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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2625 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: Is it safe to use 10W30 engine oil instead 10W Reply #90 - 01/12/18 at 10:47:08 What's better than a good ol' fashioned oil war, I ask ya?
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hotrod Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 326 NC Gender:	Re: Is it safe to use 10W30 engine oil instead 10W Reply #91 - 01/12/18 at 21:38:42 Oil war ? My nostrils are flaring !
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Is it safe to use 10W30 engine oil instead 10W Reply #92 - 01/12/18 at 22:19:12 hotrod wrote on 01/12/18 at 21:38:42: Oil war ? My nostrils are flaring ! Lucas oil additive will fix that.
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Re: Is it safe to use 10W30 engine oil instead 10W
Reply #93 - 01/13/18 at 05:05:34

There is serious doubt that anyone on this forum is ever going to have an oil related failure, as I doubt anyone is running the current car oil formula with a low 600 ppm of ZDDP or the little "energy star" symbol on the bottle........if you are - shame on you.

As long as you are using an oil with and adequate amount of ZDDP, you will likely sell your bike long before you wear it out. We only have one member on the forum who has ridden his bike long and far enough to require a rebuild from wearing it out - I believe he ran the first 60,000 miles on Valvoline synthetic and the last 90,000 miles on Rotella T6 Most repairs on this forum are from folks who bought used bikes and are fixing problems caused by the previous uninformed/uncaring owners.

You can used Rotella T4 at $15 a gallon, Rotella T6 at $22 a gallon, or Motul or Maxima Esther oils at $45 a gallon.......and numerous other oil options.

The forum moderators can't keep a constant watch over every oil that is available - we carefully monitor and recommend the Rotella oils as they are very affordable, available almost everywhere, and they have the stuff needed to keep the engine protected.......and with the current formula in them I don't believe there is any need to add supplemental ZDDP.

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badwolf Serious Thumper Offline Ridin' my Lil' Bagger - 153k miles so far Posts: 793 Palm Beach County, FL Gender:	Re: Is it safe to use 10W30 engine oil instead 10W Reply #94 - 01/13/18 at 05:15:24 Oil war? Long as we are in full combat mode, what mixture of oils is best in the front fork? snicker, snicker
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17807 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Is it safe to use 10W30 engine oil instead 10W Reply #95 - 01/13/18 at 05:49:44 badwolf wrote on 01/13/18 at 05:15:24: Oil war? Long as we are in full combat mode, what mixture of oils is best in the front fork? snicker, snicker Badwolf......Eveyone knows that is Rotella + heavy gear oil! http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1452127820/0
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badwolf Serious Thumper Offline Ridin' my Lil' Bagger - 153k miles so far Posts: 793 Palm Beach County, FL Gender:	Re: Is it safe to use 10W30 engine oil instead 10W Reply #96 - 01/13/18 at 05:54:14 I said it before and still use - KY jelly mixed 50-50 with baby oil.......Oh wait, FORK oil? never mind.
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Re: Is it safe to use 10W30 engine oil instead 10W
Reply #97 - 01/13/18 at 07:08:07

Dave wrote on 01/13/18 at 05:05:34:

There is serious doubt that anyone on this forum is ever going to have an oil related failure, as I doubt anyone is running the current car oil formula with a low 600 ppm of ZDDP or the little "energy star" symbol on the bottle........if you are - shame on you.

As long as you are using an oil with and adequate amount of ZDDP, you will likely sell your bike long before you wear it out. We only have one member on the forum who has ridden his bike long and far enough to require a rebuild from wearing it out - I believe he ran the first 60,000 miles on Valvoline synthetic and the last 90,000 miles on Rotella T6 Most repairs on this forum are from folks who bought used bikes and are fixing problems caused by the previous uninformed/uncaring owners.

You can used Rotella T4 at $15 a gallon, Rotella T6 at $22 a gallon, or Motul or Maxima Esther oils at $45 a gallon.......and numerous other oil options.

Dave, thanks for some common sense. You are wise beyond your years!!!

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Papa Bear Senior Member Offline Posts: 476 Canada ... near the Motor City Gender:	Re: Is it safe to use 10W30 engine oil instead 10W Reply #98 - 01/13/18 at 09:21:35 War's over ... drop the mike.
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