Originally Posted by mb4807

Are XT's a particularly oil sensitive bike? I was going to ask this question in another thread as I recently spent a lot of money on ipone oil, only for someone to then tell me they didn't rate it very highly. Oil isn't something I skimp on, but if the XT seems to like one brand or specification more than others, I'd prefer to use that, especially since I too have something of a stiff gearbox getting in to third.