Engine oil
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(19-01-2011, 02:49pm)bbluesilver Wrote: Hi, I am about to change the oil for the first time.
Bike has nearly 1,000km on the clock.

was looking at going for the Mobile extra 4T semi synthetic oil.
Is this a good choice?
Bike isn't going to be going on any track days, mostly used for daily transport.

Cheers.

Hi, I have done a qute extensive research into the engine lubrication topic (work related) so please let me share few thoughts on this. Firstly the large majority of the modrn oils are quite good and any of them with a correct rating - CI-4 in this case and correct viscosity will really do a job. It is more a matter of personal preference and your suseptibility to the marketing hype. The critical component here is not the oil but the filter you are using. The best oil is not going to help when you circulating a soup in your engine. And believe me there are a lot of filters by the name but not the funcion. That includes the OEM versoins. I do not want to take too much space but if you are interested shoot me a message and I will e-mail you some very enlightening material.
Cheers.
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Messages In This Thread
Engine oil - by bbluesilver - 19-01-2011, 02:49pm
RE: Engine oil - by PostmanPete - 19-01-2011, 03:49pm
RE: Engine oil - by Greeny_SA - 19-01-2011, 05:40pm
RE: Engine oil - by ROD - 28-01-2011, 07:38am
RE: Engine oil - by Troopmaster - 19-01-2011, 06:52pm
RE: Engine oil - by TempOzzy - 20-01-2011, 01:28pm
RE: Engine oil - by islanddrift - 19-01-2011, 06:59pm
RE: Engine oil - by bbluesilver - 19-01-2011, 07:56pm
RE: Engine oil - by cyndemgum - 20-01-2011, 12:28pm
RE: Engine oil - by homerbusa - 22-01-2011, 06:35pm
RE: Engine oil - by DAVE01 - 20-01-2011, 02:57pm
RE: Engine oil - by BEAU - 22-01-2011, 06:48pm
RE: Engine oil - by BikerBoy - 25-01-2011, 04:13pm
RE: Engine oil - by Shifu - 25-01-2011, 06:26pm
RE: Engine oil - by BikerBoy - 25-01-2011, 07:05pm
RE: Engine oil - by Shifu - 27-01-2011, 10:58pm
RE: Engine oil - by BikerBoy - 28-01-2011, 07:29am
RE: Engine oil - by Shifu - 30-01-2011, 07:29pm
RE: Engine oil - by jamdonut - 25-01-2011, 07:56pm
RE: Engine oil - by FalcoPerigri - 29-01-2011, 09:22am
RE: Engine oil - by DAVE01 - 29-01-2011, 12:37pm
RE: Engine oil - by Aussie Steve - 29-01-2011, 10:28am
RE: Engine oil - by Aussie Steve - 11-02-2011, 06:56pm
RE: Engine oil - by BUSGO - 11-02-2011, 07:42pm



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