motokoura
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posted October 01, 2008 02:21 PM
Mobil 1 15w-50?
What do you think guys, is this Mobil 1 fully synthetic oil worth of trying? Manual recomment to use 10w-40 but in finland we have only 15w-50..
  
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warbird
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posted October 01, 2008 02:29 PM
Been using it for 25+ years. You will love it.................  
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icarus
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posted October 01, 2008 02:31 PM
It might be too thick to run in your climate. I run Alisyn 10W-30 year round. It is available
from Brock's Performance.
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posted October 01, 2008 02:38 PM
I would run mobil 1 5-20 been using it for awhile
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motokoura
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posted October 01, 2008 02:57 PM
Mobil 15w-50 might be too thick, today i rode my zx and temperature was 5 celsius and summer it could warm about to 27 celsius. It could be better that i use 10w-40, i have used shell synthetic 10w-40 and i´m intrested to try mobil if its better for gears..
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johnsonzx14
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posted October 01, 2008 03:07 PM
anyone use the stuff brock sells? the 0 weight stuff..
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duncan
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posted October 01, 2008 03:11 PM
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anyone use the stuff brock sells? the 0 weight stuff..
UNLESS YOUR RACING ONLY I'D USE 10-30 10-40 OR 15-50 MOBILE 1.
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reward69
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posted October 01, 2008 05:01 PM
Are you guys using the MTX4? or just regular car oil in the mobil 1 line??
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Bently
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posted October 01, 2008 05:44 PM
Regular car
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reward69
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posted October 03, 2008 04:20 PM
Anyone ever tried Castrol Syntech 10/40 or reccomend?
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Bently
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posted October 04, 2008 04:05 AM
Nope, We have 4 bikes that I run with weekly 3 08 Busa's and now my ZX 14 we all use 5-20 mobil one car oil. And none of us have clutch trouble.
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reward69
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posted October 04, 2008 05:02 AM
Here is an interesting link to some or all of the oil questions between car vs bike oils.
http://www.xs11.com/stories/mcnoil94.htm
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posted October 04, 2008 05:08 AM
quote:
Here is an interesting link to some or all of the oil questions between car vs bike oils.
http://www.xs11.com/stories/mcnoil94.htm
15 year old report
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motokoura
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posted October 04, 2008 12:38 PM
i desided to try Motul 300v 4t 10w-40 bikeoil, quite expensive but i have read good things about it..
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posted October 04, 2008 12:54 PM
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i desided to try Motul 300v 4t 10w-40 bikeoil, quite expensive but i have read good things about it..
good choice, Motul invented Synthetic oil.
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SteveWFL
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posted October 04, 2008 02:22 PM
I have 4 gallons of motol synthetic blend flavored 10w-40 in my garage, track bikes love it.
car oil in my street bikes though
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warbird
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posted October 04, 2008 03:59 PM
quote:
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i desided to try Motul 300v 4t 10w-40 bikeoil, quite expensive but i have read good things about it..
good choice, Motul invented Synthetic oil.
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Oh Wheelie..............they did not!  Chevron did.................
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SteveWFL
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posted October 04, 2008 04:20 PM
you being sarcastic warbird? :P
Motul -
1953 - Motul launched the World's 1st Multigrade Motor Oil.
1966 - Motul launched the World's 1st Semi-Synthetic Motor Oil.
1971 - Motul launched the World's 1st 100% Synthetic Motor Oil.
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warbird
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posted October 04, 2008 05:23 PM
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you being sarcastic warbird? :P
Motul -
1953 - Motul launched the World's 1st Multigrade Motor Oil.
1966 - Motul launched the World's 1st Semi-Synthetic Motor Oil.
1971 - Motul launched the World's 1st 100% Synthetic Motor Oil.
Well of course................ I rarely am though................:P
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warbird
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posted October 04, 2008 05:28 PM
Hmmm..............guess it depends on which link you click when you Google " Who Invented Synthetic Motor Oil? " This is from the the " Wikipidia " link..............:P
Synthetic engine oil
In the mid 1960s Chevron U.S.A was the first to market and produce a complete range of 100% synthetic Polyalphaolefins based lubricants, which began to be marketed as a substitute for mineral oils for engine lubrication. Although in use in the aerospace industry for some years prior, synthetic oil first became commercially available in an American Petroleum Institute (API)-approved formula for automobile engines when standards were formalized for synthetic based lubricants.
Other early synthetic motor oils marketed included "The Original Syn!" by SynLube in 1969, NEO Oil Company (formally EON) in 1970, which were dibasic acide esters, or diesters, and polyol esters based synthetic lubricants. In 1971 All-Proof now called Redline; followed fourth by Amsoil who packaged and resold a diester-based 10W40 grade from Hatco[3] in 1972, and then Mobil 1, introduced in North America in 1974 (with a PAO-based 5W20 grade).
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warbird
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posted October 04, 2008 05:38 PM
Another link.............. :P Who is a person to believe?
History of Synthetic Lubricants
During the mid1960’s and early1970’s here were two main companies that led the development, testing and release of synthetic motor oils for automobile engines to be sold via the retail market. These two companies are AMSOIL INC. and Mobil Oil Corp. AMSOIL INC. developed the first synthetic motor oil to meet API service requirements for automobile engines and also has been authorized to register and use “The First in Synthetics” as an official trademark by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. The first can of AMSOIL 10W-40 appeared on the market in 1972. Mobil synthetic appeared on the market in 1975. The technology for Mobil’s product was based on a variation of their “XRN 1669” synthetic motor oil, which they had been testing for several years prior to its release. Although, both products were far superior to petroleum oil, widespread use and acceptance of these new breed of lubricants was relatively slow in the beginning.
As a side note to the previous description, you may have at one time or another heard Mobil advertised as being the first company to develop and release a synthetic motor oil for automobile engines. The historical facts are that AMSOIL INC. was the first to develop and market an API rated synthetic motor oil for automobile engines, but Mobil was the first to nationally market their new synthetic motor oil. AMSOIL was nationally marketed right after Mobil began nationally marketing their new oil.
Well.......anyway..........here is the Google link........... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Who+Invented+Synthetic+Motor+Oil%3F&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=
Everyone can decide for themselves...............
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posted October 04, 2008 10:11 PM
anybody running Chevron oil here? Warbird I thought I was wrong once, I wasnt, I was just mistaken hehe, btw good find.
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Ozonkiller
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posted October 05, 2008 12:39 AM
Motul makes the Kawasaki synthetic. Says so right on the bottle
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posted October 05, 2008 05:02 AM
i use the motul 300v ++++++++++1
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warbird
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posted October 05, 2008 06:36 AM
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anybody running Chevron oil here? Warbird I thought I was wrong once, I wasnt, I was just mistaken hehe, btw good find.
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Heh heh...........not me Wheelie............ I don't think I've used Chevron anything except their gasoline. Amsoil, Mobil 1, Motul, ( especially the 300v ) AND Rotella T Synthetic seem to be the top rated oils in all the tests I've read. I have used them all, and had great results with them all, so I think any of them would be a great choice. Then there is Redline, Royal Purple etc..........and a lot of people have had good luck with those.
Maybe it just comes down to changing the oil regularly with whichever oil a person likes, using a quality filter and following the maintanence schedule Kawasaki outlined in the owners/service manual. Maybe that would work just fine................
Oil's, exhausts and tires sure give us all something to discuss though, and I sure enjoy it....
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