Motul 7100

[Gav]

A friend recomended I use Motul 7100 in my 95 zxr750, the bloke who owned the bike first always used Motul 5100. 7100 is full synth, 5100 is semi synth...I was using a shell 20/40 recommended by some sales guy at Kelen Kawasaki in Penrith, but it wasn't getting the oil to the top end on cold start up.. The bikes got 45,000 klms on the clock. Any feed back would be great..Cheers Gav..

[Glen]

You can't go wrong with 5100. Full synth would be a waste I think. I don't even use it in the 10

[Wattie]

go to supercheap, buy castrol power1 if you want full synth, or castrol GPS i think if you want semi

good shit!

[SoundGuy]

5100

[Ticketyman]

5100

[Sulli]

5100

[Strika]

5100

[Disco]

5100

[robracer]

5100..... its gold

[ty]

LOL I think people like 5100 (me too).
If it's a '95 and 45000k, you'll probably be best off with semi-synth.
I've heard (but don't know for sure) that fully synth can do stuff to older engines that haven't used it - cleans out some extra gunk that the engine's 'gotten used to' - or something like that.
Could be a load of baloney though.
ty

[2006zx10r]

use a semi syth top line diesel truck oil. Many guys using this.. Cheap and really good.

[Saki]

the ol z1000 gets the 5100 treatment

[Kwakka Kilt]

use a semi syth top line diesel truck oil. Many guys using this.. Cheap and really good.

Hey mate, what about viscosity ratings and all that stuff, is it the same as the bike oil ?

How much cheaper than the Motul branded oil ?

[laidback]

I seem to remember years ago that using diesel oil was recommended but had to be careful as it was a high detergent oil so should be used from new. When used on older engines it cleaned out all old deposits/residue etc and clogged filters and oil channels so stopped oil reaching bearings etc.
These recollections are from the 70's so may not be applicable with todays oils...

[67-FKD]

Im using 7100, purely to feel im doing better for my bike, though dont have much knowledge on the fact, its a 04 Z750 with 41 thou ks