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Old Nov 5, 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???
 
Old Nov 5, 2007 | 03:01 AM
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moved to a better locale.
 
Old Nov 5, 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.
 
Old Nov 5, 2007 | 03:20 AM
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I like oil. It's very lubricating. I switched to synthetic this year. I likes it.
 
Old Nov 5, 2007 | 05:41 AM
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hehe LUBE IS NICE
 
Old Nov 5, 2007 | 05:56 AM
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I can only imagine what you and dinky do with all that lube!
 
Old Nov 5, 2007 | 06:43 PM
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Oil is good IMO
 
Old Nov 5, 2007 | 07:23 PM
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any serious answers?
 
Old Nov 5, 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.
 
Old Nov 5, 2007 | 07:46 PM
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Sorry about being a smart-*** before...I couln't resist
 



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