Which oil ZX10R

[Ticketyman]

Righto, just purchased an 05 ZX10R and have sent it straight in for a 12000klm service. Peter at lawrence drv Pro Kwaka asked me if I wanted to put in the 50/100 or the 70/100.

What are you guys using and what are your thoughts?

[Neka79]

umm all i kno is its fully synth motul ... v3000 or sumthin?? its the stuff thats "better" than the infamous 5100 (which i love)

[MadKaw]

I'm using Castrol GPS Semi synthetic in my 10 and 7 atm..
The next change will be to Castrol R4 full synthetic as it was cheaper than the semi at the Supercheap sale a while back...

or contact William the Q8 oils guy, he'll look after you and its pretty good from what I hear..

[ttc]

wohoo I'll check it out tomorrow

as for oil either is fine

i think he means the 5100 or 7100
the 5100 is fine for normal riding, while the 7100 is more edged towards hard riding and track days.

[robracer]

Have you checked the owners manual first ....
Im not sure what the recommendations are... havent done a change yet but will next week after a track day, so I am interested to see what ppl are using too

[Johnnie5]

that would be Motul oils

the 5100 is semi synth

the 7100 is full synth

[robracer]

I still have a heap of 5100 on the shelf so I will prolly stick to that if it is recommended.
I do changes every 2-3 track days but for the 10 I have no idea what is in it & seeing as its only got 4,000 ks on the clock (as I bought it) & has only had one service listed in the owners book, I will change it sooner rather than later.

[Neka79]

according to receipt....

300V..and it was $90 for 4L.... 10W40

[robracer]

according to receipt....

300V..and it was $90 for 4L.... 10W40

oooooo shit thats big bucks for oil... got gold in it?

[sp500]

Fuchs - Silkolene pro 4 plus 10/50 fully synthetic, bike is for the track nowadays, not cheap at around $100 4lt, but is like a fine wine....

[Burky]

according to receipt....

300V..and it was $90 for 4L.... 10W40

oooooo shit thats big bucks for oil... got gold in it?

Thats what i payed each time, as for the gold should nave checked it out before i tossed it

[Glen]

I've currently got Motul 7100 in it, I've had the Q8 full synthetic stuff. In my ZX9 I always used Motul 5100, chnaged it every 3000klm's, thrashed it around a track 3-4 times a month and it was fine.

I think they're all pretty good these days so long as you change it regularly.

[photomike666]

Fuchs - Silkolene pro 4 plus 10/50 fully synthetic, bike is for the track nowadays, not cheap at around $100 4lt, but is like a fine wine....

I also use this in the race bike. Buy at Supercheap auto and save 50%!!!

On an aside - don't they recomend waiting until 8000k before running fully synth? Something about inhibiting the full bedding in process. Some fully synths don't play nice with a wet clutch either. Semi synth can be a better option.

[sp500]

Will have to check supercheaps next time, cheers.

re full synthetic, I heard not until 6k but you could be right...

[MickLC]

All but my last change have been done by the dealer and they used Motul 5100, so I used it myself when I did the last change. I might have a bit more of a look around at what's available for the next one though.