The oil spec conundrum
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 6:40 am
The owners manual dictates that I should use SAE 10W-30 oil in my scooter.
"Fine" I thought
The owners manual also states that the oil should have no low-friction additives or have "fuel-saving" properties.
"Allright" I thought
A vanilla SAE 10W-30 oil with no friction modifiers. Piece of cake! ....not....
In Norway I can't for the life of me find an oil that ticks all the boxes without turning to motorcycle oil meant for wet clutches.
The spec I'm looking for is a SAE 10W-30 oil that meets API SG (or better) and JASO MB standards. Motul has such an oil, but it seems to me it is unavailable in stores.At least in my country.
I'm going to ask my dealer what oil they use, but I higly suspect they use the same 10W-30 motorcycle oil they use on all their wet-clutch bikes.
Since one of the Forzas fortes is fuel consumption I want to give it the oil Honda actually intends for it.
I can however get a 10W40 weight oil that ticks all the other boxes (https://www.xlmoto.no/olje-mineral-4t-m ... 0w40-mb-1l ), but I really don't want to use a more viscous oil in a brand new machine tuned for fuel consumption.
So, what do you guys think? Should I just go for wet-clutch motorcycle oil, go for the 10W40 scooter oil or a third option?
"Fine" I thought
The owners manual also states that the oil should have no low-friction additives or have "fuel-saving" properties.
"Allright" I thought
A vanilla SAE 10W-30 oil with no friction modifiers. Piece of cake! ....not....
In Norway I can't for the life of me find an oil that ticks all the boxes without turning to motorcycle oil meant for wet clutches.
The spec I'm looking for is a SAE 10W-30 oil that meets API SG (or better) and JASO MB standards. Motul has such an oil, but it seems to me it is unavailable in stores.At least in my country.
I'm going to ask my dealer what oil they use, but I higly suspect they use the same 10W-30 motorcycle oil they use on all their wet-clutch bikes.
Since one of the Forzas fortes is fuel consumption I want to give it the oil Honda actually intends for it.
I can however get a 10W40 weight oil that ticks all the other boxes (https://www.xlmoto.no/olje-mineral-4t-m ... 0w40-mb-1l ), but I really don't want to use a more viscous oil in a brand new machine tuned for fuel consumption.
So, what do you guys think? Should I just go for wet-clutch motorcycle oil, go for the 10W40 scooter oil or a third option?