bill67 wrote on 08/07/12 at 13:05:13:spacepirates wrote on 08/07/12 at 12:53:32:I ONLY USE THE BLOOD OF MY ENEMIES.
That and ATF. Depends on the bike and where I'm riding.
Would you put fork oil in and automatic transmission.
Bill...you just don't seem to,realize that the manufacture don't always knows what's best.and often makes deals with oil manufactures by taking huge payments as gifts and donations for recommending their products in their machines. Example: under the hood of a Volkswagen you may see a sticker or badge stating that Volkswagen recommends the use of castrol oil in this engine. When in fact the engine is nothing any more fancy than a ford escort engine.
Also there are some other crazy things going on in this auto/oil product world. Like for example, the proper fluid for a power steering pump on an older Chevy or Ford requires dexron II transmission fluid. As well as dexron II to be used in several manual transmissions, and even in most transfer cases. Now Im in no way suggesting that everyone should just disregard the types of fluids a manufacture recommends. But that's also the key word: RECOMENDED. In the shop I work in we always put in the recommended fluids, but that's to cover our ass in case there is failure. Anyways I guess I'm done with this novel. It's just you seem to think oil that specifically states it's Jaso and ma on the bottle is still diesel oil(rotella t and t6). I as many people that keep claiming ATF works great in their forks, and yet nobody has ever had any problems using it then perhaps it's actually a good oil to use despite it being ATF.