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Sep 12th, 2010, 7:39 pm
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Location: LANGHORNE, PA, USA
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Oil Question??
Does any of our Hypermotard riders recommend/not recommend any particular brand of motorcycle engine oil. Tell me if you have had a good or bad experience with the brand. I have used Mobil 1 Synthetic Race in all of my bikes and they have held up well to my abuse. I am curious if anyone has used the "recommended Shell Advance 4" oil. I plan on running K&N filters (KN-153) on this bike just like all my Hondas. The quality of the filter, the nut on the end and the setup for safety wire are all the selling features I need.
I was considering using Royal Purple oil in this motorcycle only because all of my twin friends swear by it.
Thanks for 2 cents!
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Sep 12th, 2010, 8:17 pm
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Sep 12th, 2010, 9:35 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Raleigh, or Boston, U S A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 0VIPER0
Does any of our Hypermotard riders recommend/not recommend any particular brand of motorcycle engine oil. Tell me if you have had a good or bad experience with the brand. I have used Mobil 1 Synthetic Race in all of my bikes and they have held up well to my abuse. I am curious if anyone has used the "recommended Shell Advance 4" oil. I plan on running K&N filters (KN-153) on this bike just like all my Hondas. The quality of the filter, the nut on the end and the setup for safety wire are all the selling features I need.
I was considering using Royal Purple oil in this motorcycle only because all of my twin friends swear by it.
Thanks for 2 cents!
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I plan to use Amsoil 10-40 Moto over the winter, then switch to Mobil 1 15-50 Auto Oil next summer... see how it does....
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Sep 13th, 2010, 5:09 pm
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Madison, MS, USA
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Mobil 1 makes a real nice v-twin oil in 20w50 that has received some good analysis results....pricey but good. I run it in my Mercury Racing offshore motor also with great results. You can get or order it from O'reilly's. There are other great oils also to each his own.
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Sep 16th, 2010, 8:00 pm
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Tracy, CA, USA
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Honda oil?
I recently changed my oil and the stealer recommended Pro-Honda HP4 20W50
as he says its what they use in the service dept, so I did. No issue yet although it does turn over slower when starting since the change. (No idea if this is oil related or not, just noticed it)
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Sep 17th, 2010, 8:52 am
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Originally Posted by Mr Mike
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That's a *great* link, probably all the op will need, hint-hint. 
Thanks. 
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Last edited by stryder; Sep 18th, 2010 at 7:07 am.
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Sep 17th, 2010, 1:35 pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stryder
That's a *great* link, probably all the op will need, hint-hint.
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Haha....welcome to the party Stryder.
I see the "oil" alarm went off at your house......
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Last edited by stryder; Sep 18th, 2010 at 7:08 am.
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Sep 19th, 2010, 1:59 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Rosharon, Texas, USA
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Hi ... I'd use an ester based oil or one with a nice dose of esters in it because the oil will adhere to the metal components in the engine longer between rides than an oil without esters. This assumes you do not ride your bike everyday ... most do not. Right now I am running Motul 300V 10W40 but there are a lot of good oils out there to choose from.
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Sep 19th, 2010, 2:50 pm
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Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA
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15w-50 motul
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Sep 19th, 2010, 3:02 pm
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Radar tends to harsh my mellow.
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
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This is so stupid! No matter how hard I try, I just can't resist looking at an oil thread. Grrrrrrrrr!
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