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Author Message   M1combat Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 05:34 pm:        Anyone know if the oil shipped in an XB12 is synth or "normal"??   Brucelee Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 05:38 pm:        Normal HD dino oil   M1combat Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 05:46 pm:        Perfect... Thanks.   Brucelee Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 06:31 pm:        Suggestion-Change your trans lube immed. to Mobil One 75-90W gear oil . Great great stuff. After 1000 miles, switch to Mobil One 15-50W. Ditto great stuff.   M1combat Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 06:54 pm:        Bruce, I have heard that it is best to run in the tranny for a while on "not so great" oil and then swap after everything is settled. Say 50 miles to the first swap to extract the first wave of particles, then run the second fill to about 250, then a third fill to 500, then go for synth... Maybe I'll just follow the manual, but doesn't that say to leave the first wave of particles in for 500 miles??? Ouch...   Brucelee Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2003 - 07:21 pm:        I changed the trans oil at 225 miles and it did have lots of little metal shavings in it. Used the Mobil One at that point and again at 1000 miles. Very few shavings at the 1000 miles change. In the engine, I used HD dino oil at 225 miles and changed filter as well. Again, shavings there at 225 miles. Then at 1000 miles switched to Mobil One 15-50. Bike is running very very well and shifting better than my previous Ninja did. Runs cooler too, with less fan run on. Good luck

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