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what happened to the section on oil?
Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 2:59 am
by saka_ZXR
where did it go?
Im buying some oil tomorrow and wanted to know on the type.
I can get 5L of Rock oil for a tenner so i swear by it on all the bikes ive had but just wondered on the synth.
Re: what happened to the section on oil?
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 8:42 pm
by nc73
I thought it was a no on synthetic? Something to do with the clutch slipping? Although not all synthetics will cause slippage... I just use Motul semi syn.
Re: what happened to the section on oil?
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 10:10 pm
by Jeppo
Fully synths have been known to cause clutch slip. But some people just don't have that problem...I just use semi to be sure
Re: what happened to the section on oil?
Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 11:27 pm
by saka_ZXR
Yeah found out to use semi b4 i went.
Still doesnt solve the mystery of the missing oil section
Re: what happened to the section on oil?
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 8:45 am
by masterofinsanity
saka_ZXR wrote:where did it go?
viewtopic.php?f=55&t=5259
Re: what happened to the section on oil?
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 11:01 am
by saka_ZXR
Wasn there like a full section with a load of threads in it tho? Maybe ive been on the crack pipe abit too much
Re: what happened to the section on oil?
Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 3:25 pm
by Jamz
The problem is that much the same as tyre technology, oil technology has moved on a massive amount in the last 15 years.
This means that the fully synthetic oil that was around when the 400 first came out was the equivalent of sand and dog-snot compared to the fully synthetic that we use today.
I don't know if fully synthetic would cause any problems, but I DO know that people have said it caused their clutch to slip... and I've never had a problem with semi in any of my bikes so why take the chance? I am sure that any semi you cna buy today will be a Hell of a lot better than the best stuff that was around in 1990!