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Old 11-05-2007 | 02:41 AM
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time to change the oil in my 97 zx7 before winter, last time the guy had me use kawasaki oil, it has 9k on it not sure what the guy before me used, should i stick with kawasaki, or another type, there all pretty much the same nowadays,should i use conventional or synthetic, ill change prob every 3k, comments, ideas, input???
 
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Old 11-05-2007 | 03:01 AM
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moved to a better locale.
 
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Old 11-05-2007 | 03:05 AM
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I use castrol GTX 10w40 on my bikes, however, If I buy a nicer bike I'll probably go with amsoil for motorcycles.
 
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Old 11-05-2007 | 03:20 AM
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I like oil. It's very lubricating. I switched to synthetic this year. I likes it.
 
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Old 11-05-2007 | 05:41 AM
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hehe LUBE IS NICE
 
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Old 11-05-2007 | 05:56 AM
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I can only imagine what you and dinky do with all that lube!
 
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Old 11-05-2007 | 06:43 PM
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Oil is good IMO
 
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Old 11-05-2007 | 07:23 PM
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any serious answers?
 
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Old 11-05-2007 | 07:28 PM
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I went to full synthetic this year and the bike runs better, you can even feel a little difference in power I think. I use castrol synthetic superbike oil. There are a few different brands that are good. Amsoil, castrol, bel-ray seems to be ok. I wouldn't stick with kawi oil if it were my bike.
 
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Old 11-05-2007 | 07:46 PM
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Sorry about being a smart-*** before...I couln't resist
 


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