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Originally Posted by Falkon45
I've been a little leery about using normal car oil, and I'm not sure how much that would effect the clutch.
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The issue with car oil isn't the oil itself. It's the 'reduced friction' modifiers used in some of them. Adding friction reducers onto your wet clutch plates that are supposed to grip via friction is the reason car oil isn't recommended.
Between 1. Normal car oil 2.Car oil with friction reducers 3.Wet clutches 4.Dry clutches that makes multiple combos that can and cannot mess up your clutches. Instead of trusting consumers and then having to put up with warranty claims, manufactures chose the most logical option and made a blank statement to NOT USE CAR OIL IN MOTORCYCLES. Of course the people that didn't listen and used the car oil with friction modifiers (cause you know, more expensive oil must be better) then started posting on the net also about their bad experiences, so that's what lead to the 'internet knowledge'.
If you want to use car oil in your motorcycle, research the following term and make your own decision. " Rotella t6 for motorcycles "