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Craizie
10-04-2007, 08:06 AM
And I cant for the life of me find what kind of weight to use. I'm pretty much ignorant to this subject and could use a little advice. Also are their any recommended brands?


TIA
bonnie&clyde
10-04-2007, 08:29 AM
10w40
GREENMAN
10-04-2007, 08:34 AM
what year, make, model?
kc50lx
10-04-2007, 08:36 AM
most are 10w40 that i know of. although you will get raped by the dealer, go there for your oil. its better to be safe than sorry IMO.
Craizie
10-04-2007, 08:45 AM
its an 04 r1
stunter bob
10-04-2007, 08:53 AM
10w40
GREENMAN
10-04-2007, 09:25 AM
10-40 should work fine, stick to the stock stuff if you are weary about something going wrong. I tried a couple different ones and I decided to go with a semi synthetic 10-40. No problems so far, it's been about 1600 miles since the switch. I did notice some subtle changes going to the SS, less noisy, and believe it or not, it runs 5-10* cooler, I was seeing 230-235* in the summer and after the change, it has been running 220-228*(during equal temps of course).
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89stangGT
10-04-2007, 10:06 AM
damn. my bike usually runs at about 190 degrees. :eek: during the summer I'd occasionally see 214 or so, but my fans kick in at about that point.
bonnie&clyde
10-04-2007, 10:11 AM
duh look at the kind of bike u got u dont have any fairings
topher
10-04-2007, 11:17 PM
duh look at the kind of bike u got u dont have any fairings
my R6 runs about 185 most the time and the highest has been 212-214 when the fan kicks in and cools it down. BTW I have plenty of fairings on mine. :rolleyes:
GSXR_Mike
10-04-2007, 11:23 PM
My old bike ran around 214-225 during the summer also. 04 GSXR 600
kc50lx
10-04-2007, 11:23 PM
ive got an sv650s with full fairings, mine runs 180-195. max is 217 when the fan kicks on and ive never seen it above 220.
GREENMAN
10-05-2007, 07:22 AM
Those of you running below 200, are you using water water or anything other than stock coolant?
Craizie
10-05-2007, 07:26 AM
If its over 95 out side and im at a stop light for a long period of time ive seen in hit 230, but on high ways i run at 180-190. fan kickes in @ 218
GREENMAN
10-05-2007, 07:55 AM
same here, on really hot days I was seeing 195-205 moving and up to 230 at a stand still.
89stangGT
10-05-2007, 10:20 AM
Those of you running below 200, are you using water water or anything other than stock coolant?

stock coolant since I bought the bike in Feb.
mcylvr
10-05-2007, 10:23 AM
i've always ran honda HP4, my bike 06' gsxr-1000 usually runs between 168-187. whether it being summer or winter.. unless i was at a light...
Kustom
10-05-2007, 10:38 AM
you need to run 10w40 yamalube
evil jose
10-05-2007, 04:55 PM
If its over 95 out side and im at a stop light for a long period of time ive seen in hit 230, but on high ways i run at 180-190. fan kickes in @ 218

Sounds about like my 03 R6.
HobieF3
10-05-2007, 06:16 PM
i've always ran honda HP4, my bike 06' gsxr-1000 usually runs between 168-187. whether it being summer or winter.. unless i was at a light...


When I was a broke young punk I would put whatever oil I could afford in my ol' F3, sometimes std, sometimes mobil1, sometimes HP4.

The bike made less noise at idle and shifted smoother with HP4 I never paid attention to the temperature, beating the fuck out of that bike (as I ALWAYS did in those days) it over heated now and then during summer days.