first oil change... what oil or does it matter

[leeindy]

just about to hit 600 miles

and im curious as to the oil to use. i know im not supposed to run synthetic till 3000. but the kawi guy here said dont use regular 10w40 but to use this 8 dollar a quart stuff he sells.... not sure if it makes a dif or not?

[Ozer]

I don't think it matter much once you are above 600 miles. I changed it with Shell Rotella Syntec 5w40, which is $16/gallon at Walmart

[kneedragger]

I wouldn't go synthetic no way in hell. Its way to soon stick with your basic oil for now. I went threw the same thing a couple weeks ago. I would use the Kawi Chem I think its called 10-40

[Ervins]

First oil change went to SemiSynth and next one Synth. Ran synth on all my bikes.

[konichd]

I've run sythetic on both the zx-10 (AMS 10W40) and on the zx6 (mobil 10W50). Both are over 7,000 miles and not a single problem, both were on the dyno a month ago (164 & 111) so switching to synthetic won't hurt a thing. Stick with a factory filter but the 10-50 mobil is 20 bucks for 5 quarts at Walmart.

[leeindy]

i went with mobil 1 10w 40 and a kawi filter. i beat it pretty hard so im gonna run synthetic probably around 2000 miles and on

i beat it pretty hard :headshake careful you might poke a eye out---ok ok ill stop, must be getting tired

[russell]

i've been wondering the same thing. i need to give my boy and oil change and i was thinking for the fall/winter to go with a lower weight oil, probably a 5w, what do you guys know about oil weights?

[greg 0410r/6rr]

I did fully syn. Mobil -1 on my '04 10 and the clutch wouldn't disengage from first to neutral. My '04 6RR is fine w/ it. I never changed the oil in my '06 10 (2,960 miles) because I'm selling it now for an '08. Motorex or Mobil 1 for motorcycles fully syn. is the way to go. I would leave the break-in oil in until 2,500 miles and then switch to fully syn.

[mr_honez]

Went with Mobil1 synth after 9000, and the clutch has been slipping ever since. Too slippery I guess, but went with the Rotella T synth thinking that it would be better but it slips too. Not as bad, but noticeable none the less. Its at 11,600 and I'm gonna put Rotella T dino 15-40 in it now . If that doesn't work I may go 20-50, then a new clutch. Hope not, but I'll see.