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Originally Posted by 636Sinner
From what i know, our bikes need the full synth. due to the type of clutch we have in our bikes. Now im not sure how well a semi sythetic would do and i will never run regular dino oil i my bike. If you do and nothing goes wrong then great more power to ya, im just not gonna use it in my bike. But im a believer in that our high performance machines will do better with a full sythetic and from my experience full syth. does last longer between oil changes. I dont mind paying a little more for high quality oil for a high performance machine - it just seems to make sense to me. And with me dogging the shit out of it im hoping that full sythetic will give me better protection/lubrication. Now in my car ive always just used good ol Castrol GTX.
Oh i forgot to add that i use MC specific not just full syth. for cars.
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these bikes dont "need" synth at all. a good conventional, or semi-synth is just fine. its really all up to what you want to spend and what you feel comfortable using. they came stock with conventional oil...and as long as the oil doesnt have friction modifiers in it (like many car oils) there wont be a problem with the clutch. having said that...
i use synthetic, because i want to basically LOL there are numerous benefits (more consistent base stocks, less thermal breakdown) and if you get a MC specific oil, hopefully they have additives that will work with the wet clutch better and will stand up to the forces exerted on the oil in the transmission.
is synth a "need" for anything? no. conventional oil is just fine for most people. and it does a fine job as well. but i dont like to worry so i use Mobil 1. Mississippi summers are brutal, and hopefully my choice of oil can take the heat.
