oil of choice? i want to buy in bulk

[J.J.]

what oil do you guys use for each side? can it be bought in large bulk? is it reasonably priced, or expensive?

i'm tired of goin and gettin a quart or 2 and having to run get more everytime it's time to change the oil.. i want to stockpile atleast 12 quarts for each side..

[DnB_racing]

it all depends on the frequency that you change your oil you can get Valvoline $53 a case delivered from amazon. not a great oil but if your changing often it's about the cheapest that I have found. you can run in both side, most of the oils aren't much different in price from singles to cases. if you were to buy Honda gn4 its a little cheaper getting the gallons. also for single prices the suzuki oil is reasonable. I personally use the KLOTZ MX4 and I have yet to find any discounts but I trust the oil and that is worth the price in my mind

[ZBlaster]

I use Rotella 15w40 and change both sides every race. It's around $10 a gallon around here.

[nskukalek79]

amsoil 0w-40 motor....and amsoil gear saver 75w-90 i think on the tranny.....but very expensive..it's about $13 for a liter of the gear saver and $10 for the motor oil....but i know some ppl and can get it cheaper but it's very pricey.

The best in my opinion :chinese:

[airmobile101]

Originally posted by ZBlaster
I use Rotella 15w40 and change both sides every race. It's around $10 a gallon around here.
werd!

[Sjorge450R]

Originally posted by airmobile101
werd!


this is going to start into another flamer thread against rotella, but add another happy user to that list!:devil:

[fastredrider44]

Originally posted by ZBlaster
I use Rotella 15w40 and change both sides every race. It's around $10 a gallon around here.

Same here. Started using Rotella a few monthsa ago after getting tired of six bucks a quart for GN4, and I change my oil A LOT!:macho

[cwr~413]

i us e honda hp4m 10w40 in the motor and honda hptrans oil in the trans. i try to change it every hour of run time.

[Ruf Racing]

Originally posted by Sjorge450R
this is going to start into another flamer thread against rotella, but add another happy user to that list!:devil:

^^ Actually! ^^
If you change your oil as often as you should, Rotella for the price is hard to beat! Let them spend the extra coin. HP Tranny oil for the clutch.

[ZBlaster]

Originally posted by cwr~413
i us e honda hp4m 10w40 in the motor and honda hptrans oil in the trans. i try to change it every hour of run time.


So do you pause in the middle of a ride to change the oil? :p

[JJs450r]

rotella.........T is the only way to go

Originally posted by ZBlaster
So do you pause in the middle of a ride to change the oil? :p

must only do a few MX races? Id be changing oil sometimes 10 times a ride if I did it every hour lmao. Might as well buy a tanker if I did that.

[DnB_racing]

on your 10 hour rides do you stop for gas every three hours how do you do that? 10 hours would be at least 3 gas ups for me I dont cary that much fuel you mustnt run race fuel that would be over $120 in fuel

[cwr~413]

Originally posted by ZBlaster
So do you pause in the middle of a ride to change the oil? :p

uh..yeah. i have my hour meter on the handlebar and watch it to the second.

[cwr~413]

Originally posted by FlewByU352
must only do a few MX races? Id be changing oil sometimes 10 times a ride if I did it every hour lmao. Might as well buy a tanker if I did that.

maybe i should have said about. i mx 99% of the time. if i trail ride it it might go 2 or 3 then it gets changed. but most of the time i manage to hit it pretty close to the hour mark.

[ZBlaster]

Originally posted by DnB_racing
on your 10 hour rides do you stop for gas every three hours how do you do that? 10 hours would be at least 3 gas ups for me I dont cary that much fuel you mustnt run race fuel that would be over $120 in fuel


I definitely run race fuel, but I also never claimed to ride for 10 hours straight. 4 or 5 hours of practice with a few breaks is usually about my max.

[cwr~413]

Originally posted by ZBlaster
I definitely run race fuel, but I also never claimed to ride for 10 hours straight. 4 or 5 hours of practice with a few breaks is usually about my max.

i think he was talking about flewbyu.

[DnB_racing]

ya blaster I meant flybuy Im just wondering if his 10 hour rides include breaks just kidding! if you ride that much good for you, I dont have enough area to ride 10 hours it takes me 10 hours to ride 5 hours dont have the money to ride that much but I still like to be out all day but that isn't 10 hours of riding and then 5 hours of maint

[J.J.]

so you guys are running the rotella 15w40 in the tranny also? just trying to make sure i know for sure

[ZBlaster]

Originally posted by J.J.
so you guys are running the rotella 15w40 in the tranny also? just trying to make sure i know for sure


I run it in both sides.

[fasterblaster09]

synthetic?

[buddy willard]

part synthetic,with a little zmax

[fireems519]

what weight do you use for each side? where can i find the rotella?

[buddy willard]

walmart ,i get a wopping 10 percent discount

[Wayner]

Originally posted by cwr~413
i us e honda hp4m 10w40 in the motor and honda hptrans oil in the trans. i try to change it every hour of run time.

Crazy!

I'm primarly a trail rider now and change my crankcase and gear case oil every other weekend of ride time. I would assume I'm probably getting 12-16 hours of run time in between changes.

If it's a race weekend, I change both sides before the weekend and both sides after the weekend.

[450r07]

i just had my engine rebuilt because i locked it up. The guy who rebuilt it said that the reason it did this was becuase of my rod bearing. He said that you are supposed to change your oil every six hours of ride time unless you race then you should do it before and after each race. I would think if you change your oil this often then you could get away with running rotella instead of more expensive oils.