04-05-2014, 10:11 AM
(04-05-2014, 10:04 AM)dBuster_imp Wrote: Jon and CIP both said they had 10w40 for their first service that they did themselves and had noises. My dealership used 10w40 and you hear the noise in my video after warm up. Jon and CIP went back to 10w30 and the noises went away...
The service manual calls for 10w30 for our bike.
Come to your own conclusion whether that was the problem or not. Maybe not all of our 1100's have issues with the 40 weight oil but it sure would seem like some do have issues.
I will be dropping the 40 weight out of my bike and putting the 30 weight in. Just as soon as I find a video on where to do it from or find a manual showing me.
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I will let anyone decide what they want in their bike. Changing it is a piece of cake. If you ate just replacing oil you don't even have to drop the oil filter, but it will take less oil to come up to the correct level.
Warm it up, put on center stand, open oil fill, drop oil drain bolt, drain oil, replace drain bolt, add oil to correct fill amount, replace oil fill cap. Done.
http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=202