Or if they did, I've seen drain plugs and a small cartridge filter in the side of the case.Must be an aftermarket set of pipes, OEMs at least back then didn’t do such stupid things like this.
Or if they did, I've seen drain plugs and a small cartridge filter in the side of the case.Must be an aftermarket set of pipes, OEMs at least back then didn’t do such stupid things like this.
I missed that photo posted by the OP ... correct you are, not a stock exhaust system.Look closely at his picture. This bike has a very rare 4-into1 Bassani racing exhaust system. The original exhaust was a heavy, black chrome, 4-into-2 unit that obviously gave access to the oil drain plug and filter housing. The Bassani was made for performance and didn't give much concern for oil change convenience.
I believe the center stand also had to be removed when this exhaust was installed.
He said they only use Castrol 10-40 conventional as they have seen too many using a synthetic have clutch slippage.
I recently bought some Mobil 1 10-40 4T bike oil and am wondering whether to heed the shops suggestion?
Sorry to quote myself, I meant Motul 7100, 100% synthetic, Group V IIRC.If JASO MA is important enough to make this very short list, it must be important to Honda, so I make sure my m/c oils have at least the JASO MA rating. You can call me overcautious, but it's not like I'm paying the "motorcycle tax" for crazy rare oil. Availability is good. If I'm feeling cheap and frequent oil changes are beating up my toy budget, Rotella T-4 and T-6 are always there for me. Shoot, compared to boutique oil, Motul 5200 at $52.20 / 4L is a bargain.
Except the Z1…….Except the H2!
No. It´s Group III with Ester. See the german labeling. "Synthese technologie" and "Ester". That´s it. Not "Vollsynthetsich" = Fully Synthetic. German law is strict, Motul lost on court in Germany for wrong labeling.Sorry to quote myself, I meant Motul 7100, 100% synthetic, Group V IIRC.
Hmm. By the labeling of 100% synthetic, it better be mostly Group III+ with some group V Ester blended in. Otherwise they're not just misleading the NA market, they're lying.No. It´s Group III with Ester. See the german labeling. "Synthese technologie" and "Ester". That´s it. Not "Vollsynthetsich" = Fully Synthetic. German law is strict, Motul lost on court in Germany for wrong labeling.
It´s allways puzzeling me how Motul has convinced everybody outside of Germany that their oils are really fullysynthetik.
O.K. i think that was a Misunderstanding, and my fault. Sorry.Hmm. By the labeling of 100% synthetic, it better be mostly Group III+ with some group V Ester blended in. Otherwise they're not just misleading the NA market, they're lying.
Infineum Insight - Driving Group III differentiation
Insight talks to a number of its industry contacts about some of the key trends and drivers shaping the rapidly changing global Group III base stocks market.www.infineuminsight.com
OK, VI is 154 >120 so it is (at least) mostly Group III+
Here's the history of why "fully synthetic" is an allowed marketing term in the US for better Group III (we call on this board Group III+ as does infineum), blame Castrol, not Motul:
100% Synthetic Oil vs Full Synthetic Oil: What’s the Difference? - AMSOIL Blog
As long as a motor oil uses any combination of Group III, IV or V base oils, it can be labeled and marketed as a "synthetic" oil.blog.amsoil.com
My one other data point, is that it smooths out the clunky shifting some, in my old Honda.
No apologies needed, i was wrong about the Group V thing... and I'm not happy with the USA definitions, either.O.K. i think that was a Misunderstanding, and my fault. Sorry.
In my Opinion, Fullsynth is only Group IV. If you say Group III is also Fullsynth, it´s O.K. too.
Another great Kawi , but absolutely not scarier than the H2 which was legendary scary (maybe a bit too legendary )! I had a Gen 1 H2... a lot more power than frame, even with the steering damper it could be a handful.The Z-1, by contrast, was actually a decent handling bike by the standards of the day.Except the Z1…….