Hi , has anyone tried different oil in the Terra? My bike came with Motul I tried BelRay but it runs better with Motul ( all my other prior bikes have run better with BelRay than Motul ) Has anyone tried different oil brands and what was the experience?
I have had lots of bikes and had lots of different oils in all of them, and I can honestly say that I have never been able to detect a difference in how well any of them ran from one oil to the next. There were some where I feel like I perceived a difference in how the bike shifted, but not how it ran. And even that may have been psychological. I replaced the factory fill with Rotella for the first oil change. Can't tell a difference.
Hello Chaps, I decided to stick with the manuals recommendation of "Castrol Power 1 Racing SAW 10w-50" also cant tell any difference from the factory oil.
I did my second oil & filter change at 10,000km last week. I was very impressed at how clean the oil was compared to my KLX which seems to show noticeable clutch material. Magnet was also clean. Replaced the filter with a BMW item as my Husky dealer didn't have a genuine part on the shelf. The BMW filter was nearly 1/2 price which surprised me. Filled the crankcase with Mobil 1 4T 15W-50 which I have lots of thanks to a stock write-down at work.
My dealer doesn't even stock the OEM filter. They keep the applicable K&N filter on the shelf. I noticed they even used a K&N filter when they did the 10k service. From memory, about 1/2 the price of the OEM filter (which was a BMW filter with the local Husqvarna distributor's sticker stuck on top of the BMW sticker.
I run Mobil 1 20w-50 full synthetic Motorcycle oil in mine. I've run this oil in a few bikes with shared tranny oil and it seems to shift pretty nicely. I've also tried a few different oils over the years and I'd agree with gullywasher that the most noticeable difference is usually the shifting. Sometimes you can see a difference in oil consumption, but rarely. Most of my riding is in warmer weather so I pretty much stick to the thicker oils, but really prefer the full synthetic stuff.
K K&P make a stainless oil filter - I've used these in all myother bikes since the 1990's As for oils, Motorex Cross Power 10w60 is working fine I us a 5w-40 in my multi cyliner bikes Always full synthetic
Shell Rotella T6 full synthetic 5w40 for $16 at Wallymart and a KN 151 filter for $6 at my local auto parts store. Have used the Rotella T 6 in pretty much all my bikes. The wifeys Versys has 36 000 miles and my Terra 18 000 miles in temperatures ranging from the mid 20s to 100 degrees F with no problems using the T6.
My take on oils:- the crankshaft main bearings are plain bearings/bushes, conventional thinking is to use more viscous (thicker) oils to maintain & build-up "wedge", I don't know what the big-end bearing is, a bush or a roller bearing, if a bush (or sleeve) thick oil would be the normal thing, if roller bearing requires thinner oil for greater flow for cooling The Motorex oil is a 10w60, full synthetic - works for me so will probably continue to do so
Hi Gullywasher , i think you are right the Belray was 10 40 and the Motul as 10 50 that was the difference nothing to do with the oil brand
