Hi I'm the newbie around here - few Q's

Lost touch with four stroke technology and sportsbikes in general with a sojourn into the hellish world of 2 strokes - Blame the Pied Piper Billy.
Gots me one of them there new fangled ZX9's again ( comparison based upon 1977 2 strokes ) and whilst I still know how to rip it apart and put it back together again it seems that I have lost touch with all that is new in the sportsbike world.
Need new plugs - thats easy CR9Ek's - they haven't changed
Need new oil filter - good o'l HF303
But now I'm stuck.
I used to feed my old 9 with Shell VSX but now there is VSX4 - is this the same stuff with a new name? What else is out there now as a top shelf synthetic oil?
Don't get me started on tyres, Pilot powers were good enough back when they were new but after recently visiting a motorcycle dealer I came away more confused than ever after sales bloke rattled of prefixes and numbers that all equated to basically the same price but were different brands, numbers and prefixes. I see Shinko are back in town has anybody tried them recently?
Online shopping for serviceable items - can anyone recommend a reputable online store for consumables? I loath my local bike store and with work I never get a chance to call into any other when both time and finances allow.

Castrol Power One Race, Motul 7100 or 8100 or Silkolene 15-50w or all good oils. There are many more but I have used all these and found them good in the racebike.

Tyres are like is always a contensious issues as everyone likes something different. If you liked Pilot Powers then go the new Pilot Pures , I have heard nothing but good things about them. Otherwise I like the new Dunlop Qualifer Q2's (nothing like the old Qualifiers), Bridgestone BT016's however Or the new Metzler M5's. I also liked the Perilli Supercorsers on the Motatd.

Not sure about consumables as I have found postage from OS outweighs any cost savings on a $100 sale. For parts however there is heaps of places. eBay is always a good place to start.

Do you live near a SuperCheap Auto store ?

As far as oil goes can get Castrol, Shell & Silkolene from there as well as chain lube, fork oil, brake cleaner etc.

Hey Wobbles.

Can't beat Motul. In my opinion nothing comes close

Hey Wobbles.

Can't beat Motul. In my opinion nothing comes close

Well you have been buying the Motul anal lube 4000 in the 205L drum for quite a while now ..... judging by the number of empty ones you have in your shed .

Not to mention the 44's of Motul Premium Quality body lube.

Works a treat with a 4 meter sheed of poly

Not to mention the 44's of Motul Premium Quality body lube.

Works a treat with a 4 meter sheed of poly

And here I was thinking that when you said your boyfriend was a "slippery little sucker" , I thought you meant he was less than honest , but now .......

girl friend Billy, GIRL FRIEND

I am currently trying the Shinko ultra soft Stealth front ie "cricket bat " tread and the Apex rear being 2nd softest.
I can say that riding to and from the Gingers creek get together in mostly pouring rain the stick very well, yesterday was chasing a 12r all day around Advancetown and Tambo mountain with nothing but great feed back and feel.

Anyway I need more kms on them to be sure but they are very cheap.

girl friend Billy, GIRL FRIEND

Right . Sure thing Ewee . Whatever you say

Hey Billy, Have we got off topic?

Hey Billy, Have we got off topic?

No.. You just forgot you weren't in the thread about you being gay.

Hey Billy, Have we got off topic?

No.. You just forgot you weren't in the thread about you being gay.

Hmmmm, Maybe if i just shush up, all this will go away??