Quote from: WILDTHING80 on June 15, 2005, 07:58:18 PM
can you run regular oil in a gs or does it have to be motorcycle oil i saw where someone said they ran castrol gtx

Go here: http://www.ducatimeccanica.com/oil.html . And if you don't like reading.  Use synthetic and change the oil every 1,000 miles.

I have > 24,000 miles on my '90 GS.

Thanks. 

Change synthetic every 1K....riiiight.

I've got 24K on my '00.  Davipu's '02 was the highest I've seen in person at 23K, but I've since surpassed that as he's up in OR again being a hick.


I'm trading mine in...going older and bigger, and hoping to get down to the same weight as the GS is now with double the power.

'95-6 Duc 900SS/SP.

I'm at 58k right now.  Only 4k are mine though.

26 on my '95 500E and still going strong.

2006 GS500f with 342 KMs!  Its just not warm enough for a road trip.

Got snow last night too, yuck.

27k baby!

23,600 on the 04 now.

35,493 miles as of this post.

^^ If what Srinath says is true then I'm burning my candle at both ends. Live in urban neighborhood with a stop sign every 100 feet. Lots of rapid acceleration and stop'n'go, now at 11,130mi. Ah well...

^ re mp183... ahhh... riding a GS in Manhattan. That would rank in my top 1 or 2 ride locations for the GS... dreamworthy.

Hey, I went from unknown (previous owner's) oil, to Torco 10w40, now to Suzuki 10w40, is there any consensus whatsoever on oil brands, and is Suzuki crappy stuff? I would go with whatever, synthetic etc, if it's a proven advantage.

Kyle

The cheapest 10w40 you can find. 

Synthetic oil is a hotly debated issue. There are those who will say that it makes your engine leak (which it can, if there was a preexisting leak caked up with deposits from dino oil.)

And there are those who use it with good results.

Low friction synthetics have been reported to cause clutch slipping, but then again there are those who use "energy-saving" auto oils in their motorcycles with good results.

aaronstij's approach is not a bad one, especially if you do a lot of riding and keep maintenance schedules religiously (i.e.the oil does not get too old in your GS)

Quote from: aaronstj on December 06, 2006, 01:28:37 AM
The cheapest 10w40 you can find. 

No thanks!

The cheapest 10W-40 API SM rated oil possibly!

Synthetics are fine, but I wouldn't recommend Energy Conserving oils.

I use Castrol Edge Sport 10W-60 full synthetic Auto oil and change it every 3-5000 km's.

I had 48K on the 89, put 40K myself. I had a 90 I put ~7K on from 98-2000. The #3 through 7 GSes have not had much miles from me. So I am getting on at the 50K GS mile level.
However I have 15K on a savage across 2 savages, 25K on a Virago 535 across 2 again, 10K on nighthawks across 3, 10K on virago 1100's, 10K on eli 1000's, 10 K on katana's across 2, 5K on a ninja 600, and a host of others under that 5K like the VX800, the SV 650, the 454, the XS 650, the KZ 440 etc. I counted ~150K a few months ago on 2 wheels.
Cool.
Srinath. 

mine had 44K on it when i traded it in.
the new C50 has about 13k now

my '00 has 18.5k miles on it now, 7.5k of which are mine. I love this bike, but I realize it is a GS500. It is a humble machine that only asks for scheduled routine maintenance, and in exchange it will give you dependable transportation and loads of fun. I won't waste the money on synthetic oils or high octane fuel when all the bike needs is the basics.