Black Gold ?

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 12:01 am

Went to buy 5 qts Amsoil and they guy at the counter totaled it up... $74 and change Shocked

I about fell over and put the Black Gold back! That's almost $15 a qt !

while back bought a case for $124.

Dan

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 3:14 am

Dan, I know what oil brand to use always generates a lot of posts, but try switching to Castrol 4T. Its available at any good auto store (Advanced Auto, PepBoys, etc.). Its available in 4 quart containers as well. I've used Castrol oil for 35+ years and love the stuff.

I know, a kitten just died!

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 3:25 am

BlueThunder wrote:

Dan, I know what oil brand to use always generates a lot of posts, but try switching to Castrol 4T. Its available at any good auto store (Advanced Auto, PepBoys, etc.). Its available in 4 quart containers as well. I've used Castrol oil for 35+ years and love the stuff.

I know, a kitten just died!

I switched to this too, Brian.

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 3:42 am

I run Bridgestone BT45r's in 130/80/18 size and they are quite sticky with my clean pods.

Jebby

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:12 am

Jebbysan wrote:

I run Bridgestone BT45r's in 130/80/18 size and they are quite sticky with my clean pods.

Jebby

Too many beers?
Cheers, Chico.

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 11:12 am

chico wrote:

Jebbysan wrote:

I run Bridgestone BT45r's in 130/80/18 size and they are quite sticky with my clean pods.

Jebby

Too many beers?
Cheers, Chico.

Just the opposite... Wink

Jebby

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 4:31 pm

Jebbysan wrote:

I run Bridgestone BT45r's in 130/80/18 size and they are quite sticky with my clean pods.

Jebby

They're sticky because your bike is now so much slower. Razz

Sorry, I had to. (from a fellow pod runner Wink

)

My son just did an oil change on his Ford Ranger and when I asked how much for oil and filter he said $58.00. I didnt believe him but he runs the extended life mobil because he drives a lot. Stuff hasnt gotten very expensive.

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:03 pm

I've always run the Castrol in all my bikes.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 2:32 am

Yogi wrote:

I've always run the Castrol in all my bikes.

I wont.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 3:39 am

i just bought 3 cases of castrol 4t for $92 delivered from auto zone. That was with a $25 gift card... pay pal was $116 less $25. Net cost NOT including $25 kickback. $3.2 ><per><. I have never had an engine fail either car or bike with castrol.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 12:11 pm

I'll run Castrol in a street bike without question. I will however never put it in any of my MX bikes ever again. A few weeks ago I did an oil change on my 450. I do it about every 3 hours of run time. I only had Castrol on the shelf, so figured what the hell. I put the 1.3 litres in, and fired the bike up. Let it run on idle speed only for 2 min. Shut it off, and let it sit for 3 min to allow the oil to settle before checking the level via the inspection weep hole. The oil that came out of the inspection hole was full of air! I drained it immediatly, and did not ride that day. Even 10 minutes after I drained the fresh oil,it still had air in it while sitting in the drain pan. I've ran Rotella, and never had this happen. I now run Castrol Hypuron, and this does not happen, and I find when I drain the oil after 3 hours it appears to be in better shape than the Rotella.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 12:46 pm

SUZUKIRMZ717 wrote:

I'll run Castrol in a street bike without question. I will however never put it in any of my MX bikes ever again. A few weeks ago I did an oil change on my 450. I do it about every 3 hours of run time. I only had Castrol on the shelf, so figured what the hell. I put the 1.3 litres in, and fired the bike up. Let it run on idle speed only for 2 min. Shut it off, and let it sit for 3 min to allow the oil to settle before checking the level via the inspection weep hole. The oil that came out of the inspection hole was full of air! I drained it immediatly, and did not ride that day. Even 10 minutes after I drained the fresh oil,it still had air in it while sitting in the drain pan. I've ran Rotella, and never had this happen.

Don't know if 4T is rated for MX. Its labeled for street use.

SUZUKIRMZ717 wrote:

I now run Castrol Hypuron, and this does not happen, and I find when I drain the oil after 3 hours it appears to be in better shape than the Rotella.

So you do use Castrol!

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 12:50 pm

oil what is this oil everyone keeps talking about?

Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 12:29 am

A friend of mine was a service manager for a big MC dealer. The dealership used Castrol oil because it came in 55 gal drums. Anyway they had a warranty failure on an ATV that blew out the sight glass. Of course the obvious what's the matter with you didn't you know it had no oil?

So they set up another one and it was outside warming up while he was looking out at it before the test ride and saw the oil sight glass blow out across the parking lot. Needless to say next day was get this crap out of here and returned the un opened drums. Next oil was Yamalube and the code on the drums came back as Valvoline. Castrol foams because of the high detergent content.

Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 1:38 am

BlueThunder wrote:

SUZUKIRMZ717 wrote:

I'll run Castrol in a street bike without question. I will however never put it in any of my MX bikes ever again. A few weeks ago I did an oil change on my 450. I do it about every 3 hours of run time. I only had Castrol on the shelf, so figured what the hell. I put the 1.3 litres in, and fired the bike up. Let it run on idle speed only for 2 min. Shut it off, and let it sit for 3 min to allow the oil to settle before checking the level via the inspection weep hole. The oil that came out of the inspection hole was full of air! I drained it immediatly, and did not ride that day. Even 10 minutes after I drained the fresh oil,it still had air in it while sitting in the drain pan. I've ran Rotella, and never had this happen.

Don't know if 4T is rated for MX. Its labeled for street use.

SUZUKIRMZ717 wrote:

I now run Castrol Hypuron, and this does not happen, and I find when I drain the oil after 3 hours it appears to be in better shape than the Rotella.

So you do use Castrol!

I only had it because it was given to me, and was all I had left on the shelf. I use Castrol Hypuron

Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 1:46 am

SUZUKIRMZ717 wrote:

BlueThunder wrote:

SUZUKIRMZ717 wrote:

I'll run Castrol in a street bike without question. I will however never put it in any of my MX bikes ever again. A few weeks ago I did an oil change on my 450. I do it about every 3 hours of run time. I only had Castrol on the shelf, so figured what the hell. I put the 1.3 litres in, and fired the bike up. Let it run on idle speed only for 2 min. Shut it off, and let it sit for 3 min to allow the oil to settle before checking the level via the inspection weep hole. The oil that came out of the inspection hole was full of air! I drained it immediatly, and did not ride that day. Even 10 minutes after I drained the fresh oil,it still had air in it while sitting in the drain pan. I've ran Rotella, and never had this happen.

Don't know if 4T is rated for MX. Its labeled for street use.

SUZUKIRMZ717 wrote:

I now run Castrol Hypuron, and this does not happen, and I find when I drain the oil after 3 hours it appears to be in better shape than the Rotella.

So you do use Castrol!

I only had it because it was given to me, and was all I had left on the shelf. I use Castrol Hypuron

Like I said, you do use Castrol.

Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 12:39 pm

I use Motul as well, wanna make an issue of that too?

Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 9:22 pm

I've never raced MX before only street riding. Always used Castrol w/o any issues. Whether it was Honda or Harley it didn't matter. To each his own.

Posted: Sat May 19, 2012 11:30 pm

Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 2:18 am

Dan