Bad link, but I will fix it for you.

http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/Oils1.html AND

http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/Consumables.html#Oil

And for oil filters - http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/Fil...tml#OilFilters AND

http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/Con...tml#OilFilters

 

Thank you kindly [sm=icon_rock.gif]

 

s**t!! i was never aware of synthetics not being good on low mileage bikes. i bought my bike used from a dealer and i told them to do the service before i receive the bike. they asked me if i wanted dino oil or synthetic, and i promptly said synthetic because i thought it's better. but they did NOT enlighten me about it being a bad idea and it kind of pisses me off now. i thought after the breakin period(600 miles on my bike), it would be ok to run synthetic. oh well, can't turn back time and make it different. i guess i'll have to live with it, but thanks for the tip man! [sm=smiley20.gif]

 

I think you'll be alright -- synthetic oil basically just means that you have virtually no "wierd chains" in the oil. Dino oil graded as 30wt has carbon chains of a particular type that make it flow like it's supposed to. But it also has the odd chain or two that are not correct. These odd chains get burned up or mashed in the tranny. The burned up ones cause some sort of acid to build up that is a bad thing. Synthetics are basically just oil with no odd chains floating around. This means no burning crap, less acid stuff and longer life.

If my explanation seems over simplified, it is. That's because I'm a bear of little brain and that's how the dude explained it to me. And it made sense. So if it is not correct, then I'll ride in ignorant bliss. My last motor never saw dino oil after it left the dealer. 30K miles later (with turbo for 20K) and valves and rings perfect. Inside of the motor actually looked like the pics in the manual -- ya know, the ones that show a "clean" engine.

 

i try to change mine every 4500 miles. i use MOTUL but just about any motorcycle specific oil will do fine.

 

ok cool, thanks a lot man. i've just always been a firm believer in synthetics, so i'm gonna stick with it. but what you said did make sense, so thank you. what bike did you have a turbo on? busa?

 

Ya, turbo was on '01 Busa. A real beasty. Only time the power was really usable was in 5th or 6th. Everywhere else you had to be careful.

 

phew, a turbo busa, damn! i can only imagine that kind of power, must have been incredible. sorry to hassle you, but do you have any pics of it?

 

GPS (yellow thing) electronic boost and fuel pressure gauge on reservoirs



Dump Pipe

 

Nice!!!!!!!!!!! [sm=tongue.gif]
cheers on the bike[sm=icon_cheers.gif] did you do all the work?


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