yorkshire whippet
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Just wondered what type and brand of oil most GSers are using. Anyone got any recommendations or has anyone had any problems with certain types?
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yorkshire whippet said:
10/40 SEMI SYNTHETIC OF A GOOD RECOGNISED BRAND.
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Good question. In the BMW garage here, they use 100% synthetic, but I've always used 10/40 semi-synthetic. I seem to remember a thread where it was recommended not to use fully synthetic until the bike had got a large amount of miles under it's belt. Why's that then?..
Rob
Good question. In the BMW garage here, they use 100% synthetic, but I've always used 10/40 semi-synthetic. I seem to remember a thread where it was recommended not to use fully synthetic until the bike had got a large amount of miles under it's belt. Why's that then?..
Rob
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Gecko
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Castrol R4 Superbike full synthetic. Expensive but seems to work 
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Prestige told me they now use Castrol GPS as standard......I'll stick with this until about 20k then switch to synthetic of some sort......
Spanish Bob
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this thread has been round more times than to ones on whats the best colour. The answer is every possible oil imaginable and if you ask a dealer they all tell you a totally different story.
I use Castrol GP in R100GS, RS and 1150gsa. My GSA is silver, but probably if you have a black one any old crap will do
I´d be happy to change, but only if there is a reason to do it and we dont seem to have much of a concensus as users and BMW appears not to know either...... Still dont see why the change at 20K. Fanum?
Quite interested in the synthetic gearbox oil though.
I use Castrol GP in R100GS, RS and 1150gsa. My GSA is silver, but probably if you have a black one any old crap will do
I´d be happy to change, but only if there is a reason to do it and we dont seem to have much of a concensus as users and BMW appears not to know either...... Still dont see why the change at 20K. Fanum?
Quite interested in the synthetic gearbox oil though.
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