08-06-2008, 11:17 PM | #46 |
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Thank-you for bumping an old oil thread.
CLEAN->change it a lot, especially when new. Dino-> always for new bikes till the valves are seated. Friction reducers are not good for wet clutches. What additives does it say it has? There are members here with far more knowledge than I have. If you bother to post the additives, I'm sure members will tell you exactly what they do and what they're for.
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08-07-2008, 02:07 PM | #47 | |
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To know if the castrol has them you can read the label. There will be a star shaped symbol on the label that says "energy conserving". If the oil has that stay away. If not then you are probably fine. Allen
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08-18-2008, 08:27 AM | #48 |
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Amsoil works wonders!
I just did an oil change last week with the ultra-pricey Amsoil for motorcycles...it was $12 a quart! Before that I had run heavy duty Rotella 15/40.
My shifts have gotten so smooth my shifter acts like a hairline trigger now. If my foot even touches it I slip into the next gear. Amazing what a difference cause before that I was having particularly hard times between 1st and 2nd. Changed to that Amsoil and overnight it's a whole different bike. Needless to say I'll never use anything else.
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08-18-2008, 10:34 AM | #49 |
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I went about 500miles before going synth. Monkeyboy, I noticed the same thing with the shifter.
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08-18-2008, 08:58 PM | #50 |
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Same thing with my CB900 and CB350. With the CB350, finding neutral on a hot day in the city was a super-suck. Add syntheti-slime and problems go away.
Strangely enough, I was looking for less noise, and lower oil consuption, but the shift thing was the first thing I noticed. Definatly less noise hot, oil consuption about the same. Bee-Mur is separate cases for engine slime, and trans. sludge so I haven't changed it out yet... --Vince
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