10-30 vs 10-40 oil

[LiveToRide_imp]

Owners manual says 10-30. Dealer says Honda doesn't even make 10-30 and it should say 10-40. Hmmmm..... makes you wonder........are there more errors in our little book?

[wildezt_imp]

that doesnt sound right, Honda even makes full synthetic motorcycle 4 stroke 10w30:-

http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Honda-Syntheti...B0039LF0HK
here is the regular
http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Honda-4-Stroke...B0039LFALQ

[Guth_imp]

Honda offers 10w30 in both regular and synthetic. Sonds like your dealer is either confused or dishonest.
Arg, beaten to the punch by wildezt.

[Ole_imp]

Honda does make a 10w30 because I just bought 4 quarts at the dealer. GN4 @ $6.00 a quart.
I am going to change my oil Saturday first time @ 600 miles. Run another 600 miles of Honda 10w30 then drop that out and run Amsoil 10w40 from there on.
The Honda service manual says 10w30 AND 10w40 is acceptable.

[Deanohh_imp]

Owners manual says 10-30. Dealer says Honda doesn't even make 10-30 and it should say 10-40. Hmmmm..... makes you wonder........are there more errors in our little book?

Dealer is wrong about that..... are there more errors in his little shop?

[LiveToRide_imp]

WOW I have just lost all faith in my local Honda dealer and it only took one visit!

[ChipBeck_imp]

Gentlemen,

It's really hard to staff an entire dealership with genuine experts who are also honest enough to say "I don't know" when that is the case and then take the time to look it up. I think the majority of motorcycle buyers have done more research and know more about the bike they are looking at than the salesman they are talking to. I don't put any stock in what dealer personnel tell me and I do my own research. Dig this one. The last time I went into Western Honda in Scottsdale to buy parts I went up front to look at bikes like I always do. I told the salesman I wanted to look at some lower handle bars for my CB1100. The salesman looked over at a new CB11 and told me firmly and confidently, "No lower handle bars can be put on the CB1100. The stock bars were designed to clear the gas tank and as the bike ages the bars will "sag" and the existing clearance will diminish." Good grief. The expression - Never argue with an idiot - comes to mind. I bought new lower bars elsewhere and then did the impossible by installing them. So far, my new bars have not "sagged" and hit the gas tank.

Chip

[Rolls_imp]

That salesman is deluded. The real issue is that the tank will stretch and "rise" over time due to heat baking the tank and trace amounts of yeast in the air. Everyone knows this.

[The Spaceman_imp]

That salesman is deluded. The real issue is that the tank will stretch and "rise" over time due to heat baking the tank and trace amounts of yeast in the air. Everyone knows this.

My God, you have got to get this information to Ducati HQ in Bologna at once! This must be the explanation for their thousands of bloated and leaky gas tanks.

That salesman is deluded. The real issue is that the tank will stretch and "rise" over time due to heat baking the tank and trace amounts of yeast in the air. Everyone knows this.

My God, you have got to get this information to Ducati HQ in Bologna at once! This must be the explanation for their thousands of bloated and leaky gas tanks.

That salesman is deluded. The real issue is that the tank will stretch and "rise" over time due to heat baking the tank and trace amounts of yeast in the air. Everyone knows this.

My God, you have got to get this information to Ducati HQ in Bologna at once! This must be the explanation for their thousands of bloated and leaky gas tanks.

That salesman is deluded. The real issue is that the tank will stretch and "rise" over time due to heat baking the tank and trace amounts of yeast in the air. Everyone knows this.

My God, you have got to get this information to Ducati HQ in Bologna at once! This must be the explanation for their thousands of bloated and leaky gas tanks.

[Lord Popgun]

At my dealer the sales staff aren't totally up to date, but the Service manager usually is. And he knew about what oil was recommended.