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engine oil

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:12 am
by Needles
Can anyone tell me the correct / best oil for a gsxr 1000 k6?ta muchly

Re: engine oil

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:05 am
by al
Give Shirlaws a call, they are experts on engine oil! :2up

Re: engine oil

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:53 am
by RK6
Pretty sure it's 10w40. . .

Here's the owners manual, would look through it for you but the alcohol is stopping me :oops

Re: engine oil

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:00 am
by al
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Re: engine oil

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:15 am
by Needles
got a manual at home but offshore at the moment so wanting to order it via the net for when i come home

Re: engine oil

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 3:35 pm
by Graeme
oneeyefrail wrote:Can anyone tell me the correct / best oil for a gsxr 1000 k6?ta muchly
Try the owners manual ? :deal

Re: engine oil

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:38 pm
by Hagar
RK6 wrote:Pretty sure it's 10w40. . .

Here's the owners manual, would look through it for you but the alcohol is stopping me :oops
The print is quit small in the manual but it does look like it is 10w 40 and you will need 3 litres for an oil change and about 3.5 litres for an oil and filter change. Hope this helps :2up

Re: engine oil

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:00 pm
by Needles
Graeme wrote:
oneeyefrail wrote:Can anyone tell me the correct / best oil for a gsxr 1000 k6?ta muchly
Try the owners manual ? :deal
as it says above....im offshore...manuals onshore :confused

Re: engine oil

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:37 pm
by RK6
oneeyefrail wrote:
Graeme wrote:
oneeyefrail wrote:Can anyone tell me the correct / best oil for a gsxr 1000 k6?ta muchly
Try the owners manual ? :deal
as it says above....im offshore...manuals onshore :confused
Click on "Here's" in my original post! :2up

Re: engine oil

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:16 pm
by SugR1
use 10 /40 semi sympathetc. i use it in every thing even cooking

Re: engine oil

Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:00 pm
by Hagar
SugR1 wrote:use 10 /40 semi sympathetc. i use it in every thing even cooking
Remind me never to get a chip butty from Gus :log :log :log :log

Re: engine oil

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:50 am
by SugR1
ya high cholesterol or should i say castrol an tast well a bit like a fooket yama :log :log

Re: engine oil

Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:22 pm
by Needles
[quote="RK6"]Pretty sure it's 10w40. . .

Here's the owners manual, would look through it for you but the alcohol is stopping me :oops[/quc


cheers min :2up

Re: engine oil

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:20 pm
by bubbaf
can't get any discount but here's a link to castrol's engine oil recommendation chart
http://www.castrol.com/castrol/extended ... Id=7046687

just scroll down to the bike selector drop downs