Oil

[Edlawson]

Doing a mini service on my bike before we get into the summer and start this years track days.

What do people recommend for the oil change, full or semi synthetic?

The bikes a K9 gsxr 1000 and i use it for fast road riding and track days.

Thanks for any help.

[speedy sie]

semi and just change it oftern,not worth the xtra for the fullly....

[Edlawson]

Is there any way you can damage anything by using full synthetic or is cost the reason people use semi? is there any basic rules for using one or the other?

Thanks.

[gsxr renegade]

This is a great thread about oils, should answer any question you ever had about oil!

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[ronenige]

Is there any way you can damage anything by using full synthetic or is cost the reason people use semi? is there any basic rules for using one or the other?

Thanks.

Personally i wouldn't put fully in it till its done a few thousand miles and fully run in

[banoffee]

only ever used semi-skimmed on all my bikes incl a K5 1000

[cagimaha]

Suzuki themselves reccomend that you don't put fully synth into any of their bikes due to potential clutch slip issues. I'm not saying that using fully synth will cause the clutch to slip just that suzuki will tell you it's your fault if you try and take it back as a warranty issue and tell you to clean the clutch out and re-fill it with semi. Shell VSX is the one used in the dealership I used to work in anyways.