| Author | Message | ||
     Dktechguy112 |
I have been running amsoil 20w-50 on my bike. Last oil change I found metal shavings in the motor and with the help from a fellow bueller we completely diassembled and reassembled the motor. I want to get some cheap break in oil, that I will only run for the first 200 miles. I was looking at rotella T triple protection 15w-40. Its a semi synthetic, JASO-MA compliant, and its only $3.65/quart instead of $9/quart for amsoil. Has anyone run Rotella T Triple protection on the 1125? I know it is popular on other rotax motors and with the KTM guys, but i heard the formula changed because of the new emissions requirements on trucks. I haven't seen alot of recent posts recommending it. what do you guys think? | ||
| Kruizen |
I've run it for almost 2 years, mostly track miles. At $20 a gallon can't beat it. | ||
| Nuts4mc |
+1 - been using it for years in all my bikes- great shifting and little wear noted in OHC bucket type engines ( Full Synthetic Blue "bottle")( I do my own valve chks and adj) - Walmart has it when you can beat the Diesel truck owners to it....good stuff (Message edited by nuts4mc on December 18, 2012) | ||
| Kenm123t |
I run it in all my engines except the the Buells ( Smells too Funky ) 16liter turbo diesels to Briggs motors | ||
| Figorvonbuellingham |
I ran rotella synthetic in my kawasaki concours and the clutch would slip bad around 9000 rpms. | ||
| Kenm123t |
For your right its a motor oil not a Transmission oil Different additives package I was thinking of non rotax Buells | ||
| Sprintst |
I'm running Rotella T exclusively | ||
| Dktechguy112 |
Im not talking about the blue bottle synthetic, im talking about the white bottle semi synthetic. 15-40. Fig, thats what i was worried about, this oil is designed for diesel truck engines, which only spin up to 3k. the 1125 is going to 11k. nuts4mc, have you used it in the 1125? did you notice any clutch slipping? | ||
| Nuts4mc |
no clutch slippage 50k miles on my DL1000 Vstrom ( they have bad clutches..."Chudder" a mechanical issue) 5000 miles on 21 year old Goldwing pulled out of Junk yard (32K miles...now 37K) 28K on my old SV650 (sold) most of the R1s I know run it (full syn) improves shifting action | ||
| Redcrrider |
I'm using the 15w40 semi-syn. I haven't noticed any clutch slipping. | ||
| Figorvonbuellingham |
Just to be clear...I was using full synthetic when I had clutch slip. Plus it was a different bike. Oh it also had 58,000 miles on it and I have no idea how many miles were on the the clutch. All I know is it didn't slip before I went to synthetic. It started slipping immediately after switching, but only at high rpms. Looks like everyone is having good luck with semi in the 1125. | ||
| Chris_motion |
i think when you switch from regular oil to synth without changing the clutch plates, you'll experience that. prolly after changing clutch you'll eliminate any of the old deposits that could be left over, etc. anyone??? |
