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Title: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: cbcanada on November 15, 2012, 01:54:56 PM
I KNOW A FEW PEOPLE THAT USE CATROL GTX IN THEIR MOTORCYCLES, THE SAME STUFF THAT GOES INTO CARS, HAS ANYONE DONE THIS WITH THEIR GS?
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: jestercinti on November 15, 2012, 02:00:59 PM
This has been talked about...and talked about...and talked about... :technical:

You will find your answers here:  http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=62112.0

Personally, I use this:

(http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii569/jestercinti/Oildeal.jpg)
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: Watevaman on November 15, 2012, 03:29:34 PM
Yep, just make sure you don't get the stuff with friction modifiers.
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: Electrojake on November 15, 2012, 04:05:32 PM
Call me naive but...
Why the heck would anyone put anything other than what the manufacturer recommends (in the owner's manual) in their machine?

(http://www.bdonline.co.uk/pictures/308xAny/0/0/9/1705009_confused_man_web.jpg)

Just wondering  :dunno_black:
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: slipperymongoose on November 15, 2012, 04:16:14 PM
Quote from: cbcanada on November 15, 2012, 01:54:56 PM
I KNOW A FEW PEOPLE THAT USE CATROL GTX IN THEIR MOTORCYCLES, THE SAME STUFF THAT GOES INTO CARS, HAS ANYONE DONE THIS WITH THEIR GS?

Mate please with your post count, please use the search function. Just about anything goes here you can talk about politics, religion, ghey marriage, sport, even gulp tyres. But please 2 topics that cannot exist here without a shitfight is oil and fuel. There are dozens of threads even a YouTube video on it please great u ask but please spare us another thread.
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: BassWoW on November 15, 2012, 04:18:16 PM
Quote from: Electrojake on November 15, 2012, 04:05:32 PM
Call me naive but...
Why the heck would anyone put anything other than what the manufacturer recommends (in the owner's manual) in their machine?

(http://www.bdonline.co.uk/pictures/308xAny/0/0/9/1705009_confused_man_web.jpg)

Just wondering  :dunno_black:


I do! becuase its cheaper and hell it works for me.  :thumb:
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: Huff1371 on November 15, 2012, 05:31:10 PM
Please, NO MORE OIL THREADS
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: codajastal on November 15, 2012, 06:57:53 PM
What about the milk? :dunno_black:
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: slipperymongoose on November 15, 2012, 07:07:55 PM
milk is fine you cant go wrong with milk
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: mister on November 15, 2012, 07:14:10 PM
Just don't use powdered milk whatsoever
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: Electrojake on November 15, 2012, 07:16:06 PM
Quote from: BassWoW on November 15, 2012, 04:18:16 PM
I do! becuase its cheaper and hell it works for me.

I like your style BassWoW.
But I will tell you this: Use ONLY motorcycle oil in your motorcycle.
Even cheap motorcycle oil is safer with a wet-clutch bike (like your GS500) than any automobile oil.

BTW: Is Farmington, New Hampshire located anywhere near the Queensland, Australia area?
I'm just asking because good location is everything here at GStwins.
Best regards,
-Ej-
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: mustangGT90210 on November 15, 2012, 08:59:55 PM
I hope I'm not missing a joke, but I do believe New Hampshire is half way across the world, and in the wrong hemisphere from Australia...
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: mister on November 15, 2012, 09:18:12 PM
Joke? At gstwins? Never.

It's actually secret ej code only understood by those who know and cannot be explained to those who do not. Hope this helps.
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: mister on November 15, 2012, 09:20:22 PM
Speaking of oil, I've been using clarified butter to cook with. It's different.

Stick with real milk. Of course, for the puritans it needs to be permeat free.
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on November 15, 2012, 09:24:32 PM
puritans would drink only milk directly from the cow, assuming you call drinking another animals excess lactate product normal, maybe the puritans need to separate. :icon_confused:
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: Electrojake on November 15, 2012, 09:25:38 PM
Quote from: mustangGT90210 on November 15, 2012, 08:59:55 PM
I hope I'm not missing a joke, but I do believe New Hampshire is half way across the world, and in the wrong hemisphere from Australia...

Well mustang,
That answers the question.
Thank you Sir.
---------------------

Also...
Mister,
What (cheap) motor oil would you recommend? In your GS, that is.

Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: mister on November 16, 2012, 03:34:56 AM
TOG: Drink milk? Are you nuts. We don't Drink the milk. That'd be silly. We put it in the handlebars :thumb: C'mon man, get with the program, eh?

Ej. Cheap oil? Not in my bike. Cheapest I would put in is Motul 5100. 300v is better. And now I have Mobile racing 4t. dang that stuff is pricey but so smooth. BTW, Motul smells nice, just saying.
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: slipperymongoose on November 16, 2012, 04:46:59 AM
Just saying Mobil tastes sweet
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: jestercinti on November 16, 2012, 07:27:07 AM
Once my hoard of Castrol runs out, I'm switching to snake oil.

And I only use Goat's milk in my handlebars.  C'mon people, everyone knows that goat's milk is far superior :icon_rolleyes:
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: ThatOtherGuy on November 16, 2012, 02:21:48 PM
so you're using milk from the chevron. :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: Funderb on November 16, 2012, 05:26:09 PM
QuoteI'm switching to snake oil.


Way ahead of you, brother. I've been using rendered Shi-tzu oil for years. Smells great on a hot day.

Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: slipperymongoose on November 16, 2012, 05:28:36 PM
Been using whale blubber for a while too it's great stuff. Blue whale is best. I usually wear my baby seal vest when I change my oil too.
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: Huff1371 on November 16, 2012, 05:45:50 PM
You guys afucked in the head. You should be smarter than that.
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: Huff1371 on November 16, 2012, 05:52:38 PM
The best is really a mix of day old kitten eyes mixed with pureed hummingbird strained through a chipmunk. To strain take icepick and make several holes in said chipmunk, is very important to get a live intact chipmunk for this as a roadkill victim doesn't have the same effect. Next, mix with panda semen (how you aquire this is up to you, I prefer the forced copulation method) and heat to 327.3 °F. When cool it's ready to use. :thumb:
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: jestercinti on November 16, 2012, 05:57:15 PM
Crisco baby!!!!

Starts right up.  Cranks like a mofo though....Reernt cha cheernt cha cheernt....
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: Electrojake on November 16, 2012, 07:05:23 PM
My cousin Fat Mike used to run cooking oil in the crankcase of his 350cid Chevy Nova.
That was one quick car!

(http://www.lonestarshoppers.com/austingrocer/graphics/grocery_images/cooking_oil_crisco_48oz_oil.jpg)

(http://www.mpccnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/070110_2124_MPCCs1972Ch1.jpg)

Just sayin'
Perhaps cbcanada can give it a try.  :dunno_black:

Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: codajastal on November 16, 2012, 11:05:32 PM
Quote from: Electrojake on November 16, 2012, 07:05:23 PM
(http://www.mpccnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/070110_2124_MPCCs1972Ch1.jpg)
NIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCEEEEEEE :bowdown:
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: SAFE-T on November 17, 2012, 09:12:48 AM
Was Fat Mike's car called Greased Lightning ?
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: Electrojake on November 17, 2012, 02:06:37 PM
Quote from: codajastal on November 16, 2012, 11:05:32 PM

NIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCEEEEEEE


The car, and Fat Mike are long gone.
He wrecked it backing up!
That's right. He was driving down a local street at about 30MPH and a friend yelled to him as he drove by. He stopped, put the car in reverse, and sped backwards down the narrow street wit other cars parked on both sides of the street.
He went way too fast (backwards), lost control, and wrecked the Nova.
He also did an amazing amount of damage to several other vehicles that were parked along the road too.
It's the same cousin Mike of mine that wrecked my KZ400.  :icon_neutral:  :icon_sad:

I could produce an entire thread on "Cousin Mike" and the damage he has caused over the years.
But ah, what the hell, he's family.
-Ej-

Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: mister on November 18, 2012, 11:47:08 AM
So.... you will accept from a family member what you would not accept from a stranger?

Interesting.

No-one gets a pass from me - family or not.

Michael
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: slipperymongoose on November 18, 2012, 03:36:11 PM
Good ole family. Now back to milk is anyone doing the permeate free stuff? How does it handle the vibes?
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: mister on November 18, 2012, 03:54:43 PM
Pasturised, homogenised and permeat free. Works a treat. :thumb:
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: slipperymongoose on November 18, 2012, 04:25:11 PM
Oh yeah but permeate free is the new kid on the GS block
Title: Re: MOTOR OIL QUESTION, ANYONE USE CATROL GTX
Post by: Electrojake on November 18, 2012, 08:13:39 PM
Quote from: mister on November 18, 2012, 11:47:08 AM
So.... you will accept from a family member what you would not accept from a stranger?

Interesting.

No-one gets a pass from me - family or not.


mister...
You're cool!
Many of your one statement posts can instantly end a thread.
Or seed an entire new one. (http://www.stripers247.com/phpBB2/images/smilies/sign13.gif)