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Essentialbill

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switching over to synthetic
« on: February 13, 2009, 05:35:28 AM »
my bike has around 1500 miles on it. i will be doing the second oil change at 3000 miles. is it safe to use synthetic? or wait until i have more miles. when did you switch?
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Re: switching over to synthetic
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2009, 07:16:47 AM »
I switched at 550 miles. You're good to go.
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Re: switching over to synthetic
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2009, 06:09:30 PM »
Switched at 750  :thumbup:
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Re: switching over to synthetic
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2009, 06:38:18 PM »
Shouldn't do you anything but good  :good:
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Re: switching over to synthetic
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2009, 08:01:15 PM »
I changed at 5k, No problem.
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Re: switching over to synthetic
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2009, 10:28:54 AM »
I changed at 1,200, no prob.     :agree: with everybody else.
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Re: switching over to synthetic
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2009, 09:32:21 PM »
David and Hooter, what oils are you guys using?
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Re: switching over to synthetic
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2009, 10:07:31 PM »
Royal Purple
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Re: switching over to synthetic
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2009, 07:37:59 AM »
AMSOIL!!  :thumbup:
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Re: switching over to synthetic
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2009, 08:36:26 AM »
Amsoil     Heard some bad things about Royal Purple. The silicones will make your clutch slip. I don't know this for a fact but read in several posts here on the board and others about the clutch problem. Somebody else that's had the prob might chime in
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Re: switching over to synthetic
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2009, 11:23:34 AM »
I never had issues with RP. The moly content is higher than most synthetics, but is MUCH lower than that of energy-conserving oils. There's not enough to make your clutch slip. If your clutch has other problems, that might be a different matter. RP is an excellent synthetic oil.
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Re: switching over to synthetic
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2009, 01:09:02 PM »
 :agree:    I'm using Royal Purple as well...no slippage here and I like to throttle it out whenever possible ... ;D   :c
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Re: switching over to synthetic
« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2009, 11:11:49 PM »
6000 miles to Castrol Synthetic...much better shifting, slight increase in fuel economy.  Shop mechanic said 5000 is good change interval on our bikes when running synthetic.
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Re: switching over to synthetic
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2009, 03:57:01 PM »
Hey I went back to standard oil with mine. Maybe just something weird happend to me. My clutch slipped something crazy. I went to standard oil again everything was fine.
Has anyone else had this problem?
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Re: switching over to synthetic
« Reply #14 on: March 09, 2009, 06:24:39 PM »
Switched to Royal Purple after 600 miles no problems. :D
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