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well i'm due for an oil change and i just wanted to get a check on what oil is the best to use?
i have a 2000 ninja 500 is that makes any difference
i went to the dealership and they recommended i use "repsol moto 4T synthetic", its 10W-50 and rather expensive ($10 a quart)...should 3 quarts be enough?
there's already another thread just like this one in these forums, but i'll throw my two cents in anyway. IMO, $10 a quart is a total rip off, especially for a 500cc bike. Go to walmart and pick up your favorite auto oil. Just make sure the kind you get doesn't say 'Energy Conserving' on the back. I dunno the capacity of a ninja 500, but 4 quarts should be plenty.
As for the oil filter, anything you have to order from a dealer is going to be expensive, even oil filters. Not much you can do there except buy a non-factory brand part like an Emgo filter.
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I've basically used them all, and I've come to really appreciate the qualities of ELF motor oil. I had never seen it available before I came here to Italy, it's a French made oil, and I don't even know if it's for sale in the US. The going price is 14 euro per litre, which is about $18. Military here gets "oil coupons" and it costs 2 oil coupons to get one L of ELF, the two coupons cost $9 together, so yeah, still almost $10 a litre
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Mobil1 redcap made the clutch slip at 10krpm in my F3. I just put rotella 5w40 full synth in my gix 750 and so far with a trackday and 1000m it's just fine. I read the modil1 redcap formula changed not long ago FWIW. Rotella even has a motorcycle forum though officially they don't make a motorcycle oil... http://www.rotella.com/ubbthreads/po...ard=Motorcycle
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Been a believer in Mobil 1 for years. It has a warning on the can that some oil bath clutches may slip (err a indicator of how slippery it is mabe?) and on everything from My Gixx to my Z-28's it rocked big time. Lets say this, when I changed oil in a brand new Z-71 truck at 5,000 miles did nuthin else just changed from the factory fish stick juice to Mobil 1 the idle went up by over 500 rpm until the computer finally learned to compensate for the slipperyness..... like usin a quart of KY instead of spit.... get the drift? It's slick.
Slick means less wear, more beans. Need I say more?
A lot of people use Mobil 1 red cap 15W50 which is for cars. Mobil 1 also makes a 10W40 specifically for motorcycles, which likely costs as much as the Repsol stuff. I honestly don't think that for most riders it matters much what you put in there so long as you check/change it regularly. I'm also using Rotella synthetic at the moment.
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