Engine oil

[nick crisp]

Yes, Motul is the Yamaha recommended oil. They're not going to recommend anything that's not good for your bike. When I was younger, I was pretty lazy about oil changes (we're talking 20-odd years ago, so I suppose I'm not that old - just feel it!). This includes in my old 750 Turbo (some of you may have gathered by now I have fond memories of that bike!), and turbos do put a very high strain on oils - they actually glow red hot. There was talk at the time that if you just shut off a turbo engine immediately after hard use, the oil would crystallise in the compressor bearing and knacker it. Don't know how true that is, but I always used to think that because my rides always finished with a slower bit at the end (residential streets going home etc), that's why I never had that problem. Nowadays I wonder if that isn't so much bullshit. But oils have come a long way since then, and even then I had no oil related problems.