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Oil / 710 depending on how ya screw it on

Started by IceCold4x4, September 10, 2015, 05:25:19 PM

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IceCold4x4

So any suggestions on which oil I should run?

Been using shell Rotella T 15-40. Good enough for a diesel truck good enough for a bike right?

KevinB

Been using it in bikes/cars/trucks/atvs for years with no issues. It's JASO M rated, so good to go.

IceCold4x4

somone asked for an oil thread so i had to deliver one.

scrappyjon


Quote from: IceCold4x4 on September 10, 2015, 07:03:56 PM
somone asked for an oil thread so i had to deliver one.

That would be me. I drained the oil out of my bike a week ago with the intent of doing an oil change but all the oil  threads were deleted. So, I've been riding without oil for the past week because I wasn't sure what to put back in it.


It'll probably be fine.

IceCold4x4

did you use that slick 50 or z max at the previous oil change?

springer

Quote from: scrappyjon on September 10, 2015, 07:11:30 PM

Quote from: IceCold4x4 on September 10, 2015, 07:03:56 PM
somone asked for an oil thread so i had to deliver one.

That would be me. I drained the oil out of my bike a week ago with the intent of doing an oil change but all the oil  threads were deleted. So, I've been riding without oil for the past week because I wasn't sure what to put back in it.


It'll probably be fine.

face palm..........................lets not start this up.
What we've got here, is a failure to communicate.  Strother Martin as the Captain in Cool Hand Luke.
Endeavor to persevere! Chief Dan George as Lone Watie in The Outlaw Josey Wales.

scrappyjon


Quote from: springer on September 10, 2015, 07:46:01 PM
Quote from: scrappyjon on September 10, 2015, 07:11:30 PM

Quote from: IceCold4x4 on September 10, 2015, 07:03:56 PM
somone asked for an oil thread so i had to deliver one.

That would be me. I drained the oil out of my bike a week ago with the intent of doing an oil change but all the oil  threads were deleted. So, I've been riding without oil for the past week because I wasn't sure what to put back in it.


It'll probably be fine.

face palm..........................lets not start this up.

Oil is a serious thing if your bike requires it from time to time.

springer

Quote from: scrappyjon on September 10, 2015, 07:50:08 PM

Quote from: springer on September 10, 2015, 07:46:01 PM
Quote from: scrappyjon on September 10, 2015, 07:11:30 PM

Quote from: IceCold4x4 on September 10, 2015, 07:03:56 PM
somone asked for an oil thread so i had to deliver one.

That would be me. I drained the oil out of my bike a week ago with the intent of doing an oil change but all the oil  threads were deleted. So, I've been riding without oil for the past week because I wasn't sure what to put back in it.


It'll probably be fine.

face palm..........................lets not start this up.

Oil is a serious thing if your bike requires it from time to time.
That is what I have heard.  ;)
What we've got here, is a failure to communicate.  Strother Martin as the Captain in Cool Hand Luke.
Endeavor to persevere! Chief Dan George as Lone Watie in The Outlaw Josey Wales.

jrou111

Quote from: scrappyjon on September 10, 2015, 07:11:30 PM

Quote from: IceCold4x4 on September 10, 2015, 07:03:56 PM
somone asked for an oil thread so i had to deliver one.

That would be me. I drained the oil out of my bike a week ago with the intent of doing an oil change but all the oil  threads were deleted. So, I've been riding without oil for the past week because I wasn't sure what to put back in it.


It'll probably be fine.

Is that what happened to the Firebird?  :P

LawnmowerRG

#9
Basically Any good oil will work.
If you have a wet clutch motorcycle no fiction modifiers.
If you have a dry clutch it really don't matter.

All those old wives tales came about a long time ago. When the cheap oil was garbage.
Now the cheap off the shelf (store brand) is pretty good oil. Will you be able to tell the difference? Maybe maybe not.
Lofty Goals Possibly May Be Reached
Modest Goals Possibly May Not.

LawnmowerRG

Harvey were discussing something. Leave us alone or add something productive.
Lofty Goals Possibly May Be Reached
Modest Goals Possibly May Not.

Argh Oh

That's all well and good, but how much pressure do you put in the tank?

IceCold4x4


mojo1

Quote from: IceCold4x4 on September 10, 2015, 05:25:19 PM
So any suggestions on which oil I should run?

Been using shell Rotella T 15-40. Good enough for a diesel truck good enough for a bike right?
That's what I have been using for the past 20,000 miles in mine.
GREG
06 FZ1
2021 Royal Enfield Himalayan

scrappyjon

Quote from: jrou111 on September 10, 2015, 08:18:41 PM


Is that what happened to the Firebird?  :P

I was told that the Bird had the oil delete mod done to it before I bought it. 

i learned my lesson.