Honda vfr 400 nc30....fully or part synthetic? any reference to brands etc? which is best?

cheers lads

10W40 semi-synth. Fully synth can cause clutch slipping issues.

Mate of mine ran out of oil to put in car once, ended up putting cooking oil in!!!

run semi-synth in all my bikes. halfords semi in the NC30 as it was on offer :)

hein gerricke are doing a good deal with an oil filter and their stuff is just repackaged motul or something similar. never failed me or anyone i know

Another vote for gericke 10w40 oil (Made by Motul), Use it in both the nc35 and yzf with no probs. The halfords stuff is pretty good too (Made by comma, who are owned by Esso )

Nice one lads, was thinking semi synth for it like. Hein gericke you say? Cool I'll check it out as I'm obviously also after a new filter too =D

cheers for the help :)

Omega 3 is good for the brain aparently

viper_biker wrote:10W40 semi-synth. Fully synth can cause clutch slipping issues.

Please stop propogating that myth. If your clutch was marginally functional at the point you put the synth in it the perhaps. But synthetic oil alone has not and will not cause a properly functioning clutch to slip.

Having said that we run Redline in all my race bikes.

venom51 wrote:

viper_biker wrote:10W40 semi-synth. Fully synth can cause clutch slipping issues.

Please stop propogating that myth. If your clutch was marginally functional at the point you put the synth in it the perhaps. But synthetic oil alone has not and will not cause a properly functioning clutch to slip.

Having said that we run Redline in all my race bikes.

Fully Synth 'Car' designed oil will as it has plenty of friction modifiers in there to promate slippage (better Gas miles in a car as parts move with less drag) and no wet clutch to slip.

Fully Synth bike oil is ok

I use Motul 300V 15w50 Factory line fully synth for summertime trackdays. and either Honda Ultra S9 10w40 (semi) or 10w40 mineral oil (cheapest of cheap) any other time depending on whats available:D