What kand of oil should i put in my gs500e???

[frankieG]

opsie type o i meant 1500 miles

[905mike]

Sledge: Hello MrDealer, I would like to buy some cheap 10w40 SF oil for my bike please.
Dealer: Sure, any particular brand?
Sledge: The cheapest.
Dealer: Synth, semi or mineral?
Sledge: The cheapest.
Dealer: We have ****** on special offer this month are you interested?
Sledge: Is it the cheapest?
Dealer: errrr no.
Sledge: I want the cheapest.
Dealer: Are you sure?
Sledge: Its going in a GS500E not a f***ing R6.
Dealer: Ahh  that 30+yr old 8v aircooled twin, that was designed way before semi or synth oil exsisted? Why didnt you say so? There you are sir, 5lts of out cheapest 10w40.
Sledge: Thank you.

That conversation has taken place at least once a year for the past decade.

funny conversation. ..  manual calls for 10W40 i just get whatever, low-fat, no-preservatives 10W40 that Walmart stocks .. they've got Castrol, Quaker State, Valvoline and Penzoil ..all priced about the same.

[CanukGS500]

Speaking of walmart, i'll probably get flamed for this, but...

When I owned a turbo neon I would use their SuperTech synthetic oil (grey bottle) changed every 3k miles religiously.  Engine never gave me any trouble during the 105k miles I owned it, over half of which was on power levels well above stock.


edit - over at www.bobistheoilguy.com you can get good information on oil.