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11-06-2009, 6:46 PM
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| Join Date: 10-23-2009 Location: Central New Jersey
Bike(s): 1994 Honda CB1000 Posts: 31
Rep:  (17) Rep Power: 0
| Oil Hey everyone, Does it matter what oil I run in my 94CB1K? I'm new to riding, just don't want to do any damage. I'm just not sure if I can put in car oil etc.... | |
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11-06-2009, 9:18 PM
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  Join Date: 10-30-2007 Location: Southwest USA
Bike(s): 2007 Honda CBR1000RR & 1992 Honda CBR600F2 Posts: 349
Rep: (25) Rep Power: 3
| Re: Oil Do not use car oil. It contains Moly and will damage your clutch. Also, if synthetic oil has been run in the bike, it is not wise to go back to petroleum based oil. |
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11-07-2009, 8:53 AM
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| Join Date: 10-23-2009 Location: Central New Jersey
Bike(s): 1994 Honda CB1000 Posts: 31
Rep: (17) Rep Power: 0
| Re: Oil SO, If I don't know if it's ever had synthetic in it, should I run that just in case? I just bought the bike and would know what the previous owners ran. |
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11-07-2009, 9:14 AM
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| Join Date: 10-23-2009 Location: Central New Jersey
Bike(s): 1994 Honda CB1000 Posts: 31
Rep: (17) Rep Power: 0
| Re: Oil meant "would not know" what the previous owner ran. |
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11-07-2009, 11:34 AM
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| Join Date: 10-30-2007 Location: Southwest USA
Bike(s): 2007 Honda CBR1000RR & 1992 Honda CBR600F2 Posts: 349
Rep: (25) Rep Power: 3
| Re: Oil The best thing would be to call the previous owner and ask what he has been running. There is a risk of switching to synthetic on high mileage engines. Varnish develops over time inside the engine when using petroleum based oils. Running synthetics tend to dissolve the varnish. This can cause oil leaks. |
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11-07-2009, 8:30 PM
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| Join Date: 10-23-2009 Location: Central New Jersey
Bike(s): 1994 Honda CB1000 Posts: 31
Rep: (17) Rep Power: 0
| Re: Oil Not sure what to do, I don't have any contact ability with the previous owner. What do you suggest? |
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11-07-2009, 11:01 PM
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| Join Date: 10-30-2007 Location: Southwest USA
Bike(s): 2007 Honda CBR1000RR & 1992 Honda CBR600F2 Posts: 349
Rep: (25) Rep Power: 3
| Re: Oil Wow. Most folks move to synthetic oil these days. Likely the previous owner did as well. I would suggest going to synthetic. There are several threads on this site discussion which oil to use. There are several opinions out there. I have been using Repsol. |
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11-07-2009, 11:47 PM
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| Join Date: 04-05-2009 Location: Oklahoma, currently La Mesa, CA
Bike(s): 02 CBR 954RR Posts: 31
Rep: (30) Rep Power: 0
| Re: Oil  on going with the synthetic as it is better to switch and be right then to go back to petroleum based and be wrong... |
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11-08-2009, 12:14 AM
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| Join Date: 10-23-2009 Location: Central New Jersey
Bike(s): 1994 Honda CB1000 Posts: 31
Rep: (17) Rep Power: 0
| Re: Oil Thanks. I guess there would be no easy way to test what's in there now? Probably not worth the time, I just don't want to screw up my machine. |
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