which oil

[fliolly]

Looking for a cheaper alternative oil for my daytona 600, the book says Mobile 1 racing 4T 10w/40 or 15w/50. I'm assuming most of the inline four 600's use the same. What do you recommend?

[DrDonnyBrago]

Go to asda, they currently have an offer on for 4L of Castrol GTX 10w40 for £10. Loads of people on here use it in bikes (me included).

You wont find a half decent oil for less .

[fliolly]

cheers mate, sounds like a bargin.

[Souleh]

If you have a wet clutch then be sure to get a bike specific oil - it might slip otherwise.

Plenty will be ok but some will suffer..!

I dont want to sound nasty or rude but do you really want to skimp out on engine oil? Fully synthetic motul 10w40 cost me 30quid for 4L last week and you then know its designed for the job
(The semi is cheaper yet and will be fine!)

[Dr. Quack]

Triumph make their own engines so I would use what the recommend personally, I looked into this for my FZ6.
YamLube has more qualities like API SG, JASO MA, and is even cheaper than Putoline which has less qualites.
Different engines run at different temperatures so I would recommend using what the manufacturer says.
I was think of using Castrol GTX myself but Yams run hotter than most and destroy cheap oil, so heay recently I went for putoline cos I couldn’t get any Yamlube.


Also make sure it's semi synth and not fully synth cos your clutch won't last.

[herulach]

If you can find the GTX in asda you're a better man than me, I got 2 bottles, before all the local stores were cleared out. Should have got me a few more whilst it was on offer.

If you've room to store it costco do 25l drums for about £40, the 10w40 is marked for diesels, but theres no modifiers so it should be ok.

As for all this bike specific nonsense, its just that, so long as you don't get magnatec or similar its fine.

Edit: been in this afternoon - its 20Ll for 35 quid 10w40, 40 quid for 5w30
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[temeluchus]

Halvoline premium 15/40 has always served me well.
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[weasley]

Oh what a mess.... where to start....? OK, here...

[evoboy]

To back up a part of the above post...

My Yamaha TRX runs at about 60-65c....very cool.

Nearly all newer bikes run hotter than bikes from 10 years ago...
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[P.]

Having owned one, I used Mobil Semi synth bike oil, was fairly cheap.

Reason, the triumph garage/racing crew near Brands use it in all their bikes, not just Triumphs. My daytona ran quite hot, often hittin 110 - 114 degrees during July...but it never missed a beat, made noises... its good

[fliolly]

called the dealer who did the last service and they put Mobil 1 racing fully synthetic in it so i suppose i will stick with that, the amount i ride 1500 miles max a year i cant see me needing much anyway.

[P.]

[Noxious89123]

[temeluchus]

As far as I know the only mainstream car oil stated as suitable for wet clutches is castrol GTX high mileage. I had to dig around a bit on castrols site, but it is in the blurb. Apparently some 50s american pickups ran wet clutches, who knew!
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[ms51ves3]

[Noxious89123]

True dat

On the plus side, it looks like strawberry syrup
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