Hi,
I recently bought a brand new Suzuki Boulevard C50, 800cc Vtwin liquid cooled.
Of course I'm turning my head already about what oil to use...
My options right now living in Europe:
Motul 300V 10/40 15/50 around 56€/4 Liter
Amsoil MCV around 65€/3.8 Liter
Maxima Extra4 15/50 (most expensive, have to order from UK) around 90€/3.8 Liter
Mobil1 V-Twin isn't available here - but Mobil 1 Racing 4T (Bike version) 15/50 is for around 60€/4 Liter
Another interesting option, pricewise, would be Castrol Power 1 Racing (Power RS Racing) golden bottle 10W50, 33€/4L
The very popular Rotella isn't available here - but there is the choice of Mobil 1 Delvac MX 15/40, that would be pricewise the cheapest option for around 90€/20 Liter - some bike riders seem happy with that oil too.
Now I have already experienced the 300V in my 125cc Vespa, and I really liked it! Very smooth engine, incredibly fast start up and the "insurance" of the double ester technology -> keep in mind with the variomatic gearbox there is no such thing as warm up the engine with moderate load and low rev's.
Then on the other hand the Mobil 1 MX 15/40 seems to be a popular oil too, I just can't get my head around using a Diesel oil in an gasoline engine, especially in a shared oil system with the gearbox. But then Diesel oil does a pretty good job on lubricating my turbo in my turbodiesel which apparently spins with over 100.000rpm - so it can't be a bad oil either.
Another cheap option would be the Valvoline SynPower 4T oil, but it has mixed reviews ....
Another note on the Boulevard V-Twin engine: I know from the BMW M3 crowd that the piston speed is maxed out at about 22 meters/second, you wouldn't want to put more stress on a piston than that - and the C50 Boulevard comes very close to that very high piston speed - even tough someone might think a big vtwin with a rev limiter ov 6000-7000rpm isn't much stress on the oil at all, considering sportbikes with their 14000-16000rpm limit, but it actually is an engine running at the limits.
What would you do? Which oil would you recommend or use in a Suzuki Boulevard?
Thank you very much for your response and opinions!
cheers,
Alex
I recently bought a brand new Suzuki Boulevard C50, 800cc Vtwin liquid cooled.
Of course I'm turning my head already about what oil to use...
My options right now living in Europe:
Motul 300V 10/40 15/50 around 56€/4 Liter
Amsoil MCV around 65€/3.8 Liter
Maxima Extra4 15/50 (most expensive, have to order from UK) around 90€/3.8 Liter
Mobil1 V-Twin isn't available here - but Mobil 1 Racing 4T (Bike version) 15/50 is for around 60€/4 Liter
Another interesting option, pricewise, would be Castrol Power 1 Racing (Power RS Racing) golden bottle 10W50, 33€/4L
The very popular Rotella isn't available here - but there is the choice of Mobil 1 Delvac MX 15/40, that would be pricewise the cheapest option for around 90€/20 Liter - some bike riders seem happy with that oil too.
Now I have already experienced the 300V in my 125cc Vespa, and I really liked it! Very smooth engine, incredibly fast start up and the "insurance" of the double ester technology -> keep in mind with the variomatic gearbox there is no such thing as warm up the engine with moderate load and low rev's.
Then on the other hand the Mobil 1 MX 15/40 seems to be a popular oil too, I just can't get my head around using a Diesel oil in an gasoline engine, especially in a shared oil system with the gearbox. But then Diesel oil does a pretty good job on lubricating my turbo in my turbodiesel which apparently spins with over 100.000rpm - so it can't be a bad oil either.
Another cheap option would be the Valvoline SynPower 4T oil, but it has mixed reviews ....
Another note on the Boulevard V-Twin engine: I know from the BMW M3 crowd that the piston speed is maxed out at about 22 meters/second, you wouldn't want to put more stress on a piston than that - and the C50 Boulevard comes very close to that very high piston speed - even tough someone might think a big vtwin with a rev limiter ov 6000-7000rpm isn't much stress on the oil at all, considering sportbikes with their 14000-16000rpm limit, but it actually is an engine running at the limits.
What would you do? Which oil would you recommend or use in a Suzuki Boulevard?
Thank you very much for your response and opinions!
cheers,
Alex
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