Any mineral oil certified as JASO MA. I know a Kawasaki dealer here in the area who uses any 10w 40 motor oil in any bike, Graham (What are still doing up?)
On Nov 15, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Dennis wrote: > Thanks, Graham. I’ll look and see if they stock that at the auto parts > places here. > > Cheers! > > Dennis > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham Rogers > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 10:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Synthetic to regular? > > Dennis, I have switched all my bikes to Shell Rotella T 15/40 (which is JASO > MA certified). Some came to me running on synthetic, others I have no idea. > The only problem I ever had was on a 1984 700S which was being run on > synthetic and when I switched to Rotella, I could no longer down shift or, at > least it was really hard. No problem going for 1st to 6th but going back down > - to 5th was OK but from 5th to 1st, I thought I might bend the shifter. I > drained a little of the Rotella T and added 25% Marvel Mystery oil and the > problem has all but gone away. I still have the bike and plan on keeping it. > I'm sure at the next oil change everything will be back to normal. I will > probably still add a little MMO in case. I have about 12 bikes now all with > Rotella T in them, Graham > > On Nov 15, 2012, at 3:28 PM, Dennis wrote: > > > Both my bikes have been running synthetic (AMS Oil) since I came to New > Zealand using oil I shipped here with them. But, I’ve finally run out and > I’ve discovered that synthetic doesn’t seem to be available here or it is > outrageously expensive. They also have something called a synthetic ‘blend’ > but I don’t know what that means. > > So, to keep things simple, I’m considering switching them back to high > quality non-synthetic oils. > > Anyone have any thoughts or concerns about that? I’ve heard of lots of > folks switching to synthetics but not switching back. > > Cheers from WAY down south (where Spring is raging). > > Dennis Gallagher > Christchurch, New Zealand > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US.
