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Author Message   Dmurphy48 Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 09:35 am:        I am planning on changing my oil on my XB12R. The local shop gave me four quarts of the synthetic 20w50. I realized after looking at the shop manual that they recommend "Sportstrans" transmission fluid for the transmission case. I called the dealer and they said the 20w50 will work fine. Does anyone have any thoughts?   Aldaytona Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 09:58 am:        Syn-3 is approved by the factory to be used in the transmission/primary instead of Sportstrans as well as engine oil applications on all Buell models.   Flick Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 11:25 am:        Use the synthetic...it will shift WAY better...   Xb9er Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 03:03 pm:        Synthetic is much better for XB's than SportTrans. The Shop Manual just doesn't reflect the latest school of thought on this. Mike.   Unibear12r Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 06:45 pm:        Just changed mine to Syn-3. Everybody above is correct.   Glitch Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 06:57 pm:        Mobil1 75W90 IMHO is even bester.

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