nearing time for an oil change on my bike. Undecided on which oil to use. Does anyone have a suggestion on what to use? I'm leaning towards full synthetic castrol.....any other suggestions?
Rotella is the sh*t according to some. Apparently it does everything including increase libido, increases a full cup size for the ladies, prevents acne, cures rabies, grows back limbs, removes warts and makes a great contraceptive to name but a few uses. Oh and you can put it in your SV if you so desire.
This elixir truly is the wonder of modern man ... and yes, I do use Rotella. Why? Its oil and it's as cheap as anything else and sells at Wally's
Rotella t synthetic is readily available, relatively cheap, and great for wet clutch motorcycles like the sv. About $20 for a gallon jug....yes a gallon jug it is made for diesel trucks that take a lot of oil and for some reason it's sold in quart or gallon jugs and every else is quart or 5 quart. Blue jug, can't miss it and I get it a wal-mart. I use the oem Suzuki filter cause they are always in stock. I will probably get k&n next time, they aren't much more.
I was told the hiflo filter is the same as the suzuki filter, and the K&N. And how hi flo makes all the OEM filters for the common brands like suzuki, kawasaki, honda, and K&N
You can go to your local napa and get a power sport filter they have done great for me been using them for about 15,000 miles and at about 8 or 9 bucks pretty good on price and let me state this again...
O...V...E...R...A...T...E...D.
Rotella synthetic rocks! I've been using it in all my bikes and my truck for over a decade. Not one single problem, ever.
You know if you go onto sv-portal there is a sticky on this topic you will get more suggestions then you will ever need... I just went with amsoil because seems to be they should know what they are doing and are designed for motorcycles.
I was wondering the same thing a while back and found this article. It was extremely helpful and tells you all about oil so you can make your own choices. It puts the oils against each other by what is in them. And tells you what you do and dont want in Motorcycle oil. I went with AMSOIL because it doesnt have much moly in it which can cause your clutch to slip.
I decided to go with the rotella....15-40...got it at wally's for like 12 bucks...seems to be doing fine, nothing to report on hiccups using this oil so far...
no i didn't get synthetic....wasn't running synthetic in it before so i thought i would just go with non sythetic.....mistake? seriously, don't scare me like that!
Pretty much anything without friction modifiers will work. Oil is oil.
I've used a ton of different brands/etc (mainly in cars), and they're all basically the same thing, as long as you're not using the generic pepboys stuff. For the bike, I've stuck to Rotella Syn, just because of the price and quality.
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