013, 11:22:55 AM »
Rickey-D covered the material for ya on rings.
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snakemeister
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« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2013, 01:39:41 PM »
 Doesn't look like 'Rickey D' knows what kind of rings are in a '97 valkyrie either.I've been reading a lot about 1500 valkyrie engines lately and the kind of piston rings they have has so far has escaped me. Looks like they so seldom fail that no one has any experience with them.My valkyrie has 92,000 on it and I never have to add oil between changes[once a year in the spring. I use MobilI 15-50.
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snakemeister
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« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2013, 04:54:03 PM »
  I really doubt that it has standard cast rings.American cars haven't had cast rings since the '60s.
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« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2013, 07:37:04 PM »
Quote from: snakemeister on January 26, 2013, 01:39:41 PM
Doesn't look like 'Rickey D' knows what kind of rings are in a '97 valkyrie either.I've been reading a lot about 1500 valkyrie engines lately and the kind of piston rings they have has so far has escaped me. Looks like they so seldom fail that no one has any experience with them.My valkyrie has 92,000 on it and I never have to add oil between changes[once a year in the spring. I use MobilI 15-50.

What Ricky D did was answer your question and very nicely but what he didn't tell you was why those piston rings on the Valkyrie are different from the 1500 Gold Wing piston rings. I guess it was because you didn't ask very nicely.   2funny
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« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2013, 10:29:05 PM »
  I suspect that whatever type of rings were used in '97 Valkyries it was one kind used in ALL of them not the several different alloys Rick said
 
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