What Oil for the Tenere
 

Hi guys and folks

Tenere done 3000 miles want to put a fresh oil what would you recomend?

semi synthetic 10w40

i have options of

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Castrol

Rock oil

Motorex

Fuchs Silkolene


As for Oil Fillter

Champion or HiFlo

Thanks

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Brand-wise...meh whatever comes to hand of the right type and grade.

I thought the Ten' took fully synth though...ICBW

uberthumper
 

Thanks for that

just had quick read through the manual but could not find the fully or semi

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Bit confused???

F1 F1:cya:

Personally I always use Putoline (do you hear that Putoline, now send me some free stuff!!)

Putoline have two 4-stroke ranges - Syntech 4 (road bikes) and Off-road 4, (yes, you guessed it...) but I reckon they are pretty much the same stuff, just a different picture on the sticker...

If you are going to go 6000 miles between oil and filter changes, I'd go with off-road4/syntech4 PLUS version (that is with added 'ester tech' nonsense), if you change around 3000-4000 miles, the regular off-road4/syntech4 would be fine I'm sure... both versions are fully synthetic... and you'll save a bit of money forfeiting the ester tech additives...

I'd say in a bike with relatively long service intervals, it pays to use good quality (synthetic) oil that is less likely to break down over an extended period.

FWIW. in my XR400 (where I change the oil every 1000 miles), I usually use their regular DX4 ('synthetic fortified') oil...

While the WR450, which again has frequent oil changes, I use the regular off-road4 - after all, those little ester techs would never get a chance to do their business with an oil change every other day!

Bikes of Brighton (Preston Road) sell Putoline, and usually have all the variants in stock...

Tell 'em I sent you, and they will probably run screaming in fear of someone else asking for a discount... but they will look after you...

J xx

Thanks JMo
 

I will look in to that Putoline stuff

and I will go for fully synthetic

Thank you
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By the way are you round Brighton (you seem to know the shop???)

any motorcycle specific oil in the grade you desire will be fine..
I don't think anyone can say whether one oil is better than the other unless they are sampling their oil after every change and getting it tested..

Hee hee - I used to live in Brighton (for 16 years), but moved a couple of years ago now... I still get back there from time to time though - mainly to harass the guys in Bikes Of Brighton...

J xx

I've got Silkolene semi synthetic in my Ten' and a K&N oil filter.

Fully synthetic has caused me clutch slip problems in the past (the oil's too good!) although not used it in the Ten'. I'll change my oil every few k miles, so semi is fine (and I use it in my BMW K12).

Putoline I use in my Beta - particularly like the Strawberry scented 2T oil..

I just came back from Yamaha Dealer here in Bucharest after doing the second service interval at 7300km (4500miles) (first one was made by the previous owner at 600miles). I just wanted to be on the safe side and also I want to start moding the bike so for warranty purposes I went for the service sooner.
I bought the oil myself Motul 10W40 7100 MA2 full synthetic and I found out from the Motul importer that Yamalube is actually Motul 5100 semisynthetic oil.
So Motul 7100 10W40 MA2 and OEM filter.

Cheers,
Mr.White

Rock Oil
 

Thanks guys

I can get a good price on Rock oil

Anyone used them in past???

I did used in Varadero (xl1000v) before seemed fine?

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