Oil Types - Pros and Cons

[Real_Wolf]

You know, that post is probably true.

I never topped up my oil in the short few months I owned my bike, and then the service people changed my oil filter, and oil, and it broke down soon after.

Of course that might have been because the metal in the oil filter wasn't all the metal in the system, and some more got through the oil filter. Personally I'm of the opinion that the metal was what was actually filtering my oil.

[Timati]

Seeing that we are on the topic of oil, I was advised that oil should be topped up as often as possible rather than having it run empty out before topping it up again. I guess I'm interested primarily in 2 strokers however for the benefit of everyone any thoughts on 2/4 strokers would be welcome.

[Squiggles]

Its a good idea as it means if you forget/dont have any oil on you then you've got that safety margin, just like topping the bike up with gas when its still half full.

[Gibbo13p]

Another options is to use a bit of Moreys upper cylinder lubricant or Powerup additive with your oil change = more protection for your valves etc

Won't that effect your clutch plates...especially an additive like powerup

[Patar]

Won't that effect your clutch plates...especially an additive like powerup

depends if oil is shared with the gearbox.

[motorbyclist]

depends on it being a dry or wet clutch, and then if it's wet where the oil comes from matters.

and in 99% of road going japanese four strokes it's a wet clutch with one lot of oil circulating around the whole motor

which is the strong argument against using car products in wet clutch type motorcycles