Oil recommendation?

[darrsi]

You can tell if oil is awful immediately, or after a short time.


You can tell if it is below average only after 30-50 k miles. Increased engine wear compared to wear with a good oil.


An oil test after 6k miles of the new oil you're trying out can help determine the quality.


The point is: people buying a different oil brand, pouring it at the oil change and saying "it's good" gives one only confirmation that the oil isn't awfully bad to cause problems immediately - clutch, gear changing, engine noise etc. But by no means can you be certain the oil is really good by "testing" it like that.

So what exactly are you suggesting?
I change the oil every 4000 miles anyway.


The only way to test oil, is by using it.


I know every sound and feel of my bike as well, so if it's really no good i will know.


But if you read what i said earlier, there's been no negative feedback anywhere that i can find, which there certainly would be if it was even slightly ropey.
Word soon gets around if something is bad, but so far it hasn't at all, which is why i'm more than willing to give it a go.