oil
 

what oil should i use for my f2???????
brake fluid ??? all lubricants????

You are going to get a mixed opinions of oil here. I use ONLY Synthetic Mobil1 10w-40 oil w/ 1/2 quart of lucas oil stabilizer.
I use Mobil1 in everything I use. My Subaru Sti(I race it), Saturn, Benz(220K Miles), Lawnmower and F2. Never failed me once to a oil issue.

Well really, it depends on what flavor I'm going for.

If I want to preserve the original flavor, I go with something non intrusive like corn oil. However if I'm looking to give it that italian style flavor, I go with Olive oil. Sometimes I use Canol oil in a pinch. For something that really has great flavor though, I save old Bacon Grease and use that.



In all seriousness, I run Rotella 15W40. Not intended for bikes, but oddly enough it meets the vast majority of wet clutch oil specs, and works. The thicker cold temp weight makes cold starts funkier, but it operates better at temperature. It's cheap too. The only thing in the same price range is Castrol Syntec part synthetic blend. I won't run that after the whole BP incident though, since they own Castrol.

Jesse-The Rotella 15w40, is that the 'triple protection' stuff? I was looking the other day, considering getting the Rotella T6, and saw that. I've seen guys say they run the T6 with good results, and I didn't want to run anything thats too hard to start in the cold. I plan on reading up on the triple protection thing though, so I know what I'm looking at.

i use amsoil 10w-40 mc oil.. it is ma1/ma2 rated oil..its great oil but it does have a high price..its not so bad for me becouse im an amsoil dealer but if i was looking for best value for the dollar hands down its the Rotella..like said before it has all but 1 thing keeping it from having an ma ratting and that is becouse it has a higher ash point.. i forgot the exact numbers but i think it was something like 2.6 ash and in order to be an ma ratted oil i think it can be no higher then 1.9... what does this mean?? just change your oil when it should be done..try not to go over the miles..

All AMSOIL all the time. Now that I live back home, 15 miles from the AMSOIL plant, I run exclusively AMSOIL. Before that it was always a toss up between AMSOIL and royal purple. but I never ran royal purple in a wet clutch, just because I didn't have a wet clutch to run it in. Good synthetic oil is a great thing, great synthetic oil is ridiculously expensive. I have the 15-40 (i think) in my engine, shock therapy in my forks and their brake fluid squeezing on my ebc pads. I believe in the power of well refined oil and excellent additives packages.

Geez, I never wrote back about the Rotella. I suck!

Only their NON-SYNTHETIC 15w40 oil is ultra close (and acceptable) to being rated for wet clutches. I accidentally ran 5w40 synthetic rottella in an older bike, and it was horrible. Clutch slipped all the time, it probably cooked the fibers in the clutch (I was going to replace them anyways) and yeah... it just sucked!

I also run the standard Rotella in my ****box. No issues and I beat the living hell out of her basicly everytime I start her up. Also run a cheapo supertech filter with good result. I'll have to look up the part number though, as I can't remember it off the top...

Just remember it's whatever fits a Nissan VQ35 3.5L V6 - Altima, Maxima, 350Z - or a Mazda 1.6L 4cyl.

oh ok, thx for clearing that up. The sticker on my filter has aparrently heated up and peeled off, so no #'s lol