If you like your oil to be "reassuringly expensive" then use something with a picture of a motorbike on the label. Bike oil is simply car-oil with added marketing by suits that sponsor bike-racing. I have yet to see any evidence otherwise.
its your choice......its your wallet
Any standard car oil that meets the SE, SF or SG spec or has a grade "CD" or higher will do fine: (ie NOT "Car-lube's" cheapest offering).Asda or Tesco semi-synth are both cheap and good.
Don't use "Magnatec" ... it has molybdenum sulphide in it and that may well bugger up your clutch. That's what Mr Yamaha means when he says "Avoid oils woith friction reducing additives"Having said that, several on here have used Magnatec or fully synthetic with no reported problems. Any standard car oil that meets the SE, SF or SG spec or has a grade "CD" or higher will do fine: (ie NOT "Car-lube's" cheapest offering).Asda or Tesco semi-synth are both cheap and good. If you like your oil to be "reassuringly expensive" then use something with a picture of a motorbike on the label. Bike oil is simply car-oil with added marketing by suits that sponsor bike-racing. I have yet to see any evidence otherwise.
Because bikes are now marketed as toys for those with disposable income rather than as a cheap mode of transport for the masses, the marketing people at the oil companies know that these modern bike owners are prepared to pay a premium for oil rebadged as being specifically for bikes. If you're happy paying thirty odd quid for your oil, then fine, whatever makes you feel good. I will continue using car oil in my 160bhp ZRX and in all my other bikes. As I said earlier I have to keep a barrel of bike specific oils for people whose bikes I work on who won't be persuaded that they are being conned. I paid fifty quid for 25l of Elf oil. Funny thing is these people who insist on having the bike specific oil also insist on paying a premium for it, so that barrel will be used up at thirty quid for each four litre refill. If I charged them any less they wouldn't be happy.
Who cares..Carry on mate... You do what feels best for ya,In fact let me help you...ALDI have an offer on, 5ltr car oil for £4.99 .... Hurry , but if you are going to ignore the labels on oil ... run your ZXR on their veg oil, a mouth watering 99p