TT250: What is the Best oil for break in / long term lubrication

[Ariel Red Hunter]

Originally Posted by roundhouse

I ran rotella T4 to start now T6 (synthetic) only because I got the 2 jugs cheap.

Thre are very good reasons for changing to T6 after, say, 500 miles (NOT kilometers, 800 km's is close enough to 500 miles). Full synthetic oils handle heat better and has more shear strength to deal with the oil slicing and dicing going on in the transmission and primary drive gears. T6 is also wet clutch friendly...ARH

[elkhunter338]

Originally Posted by Ariel Red Hunter

Thre are very good reasons for changing to T6 after, say, 500 miles (NOT kilometers, 800 km's is close enough to 500 miles). Full synthetic oils handle heat better and has more shear strength to deal with the oil slicing and dicing going on in the transmission and primary drive gears. T6 is also wet clutch friendly...ARH

Don't forget better cold weather starting if you run your bike when it's cold out.

[Sport Rider]

I use imported refined yak piss in mine. maybe that's why I don't have it any more. :o

[Mudflap]

I too use Rotella T4 in all my bikes. Used T6 for a while in the quad because it runs hot but switched back after installing the oil cooler. It's convenient to use the same oil in all the bikes, its readily available, not expensive, and it works. The original CG engine in my Lifan still shows the cross hatch honing marks on the cylinder walls after 50,000 miles, using T4.

[upgasgas1224]

ran motul for the break in period 10w 40 metric and then switched to amsoil synthetic 10w40 metric really like how smooth the clutch feels but the oil seams to be to thin and i burn about 100ml every 500miles and ill be putting my oil cooler on so im thinking of switching back or to somthing better idk ? somthing that wont get eaten bit thicker but stay nice and amber for a while like the amsoil ... it really does a good job lubricating too much so that it ends up eatting some of it or somthing i dont mind adding just once the oil cooler is on i suspect that may become a chore since mine came with a syringe to fill the cooler each oil change.