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grtscot YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 7	oil change 06/14/10 at 13:56:06 hi yall im going to change the oil on my wifes bike , wondering what is a good oil and filter for the savage i know its 10w 40 any recomendations this is a great site thanks all.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28649 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: oil change Reply #1 - 06/14/10 at 14:30:14 Gulp!,... You said the forbidden word... oil.... ... ... Safest, most universally excepted choice... ... any name brand quality motorcycle specific oil,.. 10w-40 or 10/20w-50... Really?... any 10w40 oil is fine.... as long as it's not labeled, "fuel saving"... Do a search for past oil threads for details,... there's a million of them...
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: oil change Reply #2 - 06/14/10 at 18:16:17 Try this http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1275754525
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Skid Mark Serious Thumper Offline FSO Posts: 1216 Calgary, Alberta Gender:	Re: oil change Reply #3 - 06/14/10 at 19:37:42 Whoo hooo!!! oil wars. Just make sure it's not the oil with the enviro something rating. It makes the clutch slip. I'm sure someone can enlighten us with the proper name.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: oil change Reply #4 - 06/14/10 at 20:28:32 I like Rotella T 15-40. Its sold as a diesel engine oil. Diesels take a pounding & run many hundred thousand miles.
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Skid Mark Serious Thumper Offline FSO Posts: 1216 Calgary, Alberta Gender:	Re: oil change Reply #5 - 06/14/10 at 20:32:10 I use rotella t too.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: oil change Reply #6 - 06/14/10 at 20:37:41 Thats funny I use motorcycle oil for some strange reason.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: oil change Reply #7 - 06/14/10 at 20:41:40 rotsynT6 5w40 except in the summer 20w50 or keep it under 65 which I can't do cause I got wicker wrist
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Reply #8 - 06/15/10 at 02:29:25

bill67 wrote on 06/14/10 at 20:37:41:

Thats funny I use motorcycle oil for some strange reason.

I havent looked, but I heard Rotalla T 15-40 has been tested & rebadged AS a motorcycle oil recently. Not due to a change of formulation, but because it is & has been formulated so that it passes the test.
To be clear, it isnt in a jug that say
"I am a motorcycle oil", but hasd the same symbols & stuff on the jug that motorcycle oils have. Just so happens, its also so good of an oil that diesel engines, you know, the ones that crush their bearings so as they compress the fuel/air mixture so hard that it ignites, run for hundreds of thousands of miles,

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: oil change Reply #9 - 06/15/10 at 02:56:01 Thats good,but Klotz has been a motorcycle oil for 50 years,I know its cost a little more but its cheap insurance.
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Re: oil change
Reply #10 - 06/15/10 at 03:51:33

Pillow fight! Pillow fight!

bill67 wrote on 06/14/10 at 20:37:41:

Thats funny I use motorcycle oil for some strange reason.

That's the spirit!

grtscot, you just can't go wrong with whatever oil Suzuki recommends. If you want to experiment or alternate - anything that is not "energy conserving", "super teflon enhanced", "magnetic mollecular bla bla" is good.

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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: oil change Reply #11 - 06/15/10 at 04:20:40 I use Castrol full synthetic car oil.... for several reasons, one being that I like being different
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Re: oil change
Reply #12 - 06/15/10 at 04:31:30

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 06/15/10 at 02:29:25:

bill67 wrote on 06/14/10 at 20:37:41:

Thats funny I use motorcycle oil for some strange reason.

I havent looked, but I heard Rotalla T 15-40 has been tested & rebadged AS a motorcycle oil recently. Not due to a change of formulation, but because it is & has been formulated so that it passes the test.
To be clear, it isnt in a jug that say
"I am a motorcycle oil", but hasd the same symbols & stuff on the jug that motorcycle oils have. Just so happens, its also so good of an oil that diesel engines, you know, the ones that crush their bearings so as they compress the fuel/air mixture so hard that it ignites, run for hundreds of thousands of miles,

The Rotella 15-40 synthetic carries the JASO certification for wet clutch use. It's not listed as a "motorcycle oil" but it works just fine and will not cause clutch issues. Best part is, it's less than 1/2 the cost of a sythetic "motorcycle" oil. I can get it for about $20/gal around here and that's almost enough for 3 oil changes on the wifes S40 or 1 on my GSXR.

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Re: oil change
Reply #13 - 06/15/10 at 04:47:07

5w40 Rotella Synthetic in the big blue jug for $20 is what I use.

It and the white jug Rotella dino 15w40 have a long history on many different motorcycle boards as being very good, trouble free and relatively inexpensive bike oils.

Yes, the stuff is primarily sold as diesel truck oil, but when you check the bottle for the certifications it is certified as JASO and as such is a bike oil just like the rest of them.

It just costs a whole lot less $$$.

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(and Bill, I know you like your oil wars -- but when you write extra ordinary and fully unsubstantiated claims for your Klotz oil having magical properties or having been invented way back when (when it was only two stroke oil back then) just understand that nobody is gonna call you on it because nobody really cares that much about it any more.

If Verslagen verifies that Klotz works better in his bike later on this summer then we will crown it THE Supreme Savage Oil, until then it is merely another good but extremely expensive Savage oil.

And who knows, maybe Walmart will stock it then)

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: oil change Reply #14 - 06/15/10 at 06:20:06 I know its all about short term money,Being I'm planning on being around a while I think about the long term,Thats why I pay more for a racing oil, the engine will last longer runs cooler,more horsepower, better mileage.Klotz Mx4 in the BLACK BOTTLE.
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