| There is a lot of confusion about oil in
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| | a report called, "100,000 mile Honda
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| motorcycles. Specially marketed
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| | CBR900RR." The owner used regular Castrol
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| "motorcycle oil" is a lot more expensive
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| | GTX car oil, 20W50 in the summer, 10W40
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| than oil sold for cars, but is it really
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| | in the winter, changed his oil every 4000
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| safe to run car oil? Yes, just make sure
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| | miles, only changed the oil filter EVERY
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| it meets SG, SH, SJ, or SL service
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| | OTHER time. When this bike had 100,000
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| requirements. Generally, you are better
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| | miles on it, they dyno'd it up against an
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| off with a heavy-duty oil for
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| | identical bike with only 6,722 miles on
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| motorcycles, such as 15w40, below is a
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| | it, and the horsepower and torque curves
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| list of oils known to work well in
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| | were virtually identical! The magazine
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| motorcycles:1. Chevron Delo 400 15w40
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| | later did a follow up, with the same CBR
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| 2. Mobil Delvac 1300 Super 15w40
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| | at 200,000 miles and going strong, so as
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| 3. Pennzoil Long-Life 15w40
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| | you can see, the oil had no affect on his
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| 4. Quaker State 4X4 Synthetic Blend
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| | bike.So, you may wonder, "Why then, is
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| 15w40
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| | motorcycle sooo much more money, if its
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| 5. Shell Rotella-T 15w40 (my personal
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| | the same stuff?"Well, because they sell
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| favorite)
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| | motorcycle oil in smaller quantities,
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| 6. SuperTech 2000 (WalMart) 15w40
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| | more packaging, smaller orders, less
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| 7. Valvoline All Fleet 15w40
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| | sales, more cost per quart. Just
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| 8. Castrol Syntec Blend Truck and 4X4
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| | recently, some of the major oil companies
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| 15w40A really good choice HAS always been
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| | have caught on to this, and have started
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| Mobil One 15w50, but recently they
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| | selling their own motorcycle oils in auto
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| changed their formula from TriSynthetic
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| | parts stores and even places like Wal
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| to SuperSyn, which has additional
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| | Mart, and they are MUCH closer to the
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| friction modifiers, which may make it no
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| | price of regular car oil, because once
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| longer a good choice for bikes. This is
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| | again, they are the massive companies,
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| still up in the air, with people having
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| | they move a lot more oil, and have less
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| mixed results, but I say, why risk it,
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| | cost per quart. So, when you buy the
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| try one of the other ones above!Now, this
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| | really expensive motorcycle oil for your
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| may seem sketchy to you, and you're
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| | bike, what you are paying for, is not
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| thinking, yea it may work, but will my
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| | better oil, you're just paying for that
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| bike die in a year? In the June 1996
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| | companies costs. Get it? Good. Save your
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| Issue of Sport Rider Magazine, there was
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| | money for better things, like new parts!
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