Its time for a oil change and a car parts shop here is having a sale. They've got mobil 1 fully synthetic supersyn (its got a yellow cap) going alot cheaper than the oil I use from the bike shop. Just wondering if anyone uses it or has used a car based oil in their bike
thanks in advance

 

Don`t use car oil in your bike mate, your bike oil deals with a lot more than car oil can also lubes the clutch plates too.

 

Thats what I needed to hear, i'll stop being tight and get the proper stuff then

 

mobile 1 fully synthetic does not have any friction modifiers in there so it's safe on your clutch. what is not safe are auto oils labeled as energy conserving oils.
i use it, many guys on this forum and all other forums use it as well.
get the 15/50 gold cap, but if you're in freezing weather, may want something else.

do a search...it's perfectly safe.

T

 

Yeah I did a search and thats what made me think I could use it, I wasn't sure though

 

mobil 1 mx4t

 

Mobil1 10W-30 DOES have friction modifiers.

Do not ever put a 10W30 oil in your bike.

 

we're talking 15/50 yellow (GOLD) cap...used to be red cap.
10W40 doesn't have any of that bad stuff too.
just make sure it's non-energy conserving!

 

So would Castrol GTX 10w40 be okay to run, at least for a little while???

 

i dont know. might just be me but im always going to use motorcycle specific oil. why? because it's for a motorcycle. car oil is used for lubing the engine only. bike oil is used to lube the engine AND transmission. there are different standards for oils to be classified as motorcycle oil. if the car oil met these demands then i would assume that all of the appropriate ratings would be on the label. and they aren't.

and by the way, i always use the honda 10-40. i figured that if it was good enough to be used by the factory then it must be ok to keep using it.