- No
- No
- Use whatever oil floats your boat...
Cactus?Think ASL It's my way of being none PC Kinda slick, eh?
FWIW I did my first oil change with full synthetic (Lucas 20W50) at 100 miles. Why? Has anyone ever seen what comes out at the first change?? I have, I used a coffee filter between the drain and the oil catch, really cool looking silver. In my mind I didn't want any of that bonding somewhere it shouldn't. Slim chance, but as this was my first brand spanking new motorcycle I decided to leave nothing to chance. 54,000 miles later she still runs as smooth as new and once I started using the K&N filter I never even get the start up rattle so many have. So, when do I change the oil? When the shifting starts feeling notchy. May happen at 4,000, may happen at 7,000.
I'm fairly certain that few place as high a load on the motor for an extended amount of time as I do, yes, there are some, such as the sweet turbos out there and maybe another ZX14 TB modded bike, but other than that? I get to play on the track 2-4 times a year so I get to really load her up, over and over. Works for me, but as the saying goes, YMMV No, I have nothing scientific to prove my findings, but I do have the SOTP dyno that validates it every time I ride
Think ASL It's my way of being none PC Kinda slick, eh?
ASL? Don't know. Trying to figure out what ASL means....ASL-American Sign Language. Cactus is, well, think slighly modified international peace symbol. Pinky, ring, and index bent at second knuckle and the thumb protruding. Online ASL sites don't "recognize" this but I'd be willing to bet Slivera will back me up My daughter did three years in HS with ASL, got to sign the National Anthem at a Mariners game and looked hard at becoming an ASL Interpretor but decided she wanted to learn to interogate instead so she joined the Army
http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/ASL
The big fear with synthetic (and I am not talking about group III wanna be "synthetics") is that the rings won't seat right during breakin. This is why Redline recommends not using their oil for the first 2000 miles.For all, I have never, ever needed to add oil between oil changes. But I have replaced my fob batteries once
If your oil consumption is low, your rings are seated, all is well in the C14 universe.