DRider
Wannabie Member
Hey folks,
So, this year, rather than spend over £100 to get my bike serviced, me and my mate (who's also a mechanic, by chance) are going to do it ourselves, for about £20.
We're pretty much ready to go; I've bought an oil filter, DOT4 brake fluid, we're going to clean the air filter, etc. and I know that I need 10W/40 oil, but I'm not sure whether I could do with part-synthetic or fully synthetic. I know it's been running part-synthetic for the past two years, so I'm tempted to just go with that, but I wanted to try and give fully synthetic a go and see what it's like, but, at the same time, I hear very mixed reviews about using fully-synth online.
Could anybody give some advice on which it would be best to use? Fully synth or part-synth? My bike is a Suzuki Intruder VL 125, and it gets maybe 3000-4000 miles per year; not very much.
Thanks.
So, this year, rather than spend over £100 to get my bike serviced, me and my mate (who's also a mechanic, by chance) are going to do it ourselves, for about £20.
We're pretty much ready to go; I've bought an oil filter, DOT4 brake fluid, we're going to clean the air filter, etc. and I know that I need 10W/40 oil, but I'm not sure whether I could do with part-synthetic or fully synthetic. I know it's been running part-synthetic for the past two years, so I'm tempted to just go with that, but I wanted to try and give fully synthetic a go and see what it's like, but, at the same time, I hear very mixed reviews about using fully-synth online.
Could anybody give some advice on which it would be best to use? Fully synth or part-synth? My bike is a Suzuki Intruder VL 125, and it gets maybe 3000-4000 miles per year; not very much.
Thanks.