ccubed Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Can anyone think of a reason not to put synthetic car oil in you bike. Difficult to see that it could harm out. At 17.99 its cheaper than mineral. http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchCmd?catalogId=10151&storeId=10001&categoryId=165581&langId=-1&action=listrefine&scope=inl||partnumber||3||224209||918672||918615&constraints=sor||Price||1&cm_mmc=E-Mail-_-Week_3Castrol-_-Header-_-MainImg1&cm_em=bmw%40chorltons.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 To sum it up in one line: Your clutch will slip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomfoolery Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Unless its a Tractor or BMW with separate engine and gearbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srad34 Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Or a dry clutch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomfoolery Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 That's actually what I meant. D'oh! *belm* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanWinkle Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 I once ran a ZZR for 30,000 miles on car oil and didnt experience clutch slip, maybe I was lucky or maybe it is down to which additives the car oil has or doesn't have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp5 Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 I ran a CX500 on Castrol GTX for a few years, but I was skint and it was a CX which would probably run ok on crude. As has already been said, motorcycle engines thrash the shit out of oil and specific motorcycle oil is designed to cope, plus I'd only use fully synthetic if I was racing or trackdaying. Why use car oil when you could use this: http://www.opieoils....orbike-oil.aspx £25 is cheap enough IMO, for 4 litres of semi synth bike specific oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 I just got 4 litres of semisynth motul and a filter off busters VIA eBay, £27. When you consider that most bikes will give you some spare out of 3 litres, so for every 2 or 3 changes you get one free, it's not bad value really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccubed Posted April 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 All sensible answers thanks guys. Shame really 17:99 is bastard cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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