Which oil ZX10R

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?

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

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..

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.

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

that would be Motul oils

the 5100 is semi synth

the 7100 is full synth

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.

according to receipt....

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

according to receipt....

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

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

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....

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

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.

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.

Will have to check supercheaps next time, cheers.

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

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.