I don't know the details Henry, other than synthetic is better than regular oil. And what you say may be true, however unless I carry a couple extra litres of it with me on trips, it's quality will be severely compromised when I am forced to buy whatever the local service station happens to sell when the bike runs low. And I'm not real keen on mixing oils. If the syntec doesn't work for me next year then I'll be forced to revert back to ordinary oil for this very reason.
This is the kind of P.I.T.A. stuff I would expect from an old worn out bike, not my pampered new GTS. Very disappointing. GWN Daren -----Original Message----- From: GTS-1000 Owners List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Henry S. Winokur Sent: December 2, 2001 10:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Oil consumption > At a liter per 1000kms it gets very annoying. Makes you feel like hooking > up an intravenous oil feed directly to the engine. I know, mine > started to > go through oil like that on my last long trip after switching to Mobil 1 > 15w-50. I haven't switched back yet to the Castrol Syntec 5w-50 > which I've > used since break in, but I'm hoping when I do it will return to > me with the > same reduced consumption characteristics it had before. >From what I've read, admittedly biased because it was in Amsoil's publications, Castrol Syntec isn't a very good synthetic. My guess is you're much better off with Mobil 1 than the Castrol Product. Regards, Henry S. Winokur 94 GTS1000, AMA, MRF, Nationally Certified Riding Instructor Columbia, MD Ride for Kids Task Force West Bethesda, MD USA
