16-12-11, 02:03 AM
I'm another Halfords M/C semi-synthetic 10W-40 user.
Some swear by car oil, and it's possible those of us who look for the word "Motorcycle" on the container are paying over the odds, but it's a simple way of ensuring there's nothing that will bugger up the clutch in there and the price difference isn't very significant unless you do astronomical mileages. Theoretically, older classifications of oil could be better (SJ rather than the current SL) as they can contain higher levels of wear reducer ZDDP... though since oil companies like to keep the recipe for their products secret, there's no easy way of telling whether an SJ oil actually has any of the stuff in there anyway.
Some swear by car oil, and it's possible those of us who look for the word "Motorcycle" on the container are paying over the odds, but it's a simple way of ensuring there's nothing that will bugger up the clutch in there and the price difference isn't very significant unless you do astronomical mileages. Theoretically, older classifications of oil could be better (SJ rather than the current SL) as they can contain higher levels of wear reducer ZDDP... though since oil companies like to keep the recipe for their products secret, there's no easy way of telling whether an SJ oil actually has any of the stuff in there anyway.