Oil change on R6? best oil?

[HurtMePlease]

Hi
in the manual it recommends Yamalube 4 w10-30 but ive been told to use mobil 1 15-40w??

can anyone offer any advice as to which oil i should use for my 01 r6? ive also been told a thinner oil causes clutch slippage? so I would probably like to avoid that, help appreciated
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[mchaggis]

Castrol GTX 10W40. Not Magnatech.

The stuff works in pretty much any 4t machine. No need for all this expensive crap.
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[HurtMePlease]

I take it you use that? which bike are you running that with?
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[mchaggis]

[iCraig]

In Something like an R6 I would recommend something like Putoline Syntec 4 or similar.

I certainly wouldn't put any sort of mineral oil in it, only semi or fully synthetic, and I highly recommend Putoline oils as I have used them for nearly 4 years now without a problem.

[mchaggis]

I'm pretty certain that GTX Magnatech is semi-synth, and there are a lot of people who swear by it. Using an expensive oil and having no problems isn't the correct way to discount the use of anything less expensive imo. Spending silly money on oils is like spending silly money buying brand new bikes imo.
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[iCraig]

Isn't GTX Magnatech a car oil?

And as for spending a little more on oil is not stupid at all, as spending a little more may mean that little bit more protection from said oil.
I currently use Putoline Super DX4 in my GPZ500S which cost about £12 for 4 litres, and I certainly wouldn't entertain putting that in an R6, I would much prefer to use Syntec 4 which is £29.99 for 4 litres. Mainly down to the fact the R6 will spend alot more time in higher revs where it needs the lubrication qualities of a more expensive fully synthetic oil.

[G]

The r6 revs to 15,200 rpm, so deserves something half decent .

I use Castrol r4 in mine; good quality fully synth. Will be changing it after every weekend. Looking at about £30 for 4lt; r6 uses a bit less than that.

If you're going to be (ab)using it, a decent fully synth is probably worth it on the r6.

For more general riding I'd go with a semi-synth; I tend to use Castrol GPS (no particular reason for brand loyalty, but have generally heard good stuff about these two Castrol oils.)

[mchaggis]

Oops, I did mean specifically not the Magnatech stuff.

Oh well. Plain Castrol GTX is all I'll be using. I'm not going to get a supersports at all if I can possibly avoid it.
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[HurtMePlease]

I'll settle for Castrol r4 for mine then

thanks lads


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[Claud 14.7 to 1]

Yup R4 sounds good for that bike.

I use Castrol GPS (lower spec) on my old 400. Works great, don't know if it's the bike, oil or a combination of both but it doesn't burn a drop, ever!

R4 or same spec equivalent.

[Andy99]

Yamaha recomend Mobile SuperT,so thats what i've been using in mine with (touch wood) no problems. It's the same sort of price and spec as the Castrol R4.
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