Oils for My ZX4
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- grabejud
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Oils for My ZX4
what is the recommended oil for zx4r occasionaly weekend ride? a fully synthetic? or semi-synthetic oil?
- RedexRobB
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- Xphyral
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- deviant
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I'm going to change mine tomorrow using Fuchs as above. I've never seen the point in using expensive oil before, but given the ZXR doesn't seem to burn any between services I can cope with putting £30 worth of oil (or I guess about 3/5 of £30 worth of oil) in it every 6k miles for a bit more peace of mind.
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Kawasaki ZXR400 L3 - shiny
Suzuki DR800 - bouncy
1978 Suzuki GS400 - PROJECT RETRO RACER!
Kawasaki GPz500S - for sale soon
Honda CG125 BR-J - in bits
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- deviant
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yeah. i bought a new bottle for 16 quid something earlier from streetbike in brum. dunno where i got £30 from (unless I got really fleeced last time)
In the garage:
Kawasaki ZXR400 L3 - shiny
Suzuki DR800 - bouncy
1978 Suzuki GS400 - PROJECT RETRO RACER!
Kawasaki GPz500S - for sale soon
Honda CG125 BR-J - in bits
Kawasaki ZXR400 L3 - shiny
Suzuki DR800 - bouncy
1978 Suzuki GS400 - PROJECT RETRO RACER!
Kawasaki GPz500S - for sale soon
Honda CG125 BR-J - in bits
- masterofinsanity
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hey dude what was you doin at streetbikes?? should have said, i would have met you there...........mmmmmmmmmmm mmaybe thats why you didn't say?
Don't forget people there is more to the zxr400 than this forum... check out www.zxrworld.co.uk also.
- deviant
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I was there for about 5 mins to buy a bottle of oil!
Was down in brum pulling apart the engine out of my dad's vw camper to figure out why it was making a knocking sound. Turns out one of the piston skirts had disintegrated and the knocking was the gudgeon pin banging against what was left each time it went up and down.
Compared to that, changing the oil on the bike was a fairly simple exercise!
Was down in brum pulling apart the engine out of my dad's vw camper to figure out why it was making a knocking sound. Turns out one of the piston skirts had disintegrated and the knocking was the gudgeon pin banging against what was left each time it went up and down.
Compared to that, changing the oil on the bike was a fairly simple exercise!
In the garage:
Kawasaki ZXR400 L3 - shiny
Suzuki DR800 - bouncy
1978 Suzuki GS400 - PROJECT RETRO RACER!
Kawasaki GPz500S - for sale soon
Honda CG125 BR-J - in bits
Kawasaki ZXR400 L3 - shiny
Suzuki DR800 - bouncy
1978 Suzuki GS400 - PROJECT RETRO RACER!
Kawasaki GPz500S - for sale soon
Honda CG125 BR-J - in bits