01-10-2020, 05:17 AM
A service manual is a wealth of knowledge and well worth the money.
Changing over to synthetic is just a matter of draining the old oil and filling it with synthetic. I only use Honda filters.
When I first got my 1100 I was using 10W-40 and experienced no unusual noises at all. The bike ran perfectly fine. It later came up here on the forum about 10W-30 and I read the owners manual (duh!) which does indeed say to use 10W-30, which applies to Canada and the U.S., so I switched on the next oil change.
I'm using Motul 5100 in all my modern bikes which is readily available here. It's dino oil with a synthetic blend. I think you would be hard pressed to find much/any difference in any of the name brand motorcycle oils. Oil today is made to a very high standard.
Others may have a different opinion - but let's not start an oil discussion
Changing over to synthetic is just a matter of draining the old oil and filling it with synthetic. I only use Honda filters.
When I first got my 1100 I was using 10W-40 and experienced no unusual noises at all. The bike ran perfectly fine. It later came up here on the forum about 10W-30 and I read the owners manual (duh!) which does indeed say to use 10W-30, which applies to Canada and the U.S., so I switched on the next oil change.
I'm using Motul 5100 in all my modern bikes which is readily available here. It's dino oil with a synthetic blend. I think you would be hard pressed to find much/any difference in any of the name brand motorcycle oils. Oil today is made to a very high standard.
Others may have a different opinion - but let's not start an oil discussion