rigger4343
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I know I am going to probably get hammered on this question because I know it comes up a good bit about what oils to use. But... My question is not what oil to put in the tranny or what brand to use.
It is, should I run standard oil or full synthetic?
I had talked to some of the teachers at Yamaha from a class that I was in and oil came up with some us in the class and the same question was asked to the teachers. From what they had told us that they were told by most oil producers is that the only real advantage that synthetic has over conventional oils is at high temps. Other than that, there is no advantage. ( That is just what some of them had been told.)
I just recently got my XB9R and want to do a service on it since I dont really know when the last time is that it was done. Synthetics seem to run more than twice the price so is it really worth spending the money on when I will change the oil on my bike at least every 3k. I also have not found anything that says you have to run synthetic in the motor so that leads me to believe that it is not really needed.
I was thinking that maybe it would be better to run synthetic in the Buell since it is an air cooled machine and in stop and go traffic, I am sure temps will get up there on the motor. But is it really going to get hot enough to really need the synthetic?
It is, should I run standard oil or full synthetic?
I had talked to some of the teachers at Yamaha from a class that I was in and oil came up with some us in the class and the same question was asked to the teachers. From what they had told us that they were told by most oil producers is that the only real advantage that synthetic has over conventional oils is at high temps. Other than that, there is no advantage. ( That is just what some of them had been told.)
I just recently got my XB9R and want to do a service on it since I dont really know when the last time is that it was done. Synthetics seem to run more than twice the price so is it really worth spending the money on when I will change the oil on my bike at least every 3k. I also have not found anything that says you have to run synthetic in the motor so that leads me to believe that it is not really needed.
I was thinking that maybe it would be better to run synthetic in the Buell since it is an air cooled machine and in stop and go traffic, I am sure temps will get up there on the motor. But is it really going to get hot enough to really need the synthetic?
