The Good Oil

Heya,

Could you possible post a link to the zzr forum... I've never seen it.

Thanks,

Lisa

No worries: http://www.cmmartworks.com/phpBB2/index.php

..and I'm still sticking with the Motorcycle oil

Mick
I agree
I spend a reasonable amount on all my oils I use on cars and bikes
I never have used Supermarkets oils...cept once (see above post)

the SS runs on Mobil1 'Gold' at $69 for 5 litres (thats TRADE)
I have just done a gearbox flush on it too...4.5 litres of Castrol HiPo Transmax Z fluid
..that 5 litre container was $55 ..Trade again!
the missus's Holden V8 has always run on Penrite oils ($35 for 5 litres)
and when I did the 120000 service last weekend, the diff and auto got new castrol fluids...more $...
It also got a brake fluid flush and bleed..$15 for 2 litres and new coolant $35 for 2.5 litres (phew)
atm
I use Castrol or Motul on the bike, since Penrite stopped making an
oil for large capacity (over 600cc) Jap 4 strokes
the cost? $32 for 4 litres....
and
bloody hell...just added that lot up ...
at least the oil filters were cheap..$4.55
hmmm.....why are the bike ones so dear???

as I said, use good oil....


cheers

don't want to stir up the hornets nest but when I had the 36000 service done on my ZX9R they put Motul 5100 in I think, well wasnt happy. The gearbox just didnt feel the same, all notchy and sometimes for some reason would lock me out of third.

I brought this to the attention of the Guys who did the service and they have said that sometimes they get complaints ref the Motul and recommend going to the Shell VSX4( Think is a mineral based oil ), which I beleive was in my gearbox before the service as apparently as I was told Gold Coast Yamaha used to use it as their standard oil ( it is where the bike was last service before I bought it) before they started using Motul products.

Don't have to worry now as have the new 6R and she is a treat.

i ran shell helix with no friction modifiers in a gsx 4 2yrs & never had a problem, everything else that could go wrong with the fuker did, but yeah, never had a problem with the car oil. yet at the moment i'm runnin' shell advance ultra 4....$60 for 4lts last time i got it

If you have something like a guzzi you can run car oil in the engine and gearbox oil in the gearbox althogh i think they specify something like agip in the manual-ever tried buying shell oil from the depot something like 88dollars for a 20 litre drum of the semi synthetic.

I have been using Shell SX4 (semi-synth) for the last few years and alsways found it to give very smooth gearbox/clutch operation. Won't make myself use anything else now, especially as I can buy it direct rom the local Shell depot in a 20 litre drum for $90. That works out to only $15 per oil change A 4litre normally costs about $35
no contest in my mind - bulk purchasing is the way to go!

For the record - Shell VSX4 is a full synthetic and Shell Advance Ultra 4 is the oil that Shell sponsored teams use in their racebikes

I have been using Shell SX4 (semi-synth) for the last few years and alsways found it to give very smooth gearbox/clutch operation. :

Wannabe..interesting
I tried that Shell stuff in mine....once
all I got was box of false neutrals and hard shifting
so I went back to Penrite..beayudifulll!
and that just shows ya
you may have to experiment to see what oils work best...I have

cheers

Heya,

Could you possible post a link to the zzr forum... I've never seen it.

Thanks,

Lisa

No worries: http://www.cmmartworks.com/phpBB2/index.php

Heya,

Thanks for that
Lisa

not thinking of leaving us already
are you Lisa...???

not thinking of leaving us already
are you Lisa...???

NO WAY..You guys have to put up with me forever now . I just wanted to see if they had any good info on ZZR's that I didn't already know... I might join though... cos I get bored alot when I'm not riding and so I just like talking crap

As I've already said my main club is overclockers (but this forum is a very close second/if not first sometimes ). We are going on a pretty good ride on Sunday..
GOLD COAST HINTERLAND RIDE

yatala->beaudesert->lions flat-> kyogle->uki->murwullimbah->springbrook->hinze damn-> advancetown->lower beechmont->canungra->mt tambornine->coomera->yatala.

So if any of the Brisvegas people want tojoin in ya can.. Cos we are always complaining there isn't enough people..

Apologies to Quarkz and Tony, they would have seen this on the ZZR Forum:

What's the ZZR forum??

[quote="csls22"]ooops...
bloody things..fu....shi... COMPUTERS!!! aaaaaagh

Last edited by Smitty on Fri Nov 12, 2004 11:42 am, edited 2 times in total.

..snip..GOLD COAST HINTERLAND RIDE
yatala->beaudesert->lions flat-> kyogle->uki->murwullimbah->springbrook->hinze damn-> advancetown->lower beechmont->canungra->mt tambornine->coomera->yatala.

top ride that....
I have done it but I started at Munruben then to Beaudesert etc etc
and returned to Munruben
enjoy!!
and keep the rubber side down

cheers

Sorry it may have been SX4 or the semi-synth oil he recommended, bahh one of them anyway, the one with minerals in it

whatever Darcy (Bike Performance) puts in 'em, he uses Motorex and I think its blended synthetic and mineral (not cheap to buy retail). I'm pretty bloody happy with it cause there's no more gear box clunking.
Seanzzr600(til the '7 is fixed )