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Snorty
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PostPosted: 12:19 - 04 Aug 2022    Post subject: Halfords oil for my FZ1? Reply with quote
Need to do an oil change, would this stuff be a bad choice for my bike?

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/motorcycling/oils/halfords-bike-oil-10w-40-part-syn-motorcycle-oil-5l-463054.html

Oil is oil right? Anybody use cheapy stuff or should I just go something more expensive?
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stinkwheel
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PostPosted: 12:40 - 04 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's API SG which is the minimum spec for your bike so it'll be fine.
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Fizzer Thou
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PostPosted: 13:49 - 04 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nothing wrong with that oil.I have been using it in my R1,Exup-R and XR400R-SM for many years without any problems Thumbs Up Very Happy
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Snorty
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PostPosted: 15:44 - 04 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sweet, that'll save me a tenner and waiting for delivery, cheers! Thumbs Up
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to v or not to v
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PostPosted: 18:25 - 04 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Snorty wrote:
Sweet, that'll save me a tenner and waiting for delivery, cheers! Thumbs Up

i only paid £4 more for Silkolene, which came with an oil filter on ebay
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jeffyjeff
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PostPosted: 22:26 - 04 Aug 2022    Post subject: Re: Halfords oil for my FZ1? Reply with quote
Snorty wrote:
Oil is oil right? Anybody use cheapy stuff or should I just go something more expensive?

A coworker had a Kawasaki ZRX1200R. When he passed 200,000 miles, I asked him what oil he used, half expecting him to say that he used synthetic oil of one persuasion or another. I was shocked when he said, "the cheap stuff".
"What do you mean by that?" I asked.
"Anything that's on sale that meets API and viscosity recommendation." was his reply.
When he passed 300,000 miles, I asked him what sort of failures (unscheduled maintenance) he had experienced.
"New wheel bearings and a new radiator." was all that he said.
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to v or not to v
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PostPosted: 22:30 - 04 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
what was he doing to reach such high mileages? Shocked
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jeffyjeff
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PostPosted: 07:49 - 05 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
to v or not to v wrote:
what was he doing to reach such high mileages? Shocked

His commute was 50 miles one way; 100 miles a day, 500 miles a week. He had several bikes, but the ZRX was his favorite. I think his was a 2002 or 2003 model year. I retired in 2015, for all I know, it's still going.
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PostPosted: 08:48 - 05 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
I stick whatever semi synth is on special offer in my four strokes, which has included Halfraud's finest in the past.

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