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Re: [ST] Initial oil change

On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Darwin Holmstrom wrote:

> >>> "Ashley Bennett" <spondon955@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> - 4/10/01 3:14 AM >>>
> I think you will find that any suitable oil is OK as far as the factory is
> concerned,
> 
> 
> A couple of years back Gordon Jennings wrote an excellent article on additives in automotive oil that put the fear of god in me when it comes to using just any old oil in my bike. I emailed Gordon and asked him if standard Mobil 1 was acceptable, and he
 replied that, at that time (1997-1998) Mobil 1 didn't contain the damaging additives, but I don't know if that's still the case. Thus, I'm going to use Mobil 1T.

AFAIK, Mobil 1 5w and 10w do have friction inhibitors that will
hurt your clutch. But 15w50 mobil 1 does not, and thus has worked
well in all of my bikes.

t.

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