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Motorex oil

10K views 26 replies 15 participants last post by  Black dog  
#1 ·
Anybody use anything else,my 1290 sas does use a bit of oil and as i am going to leave it until the proper service intervals of 9250 miles,as it is halfway down the glass,i will change it at 4600 miles but cannot afford the £72 for 4l of motorex,anybody used motul or silkolene instead,Thanks in advance.
 
#19 · (Edited)
You should always use the correct hot spec say 50 if the manufacture states, ie 10w-50 or 15w-50 in synthetic oils. Group IV and V oils start with a base oil at the higher hot weight and then additives are added to moderate its cold weight. Unlike mineral or semi-synthetics which is the other way around.

OP, the Swiss Gold Cheese makers, they dont release a product description just safety data sheet. For the money you can buy Group V Ester synthetic oil which is superior, so Motul for example. I stopped using the Swiss Gold Cheese when the bike was out of warranty. If you are happy to spend say £50 on 4ltrs of synthetic but can get 8ltrs of semi for the same price and do an oil change twice as often, so half the mileage....the latter is better.
 
#25 ·
I have been tempted by the price of Westway a few times but so far haven't been able to bring myself to use a 'non-named brand' oil in my 990 & 1190.

Best I've managed so far (for my DRZ) was a shit load of Castrol fully synth 10W40 that I bought for about £2.30 a litre on clearance from my local Tesco filling station.
I end up with about 10 bottles.. still got 6 left now. :)

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