can u fire the motor up before u put it in? to make sure its good. also tired of all the rumors is it bad to run 10w-30 pensoil in the bike or regular walmart oil let me know thanks!

 

im runnin castrol syntec car oil, no problems

 

This guy is a cheap *** LOL

 

ur not supposed to run car type oils in a motorcycle because cars don't have a wet clutch so therefore it has different properties. i've heard of peoples clutches slipping and what not but i don't have any personal experience cuz i run motorcycle oil...as for starting the motor outside of the bike, it is do-able just need to hook up ur harness and stuff outside the bike

 

motor oil is motor oil. 30,000 miles on 929 on the rev limiter. original clutch.

 

yeah forgot to mention ive had the syntec in there for about 6000 miles its a honda!!

 

if its oil its going in my motor. as long as the oil has oil in it its fine.

 

ok, i worried about this back when i raced so i did research on it. Do a search online for oil testing at universities. A lot of colleges do testing on this stuff for projects. They give straight fact numbers on which oil has the best breakdown properties and sheer properties and all that jargon. Look up a couple different ones. When i did it, i noticed standard castrol GTX was rated in the top of almost all of them, and this includes high end motorcycle oils also. Now, this is for conventional oils, i never run synthetics cause i think they are just bullshit anyways. So the sheer properties of my standard castrol GTX is up to par with motorcycle conventional oil that's 5 times the cost....well, for that i can change my oil 5 times as often.

also, do'nt use anything with a friction inhibitor. You have a wet clutch and that would ruin it. I have 19k miles on my 929 with standard 10w30 (20w50 in the summer) castrol gtx and i do 12's, 12 burn outs, rev limiter coasters...my bike is always doing rev limiter something and i'm on stock clutch too. The main thing is to change the oil often. No matter how good an oil is, it's going to break down and that's when it doesn't protect as much. You'd be better off using cheaper oil and changing it every 1500 miles than expensive oil and changing it every 3k miles. Keeps fresh oil in it. I do mine about every 2k miles and the oil comes out still looking like oil, not just black crud.

hope that helps anything.

also, yes, motor can be started out of a bike, just not easy to do. gotta do some rigging.

 

Yo binder how many quarts do you put in your bike, I run about a half quart over but forgot what the regular amount was. Let me know the exact amount you put in your bike that is including overflow oil to keep from locking my motor up.

Thanks Justin

 

I believe this is what you're looking for jdridin.

 

So 1 gallon and then a quart extra right. Thanks F4I

Peace Justin

 

thanks f4rider, i couldn't get to the computer last night or today to respond quick enough.

that's how i do it. also, that's for a 929.