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Oil question,please be gentle!

Postby baldeagle » Thu Jul 21, 2016 4:03 am

As a returnee to stinkwheels,my last being a 200 Suzuki that seemed to smoke heavily whatever oil I used in the mix,could someone kindly advise on what oil to put in my ES 250.
Yes I did love the smell of Castrol R and some I know use it in(various proportions)in strokers but all I would like to know is what is the consensus on prolonging the life of the engines in our mature bikes with as little smoke as possible.
Would you suggest plain old mineral,semi or full sympathetic oil as I call it.I have looked through many posts on here and don't see much regarding this.
Thanks in advance. :oops:
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Re: Oil question,please be gentle!

Postby rcbikeracer » Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:12 am

Rock fully synthetic 2t, My old track bike a Suzuki T500 had little smoke once the motor was warmed up.
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Re: Oil question,please be gentle!

Postby baldeagle » Thu Jul 21, 2016 10:17 am

Many thanks for the speedy reply :D
Will be looking for that brand,great.
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Re: Oil question,please be gentle!

Postby Blurredman » Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:17 pm

I use the cheapest I can bulk buy which is typically fully mineral.

I've been going many thousands of miles now without issue.
1973 MZ ES250/2 - 17,000 miles - The project! :)
1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9,000 miles - Mud :)
1981 Honda CX500B - 91,000 miles - Long Distance :)
1987 MZ ETZ300 - 38,000 miles - Sun :)
1989 MZ ETZ251 - 49,000 miles - Commute :)

ftp://blurredmanswebsite.ddns.net/Vehicle_Documents/MZ_Documents/
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Re: Oil question,please be gentle!

Postby baldeagle » Fri Jul 22, 2016 11:02 pm

Many thanks guys.
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