Oil change - will this cause issues?

[tommyardin]

Had to fit new clutch, flush the engine twice to get rid of the car oil to a Bandit 1200 previous owner had used gave a new meaning to slipping the clutch expensive oil and filter change. I was always told never use car oil in a wet clutch bike.

I'm with you Steve car oil is a big no no as you found out to your cost because of someone else ignorance, glad you got it sorted.
They make motorcycle specific oil for a reason and before someone say 'Yeah to rip us poor motorcyclists off' you can say that about all sorts of specific related sports gear, trainers for instance is it necessary to spend £100 plus on them, £6 a metre on climbing ropes, £120 on a Shimano Baitrunner fishing reel? No of course not, but you just might wish you had as your hurtling down a 80 metre shear rock face with a bit of frayed hessian in your hand, or the carp of a lifetime on the end of your line and the cheap plastic handle of you reel falls off. Is that sole flapping about on those trainer you bought off eBay for £14.99. Or has my clutch just started slipping?


If you love something you treat it the best way you can, whether its fishing, running, rock climbing or motorcycling, or,heavens forbid even her indoors. Treat one of them with contempt and you could end up in deep doo doo.


I wonder what does Yamaha say about the correct oils to use in the motorcycles.


And as far as reading the article Falcon posted I could do the oil change in the time it took me to read and inwardly digest that and then I would still continue using motorcycle specific oil.