which oil do you use?

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which oil do you use?

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as title, and how frequently do you change it?

im thinking along the lines of halfords bike oil changed every 800-1000 miles.

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expensive! Oil is good for alot longer than 1000 miles.

Personally i run castrol GPS 10w40 in mine.
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RobB wrote:expensive! Oil is good for alot longer than 1000 miles.

Personally i run castrol GPS 10w40 in mine.
how long can it be left? im sure it siad 800-1000 in the book i got with the bike, i probably misread it though knowing me lol
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castrol gps cos i can't afford rock oil.Halfords used to make really good oil for cars and i used it for years but don't think i could trust it in my bike.
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according tot he manual it gets changed at the 500 miles servive, then the 6K miles service and then 12k and then 18k, i guess that would be every 6K miles then. :)
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well actually, according to the manual it's every 10,000 km, but same difference.

reminds me, mines about due for a change. will probably leave it now and put fresh in in the spring, since I'm using the GPz over the winter.

I used fuchs semi-synth stuff in the ZXR last time. all the other bikes I use halfords semi-synth.
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deviant wrote:well actually, according to the manual it's every 10,000 km, but same difference.
I can be really pedantic and say its actually every 6214 miles, but i wont :smt005
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masterofinsanity wrote:castrol gps cos i can't afford rock oil.Halfords used to make really good oil for cars and i used it for years but don't think i could trust it in my bike.
i used halfords stuff in my modded rover turbo and it was fine, i did change it every 3k mind.

ill probably use it in the bike too, halfords stuff used (not sure these days) to be made by comma
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the halfords stuff is ok, ive used it before.. generally change oil/filter every 3-4k though, so it doesnt really have time to go manky.
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zimm wrote:the halfords stuff is ok, ive used it before.. generally change oil/filter every 3-4k though, so it doesnt really have time to go manky.
cool, i see no reason why it wont be up to the job. :smt001
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Isnt oil so good these days that you should worry more about changing the filter regularly?
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ive been and got some halfords stuff, bought 2 five litre ones and i have 3 filters here so i have enough oil/filters for 3 changes at a grand price of £54
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RobB wrote:according tot he manual it gets changed at the 500 miles servive, then the 6K miles service and then 12k and then 18k, i guess that would be every 6K miles then. :)
it does indeed, maybe i should read properly next time slapfish
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Where do you get the oil filters from? halfords also?
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yeah you should be able to get one from halfords, they do stock a good range.hey i wonder if i can get a discount from them now my sis in law works for them :-)
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