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jossey

posted on 21/6/10 at 01:17 PM Reply With Quote
ZZr 1100 OIL choice??? help!

i have a 1992 ZZr1100 engine but it needs oil.

what oil shoud i use. any idea's

have had some really rubbish advise from people saying use diesel oil which im sure cant be right.

help please.

thanks


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russbost

posted on 21/6/10 at 01:20 PM Reply With Quote
Essential to use a proper bike oil, I would suggest Putoline or Silkolene - not cheap but an important part of the engine!





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matt_gsxr

posted on 21/6/10 at 01:21 PM Reply With Quote
The oil recommended by the OEM isn't a bad starting place.

Andy Bates (who knows more than most) recommends Maxim4 in a 10-40 (I think he can get 15-40 which he recommends and you can order from him).

I ran Miller 10-40 which was recommended in the rallydesign catalogue for these applications.

Don't run fully synthetic as it can cause clutch slip problems.

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jossey

posted on 21/6/10 at 01:22 PM Reply With Quote
thank you all! cheers
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RIE

posted on 21/6/10 at 03:45 PM Reply With Quote
Semi-synth 10W-40 usually. As said don't use fully synth, same goes for mineral oil.
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Rustybin

posted on 22/6/10 at 11:29 AM Reply With Quote
Radical recommend Silkolene Pro 4 15W-50 for their ZZR1100's

Could be they know what they are talking about. Could be they get a good kick back / discount from Silkolene. You be the judge.

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cloudy

posted on 22/6/10 at 11:40 AM Reply With Quote
Can I just add that the only problem with full-synth seem to occur when changing from semi, as the differing oils cause a film between the clutch plates as I understand. If it helps i've used Castrol Power 1 Racing (full synth) in all my bike engines with no clutch slip issues...

James

[Edited on 22/6/10 by cloudy]





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afj

posted on 22/6/10 at 07:03 PM Reply With Quote
fully synth here too





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