24-05-14, 09:53 AM
I read a story in a bike magazine some years ago about a bloke who lived in Reading and was a courier. An easy day for him was a thousand miles. He put 440,000 miles on a VFR before it was written off, he had another with over 200,000 miles before that was written off too (as i remember) His bike at the time of the story was a Blackbird showing 220,000 miles and still going strong.
He changed the oil on his bike every week with the cheapest CAR oil he could find - usually from the supermarket. Go figure.
I've used Vauxhall semi-synth in my old CBR Thou for the last maybe 20k miles (cos i get it dirt cheap) with no ill effects, but there's still that little niggling doubt telling me not to use it in my Blackbird, so for that I use Halfords semi-synth and use my trade card for a nice bit of discount
As a funny footnote, that courier went to a Yam dealer and bought a brand new FJ1200. He took it back the next day complaing that it was too vibey. The dealer told him to try it for another week or two and if he didn't like it they'd give him a full refund. He returned the bike 2 weeks later for his refund, and the salesman nearly choked when he saw that it had done 14,000 miles :lol
He changed the oil on his bike every week with the cheapest CAR oil he could find - usually from the supermarket. Go figure.
I've used Vauxhall semi-synth in my old CBR Thou for the last maybe 20k miles (cos i get it dirt cheap) with no ill effects, but there's still that little niggling doubt telling me not to use it in my Blackbird, so for that I use Halfords semi-synth and use my trade card for a nice bit of discount
As a funny footnote, that courier went to a Yam dealer and bought a brand new FJ1200. He took it back the next day complaing that it was too vibey. The dealer told him to try it for another week or two and if he didn't like it they'd give him a full refund. He returned the bike 2 weeks later for his refund, and the salesman nearly choked when he saw that it had done 14,000 miles :lol