Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:58 pm
I prefer a little more scientific approach. When a laboratory gives me an analysis of my vehicle's oil, I have quantitative proof if things are working right or not. Right now, I have decent proof my cheap car dino oil is working just fine in my air-cooled inline four.Captain_Toyota wrote:They say that you should typically wait untill at least the first oil change before you switch to synthetic.
As was said, the reason why they dont want you to switch to synthetic right away is because the oil is so slippery that the engine doesnt break-in properly.
Im not an expert on bikes, but I would think that synthetic in a bike motor would be a given. I would think that especially on an air-cooled v-twin you would want synthetic because of the heat that an engine like that has to endure.
