Engine Oils

[insanebiker]

What u said is not fully true. It is a fact that mineral oils lose colour within few kms of riding. It s something to do with the base material,due to their lesser tolerance to heat, they lose their color.

Semi Synthetics and synthetics dont loose color for a good number of kms. BTW the color of the oil has got nothing to do. U can just feel the condition of the oil by observing various characteristics of the engine.

[hells_kitchen]

What u said is not fully true. It is a fact that mineral oils lose colour within few kms of riding. It s something to do with the base material,due to their lesser tolerance to heat, they lose their color.

Semi Synthetics and synthetics dont loose color for a good number of kms. BTW the color of the oil has got nothing to do. U can just feel the condition of the oil by observing various characteristics of the engine.

Thanks InsaneBiker ! thats what i thought as well..color of oil shudnt be the yarstick against which oils shud be judges...engine char are more imp...


Btw if ya'll remember i'd posted of me trying out power 1 racing in my P200....after reading all the gyaan on oils here i think it better i drain it & replace it.....750 bucks down the drain Damn why didnt i read all this before !


Thinking of getting Moutul 300 V 15W50 tdy (which is a better rating than the company recommened 20W50) ....

Any ideas of its price & availabilty in Hyd?

[insanebiker]

Thanks InsaneBiker ! thats what i thought as well..color of oil shudnt be the yarstick against which oils shud be judges...engine char are more imp...


Btw if ya'll remember i'd posted of me trying out power 1 racing in my P200....after reading all the gyaan on oils here i think it better i drain it & replace it.....750 bucks down the drain Damn why didnt i read all this before !


Thinking of getting Moutul 300 V 15W50 tdy (which is a better rating than the company recommened 20W50) ....

Any ideas of its price & availabilty in Hyd?

Yes man, drain that oil ASAP. Motul 300V costed 795 bucks MRP, when i last bought it. Some say they have increases the MRP, so check that out.Anyways u ll get it for a few bucks lesser than the MRP How less depends on the place from where u get it

In HYD,i personally dont know any Motul dealer,but if u search this thread u should be gettin the details. It is posted somewhere.

Also,Prabhakar(Probiker) sells Motul oils now.Contact him if required.

[hells_kitchen]

Also,Prabhakar(Probiker) sells Motul oils now.Contact him if required.

Where can i find him , i need to talk to him asap !!


Also waiting for like 10AM when aam junta wakes up so that i can call the Motul distributor !

[insanebiker]

Where can i find him , i need to talk to him asap !!


Also waiting for like 10AM when aam junta wakes up so that i can call the Motul distributor !

Just search for Prabhakar, or just check my friend's list. He is there.

[hells_kitchen]

Yes man, drain that oil ASAP. Motul 300V costed 795 bucks MRP, when i last bought it. Some say they have increases the MRP, so check that out.Anyways u ll get it for a few bucks lesser than the MRP How less depends on the place from where u get it

In HYD,i personally dont know any Motul dealer,but if u search this thread u should be gettin the details. It is posted somewhere.

Also,Prabhakar(Probiker) sells Motul oils now.Contact him if required.

Got it changed finally !!!! My bike now runs on Motul 300V !!!!
Cost me 770 bucks !!!

[insanebiker]

Got it changed finally !!!! My bike now runs on Motul 300V !!!!
Cost me 770 bucks !!!

How s it now? As smooth as a knife through butter?

[hells_kitchen]

How s it now? As smooth as a knife through butter?

Correction, Hot knife thru butter!

I was surprised how thin the power 1 racing had become only after a few hundred km's ! Def didnt expect that


Earlier I had noticed that the gearshifts were becoming progressively noticher (which prompted me to change it in the first place) , now its back to butter smooth!

Power 1 Racing might a a good oil by now I can vouch from experience ( & a waste of 750 bucks) that its def not recommended for P200... !

insanebiker - Thanx buddy for ur helpin me thru this saga!

[insanebiker]

Correction, Hot knife thru butter!

I was surprised how thin the power 1 racing had become only after a few hundred km's ! Def didnt expect that


Earlier I had noticed that the gearshifts were becoming progressively noticher (which prompted me to change it in the first place) , now its back to butter smooth!

Power 1 Racing might a a good oil by now I can vouch from experience ( & a waste of 750 bucks) that its def not recommended for P200... !

insanebiker - Thanx buddy for ur helpin me thru this saga!

That s good bro. Never use a lower grade oil in ur bike U r welcome buddy!

[velociraptor13]

I am repeating this time and time again, there is no conventional oil filter(like in the R15,RTR,etc) in any of the Pulsars. There is only one Centrifugal oil filter. It is to be cleaned and not replaced!

its actually a strainer and has a shape of that of a cigar

[insanebiker]

its actually a strainer and has a shape of that of a cigar

Strainer/Filter all mean the same mate!

[gaurav4164]

guyzz which engine oil is good for yamaha fz16

[insanebiker]

guyzz which engine oil is good for yamaha fz16

Use Yamalube mineral till 2k kms atleast. Then u can try other brands!

[ron_7933]

Guys my avenger-180 has covered 40k km and i've been getting it serviced from castrol bike zone for a long time. Now the manual says that a 20w50 rating oil is to be used. And i've been using castrol power1 all this time, which according to this thread is 20w40, right? So is there any other oil in the same price range as the power1 like motul and valvoline? And i just checked the castrol site, and it says activ xtra is 20w50. So how would that fare in my bike??

And will it do any good if i change the engine oil after 3 long years of using power1?? Waiting for your replies.

[insanebiker]

^^ U have harmed ur engine enough. Drain that crap ASAP and go for Motul 300 V 15W50.