I use Rotella T4 15-40 with an ounce of ZDDP additive and my postie has 8,700 miles and is usually mostly in the Arizona desert. I change the oil every 6 months or 250 miles or so. Oil is $8 per change, cams and cranks a lot more. Cheers.
Thanks for saying so I appreciate it, but unfortunately I'm going to have to leave you wanting more! My ability to make postie bike content is few and far between at the moment. Sad Ps. all the best mate hope you have a speedy recovery too
want to know what oil I put in my postie bike? it's simple I take myself down to my local lubricant dealer go to the motorbike engine oil section, ignore the fully synthetic oils because they're no good for our wet clutch and I try and buy the highest quality oil I can afford that week in the range of a 10W-30 to 15W-50 the higher weight oil I like if I am going on summer adventures but that's just my opinion based on superstition. semi synthetic oils are good as well and I'm led to believe that they can handle higher temperatures for longer because they have more additives in them to help them perform. but it doesn't matter if you can afford a cheap oil or an expensive oil that week, you really should be changing the oil every 1000 km. the oil gets thrashed inside these little engines not only is it trying to lubricate everything it also part of the cooling system so the oil is also going from hot to cold which adds an extra wear and tear to the oil, so change it every 1000 km and put 1 whole litre in some manuals recommend 900ml but they're wrong the postie bike actually wants 1 litre. if you're lucky enough to have an external oil cooler you're going to have to trial and error how much extra oil you will need in an oil change. why doesn't the weight really matter in Australia? it's because of our climate and yes granted some parts of Australia do experience very cold weather but for the most part we don't need an oil that can survive at -1 and still be useful as a lubricant, so that's why I claim that the weight doesn't really matter, because we don't really experienced cold starts in the same way the oil was designed for. I hope my opinion and observations help you with your postie bike oil journey let me know what you think in the comments section
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I use Rotella T4 15-40 with an ounce of ZDDP additive and my postie has 8,700 miles and is usually mostly in the Arizona desert. I change the oil every 6 months or 250 miles or so. Oil is $8 per change, cams and cranks a lot more. Cheers.
Come back RD, the postie world misses you!
Thanks for saying so I appreciate it,
but unfortunately I'm going to have to leave you wanting more!
My ability to make postie bike content is few and far between at the moment. Sad
Ps. all the best mate hope you have a speedy recovery too
@@itsRDtime thanks RD all the best
When are you coming to WA RD? I'm in bridgetown and there's some beautiful country down here
Mad! I did so much research on this and i didnt have too!
@@2_110s_n_us research on what?
Another awesome video mate
Mate where do I get one of your R I D stickers for me postie ?
It’s a Postie thing , they wouldn’t understand lol
Awesome glad you enjoyed it
bit.ly/itsRDstickers
Any stickers I sell a through Redbubble which is a print on demand service
want to know what oil I put in my postie bike?
it's simple I take myself down to my local lubricant dealer go to the motorbike engine oil section, ignore the fully synthetic oils because they're no good for our wet clutch
and I try and buy the highest quality oil I can afford that week in the range of a
10W-30 to 15W-50
the higher weight oil I like if I am going on summer adventures but that's just my opinion based on superstition.
semi synthetic oils are good as well and I'm led to believe that they can handle higher temperatures for longer because they have more additives in them to help them perform.
but it doesn't matter if you can afford a cheap oil or an expensive oil that week, you really should be changing the oil every
1000 km.
the oil gets thrashed inside these little engines not only is it trying to lubricate everything it also part of the cooling system so the oil is also going from hot to cold which adds an extra wear and tear to the oil, so change it every 1000 km and put 1 whole litre in some manuals recommend 900ml but they're wrong the postie bike actually wants 1 litre.
if you're lucky enough to have an external oil cooler you're going to have to trial and error how much extra oil you will need in an oil change.
why doesn't the weight really matter in Australia?
it's because of our climate and yes granted some parts of Australia do experience very cold weather but for the most part we don't need an oil that can survive at -1 and still be useful as a lubricant, so that's why I claim that the weight doesn't really matter, because we don't really experienced cold starts in the same way the oil was designed for.
I hope my opinion and observations help you with your postie bike oil journey let me know what you think in the comments section
This is helpful.