Semi Synth 10w40 £1.99 litre!

[Matt B]

[woo]

so stick to motul 7100 10w30 for the honda msx 125
and motul 7100 10w40 for the GSXR 1000

that £1.99 oil sounded very tempting........sigh!

why are oil threads so confusing like pototoe!
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[P.]

[woo]

see heres the thing that pototoes my mind with oil discussions.

both motorbike shops that i trust in their experience both say that semi is fine for the GSXR 1000 on the road
doble highly recommend fully synthetic for the MSX 125

but then other "online personas" say that fully synthetic is better!

then you see oil like this for £1.99 then im like troll face da faq is this!

I swear that oil discussions are more confusing than trying to understand crazy people logic (e.g. i like going scotland but yet im subtlety accused of having another woman up there.........theres no way i would ride 530 miles for 12hrs just to cheat when i could do that in London)
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[P.]

Use what you want.

Don't cry if it goes bang.

Don't cry if it costs more.

People can never win oil arguments, in my opinion lubrication is lubrication.

[tom_e]

[DJP]

[Polarbear]

[Snod Blatter]

I like me some cheap oil, so I went to the Home Bargs in Coalville and found they do two kinds - Standard and Super.

https://i.imgur.com/UhuWTou.jpg

Weirdly they are both the same price, but the Super is SJ/MA-2 while the Standard is SG/MA. I don't care about that, either is good enough for what I own, but I did stay crouched there sloshing the bottles next to my ear while people skirted around me like I'd gone full window licker. As far as I can tell, the Standard is very thin in the bottle (like all cheap oil I've ever bought) while the Super is a little thicker. Naturally I went Super, it'll do for top ups if nothing else.

If they start properly stocking this, or even better selling it in 4/5L bottles then they could sew up the market if it's any good at all.

Also, if you want some SAE50 for reasons that escape me, they have you covered for that as well.
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[Matt B]

Turns out crappy cheap oil is cheap and crappy.

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=4428612

Who'd a thunk it?
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[Bozzy]

I had my reservations about it from the off, although my opinion was nearly swayed!

That said, my gut feeling was and still is to buy a proper branded oil from a shop. I don't think it's worth the gamble all things considered.
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[Snod Blatter]

Very interesting, anyone else tried it yet? I haven't opened mine, but if it's clutch slip city then I can stick it in the K100 anyway.
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[Islander]

[Pigeon]

The labels may well be lies, but even just going on that. API-SG was 1988. SJ was 2000, but even still. API SM (haven't got SN to hand) stipulates an average cam wear limit thats nearly 40% less in 2010.

Labels may well not be factual anyway.

[sickpup]

[Rogerborg]

Aw, man, if you can't trust Russian oil manufactured in complyance with the latest technology, what can you trust?

Oilpal thread.
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[Matt B]

[P.]