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Old 21-06-11, 20:51
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Originally Posted by bigTrev View Post
Thanks for the replies, seems quite a few different brands are being used. I,ve always used car oils (non fully synthetic) in all my bikes in the past, never had a problem with it, so might try the same with the XT.
Some people will say there is no problem with doing this, but mostly cars oils are not designed to run at very high speeds and at full throttle work alot of the time. Also sometimes they have additives for the likes of the clutch plates etc which motorbikes do not like and can create slippage.
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