crossfire3006
crossfire3006
I'm curious to know what members are using in their bikes........regular or synthetic oil.
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What kind of oil do you use?
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Darryl Cainey
Sir Darby
Oil
Dino Valvoline 20/50
1977 R100RS with 484,000 miles
Dino Valvoline 20/50
1977 R100RS with 484,000 miles
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criminaldesign
Guest
I used a case of semi synth but found myself resorting to dino. Mainly cos of the price, I can practically get 3 quarts of dino for the price of one quart of the semi-synth.
For the tranny I do use Belray synth, since we busted it open to replace the bearings and now have new seals in place.
For the tranny I do use Belray synth, since we busted it open to replace the bearings and now have new seals in place.
flymymbz
Dee G
Depends on the bike.
R1200C and R850R get Honda HP4 semi-synth w/o moly.
Airheads get Castrol.
F650's have the BMW oil in them, going to use up the last of the case, then switch to the Honda oil.
Trans and final drives in all of them get Red Line heavy duty shockproof gear oil. Well, except for the GS's, the chains get duPont teflon chain lube.
R1200C and R850R get Honda HP4 semi-synth w/o moly.
Airheads get Castrol.
F650's have the BMW oil in them, going to use up the last of the case, then switch to the Honda oil.
Trans and final drives in all of them get Red Line heavy duty shockproof gear oil. Well, except for the GS's, the chains get duPont teflon chain lube.
lilredroadster
al from chgo burbs
In the bike Motul synthetic, in the cage whatever Jiffy Lube puts in, in a salad olive oil, in the sun Coppertone
osbornk
Old man in the mountains
Castrol Dino 20W50. I tried synthetic Mobil 1 in an older K bike and my old airhead. They both started seeping oil at the old hardened seals. changed back to dino and the leaking stopped. 12 years later, the airhead still doesn't leak (sold the K bike). At my age, both of my bikes will outlast me using dino oil.
Darryl's RS seems to be doing reasonably well with dino.
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fracture
Guest
Because conventional oil is good enough for me. I have used 20W50 conventional oil (Shell, Valvoline, Castrol, whatever) for over 20 years in airheads and have never had any lubrication related problem, even in 100 degree Texas heat.
Maybe newer bikes could benefit from synthetics due to running hotter because of emissions regulations but until I am convinced that synthetics are worth the higher cost I will stay with conventional oil.
Terry Cainey
Lady Scarlet
Crossfire
I responded to your post on the Pocono's Rally, Darryl and I will be there with our RED 1977 R100RS with 484,000 miles (on regular oil) pulling a RED bushtec trailer. We will be in Cabin 2. When passing by please introduce yourself to us.
Darryl and Terry
tinytrains
Still plays with trains.
Castrol or BMW Dino Motorcycle oil in the engines, automobile oil does not have enough moly and zinc content anymore for modern motorcycle engines.
Synthetic gear oil for gears. Not much more money and not changed that often.
Scott
These oil threads never end well.
Synthetic gear oil for gears. Not much more money and not changed that often.
Scott
These oil threads never end well.
crossfire3006
crossfire3006
Darryl Cainey
Sir Darby
mpmarty
New member
Valvoline 100% (or so they claim) synthetic 20/50 in 1200rt engine and Valvoline 75/90 synthetic gear oil in final drive and tranny. Extra virgin olive oil on salads, 10/30 dino in SAAB transmissions Mobil 1 in their engines every six months. Over 400,000 miles on SAAB turbo with Mobil 1 and never a problem. I'd use Mobil 1 in my bike engine but can't find it in anything approaching fifty weight as in 20/50.
