XR 4 oil consumption

[phil w]

Hi Barry, as I dont have any handbook for my XR, what make of oil should I look out for. Sorry for being a numpty but I get confused with oils whats a car oil like 10w40 like castrol gtx and whats a motorcycle 10w40 oil or are they the very same

[walesxr]

Hi Barry, as I dont have any handbook for my XR, what make of oil should I look out for. Sorry for being a numpty but I get confused with oils whats a car oil like 10w40 like castrol gtx and whats a motorcycle 10w40 oil or are they the very same

Oil is a funny thing where motorcyclists are involved, riders get used to there own brand or type of oil. But as you know, I have been using Castrol GTX 10w40 in all of my own and riders air cooled engines for over 20 years, the only thing I would say is change the oil regular, my own bike is now coming up to it's third time around the clock and still going strong on this oil.

[phil w]

Found this looking around
http://www.whitedogbikes.com/item--R...10w40-oil.html
I normally use semi synth rock oil

[walesxr]

Found this looking around
Rock Oil 4 Stroke Engine Oils: Rock Oil GAMMA 10w40 Mineral Motorcycle Oil @ White Dog Motorcycle Accessories
I normally use semi synth rock oil

Rock Oil and Silkolene both produce good quality mineral based oils.

[Jeff Kirby]

For what its worth, I've used GTX in my bikes all have gone very well on it - not seen or felt any problems. The XRV runs nice and now my new XR400 steed is full of the very same - we'll see how that goes.
Think the order of the day is frequency of changes (filters as well (always buy originals) and a good shake and roll to empty every last drop of old oil out before refilling).