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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!

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

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

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

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

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 ?

as it says above....im offshore...manuals onshore

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 ?

as it says above....im offshore...manuals onshore

Click on "Here's" in my original post!

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
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

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

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cheers min

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