Venture-Yr Veruses Miliage Question

[Guest msegelle]

I was curious as to how many miles some of our members have on their bikes versus the year of their bikes?

Second question I was wondering is what is the over all opinion of using conventional oil versus synthetic?

 

Thanks in advance for your replies,

 

Mark:detective:

[Rich99]

I was curious as to how many miles some of our members have on their bikes versus the year of their bikes?

Second question I was wondering is what is the over all opinion of using conventional oil versus synthetic?

 

Thanks in advance for your replies,

 

Mark:detective:

I've heard of bikes that have just gone around the block, to ones that have gone 300,000 plus miles. As for my 99 RSV, 90,000 miles. Going a littlel faster adding up the miles compared to my 83 Venture that I bought brand new and had for 16 1/2 years, it only had 106,000 on it when I sold it. Oil wise, just use regular GTX car motor oil as its been proven that motorcycle oil isn't any better. "Now, watch all the arguments that come up".

[captnmidnight]

As I recolect, this subject has come up before about synthetic vs. regular oil. I personally won't run synthetic because the dealer i bought my bike from,(Mason's yamaha in Effingham Il.)told me that he put it in his and had severe clutch slippage. I als have a buddy with a road star that told me he exsperienced the same thing. And I've heard the same thing from other people on this sight. Ive also heard other people on this sight say they can and do use it. If I'm not not mistaken,I remember hearing that there was a specific type of synthetic they were using. Can't remember what kind it was. Stay tuned I'm sure you'll get more info. I do know that synthetic has caused slippage problems for many.

[Guest Bigin]

Currently have an 89 with 44k. Sold a 91 with 97k on it recently. The higher mileage 91 actually handled better than the 86 does.

 

That oil discussion is for folks with more energy than I have. Will say I prefer the added protection and stability of the synthetics and have not experienced the serious leakage some talk about when switching to it.

[Guest BluesLover]

My 06 RSV has 44K kilometers (28K miles) on her.

 

Have never put synthetic oil in her.

 

Cheers,

[DKleven]

On my 07 I have a total of 15 miles.......just rode it home on the 9th of Jan......15 miles from the Dealership.....BOY, DO I HAVE SPRING FEVER:whistling:

[beyeker]

I have used motorcycle oil for many years. Our goverment came up with some rules that reduced the shear value of automobile oil, but not motorcycle oil a few years back to save our planet. I buy Valvoline 10w40 Motorcyle oil because of the higher shear value it holds up better in our engine/transmissions. Consumer Reports tested oils many years back and found little advantage to synthetic oils.

[GeorgeS]

Since I put in the Barnett Clutch, ( at 28K , approx ) I have used Mobil I 15W-50W. No slippage problems.

I use it cause I can go longer between changes, less work, and cost less in the long run. Been useing it for almost 40K now, and no problems. I also use it in my Hyabusa, and both cars.

 

Lots less work, and old oil to get rid of. Anyway, that my take on it.

 

The argument continues ----------

 

Remember, all Jet Engines use synthetic Oil !!

[StarFan]

I have a 1998 Royal Star Tour Classic II, with 9.527 miles on it. Never seen the bike in "person" since it is located somewhere on a vessel in the Atlantic ocean along with my custom Honda VTX1300 (promise to sell the Honda ). Just can´t wait for the bikes to arrive here in Iceland but they are scheduled to arrive on Wednesday. Guess who is going to be "Sitting on the dock of the bay":fishin:?

[shooter3001]

On my 07 I have a total of 15 miles.......just rode it home on the 9th of Jan......15 miles from the Dealership.....BOY, DO I HAVE SPRING FEVER:whistling:

Bad case of spring fever also here. Bought mine at the end of the riding season here in Michigan. Only got to put a little over 600 miles on before winter hit. BUT, Bike week is less than 2 weeks away. I should have around 2,000 on it when I get back.

[Guest Popeye]

I have learned to be very suspicious about older bikes with very low mileage.

My assumption is they have sat for a very long time...without being started. I call 'em barn bikes.

 

My 86VR had 17k miles when I bought it at 20 years old. Weird.

 

Sure enough, I had to redo carbs, reline tank, wiring, throttle cable, etc., etc., & cost $2500.00 to get it running right.

It left me stranded several times last year.

 

I'd rather have 100k miles on a 1 yr old scoot, than 1k miles on a 20 yr old scoot.

Miles on new parts vs miles on old parts. [or lack of]

 

I use 15-40 bike oil & change oil/filter e/3000 miles.

Then is 10-30 in cages & change oil/filter e/5000 miles.

The oils that go up to 50w scare me, as I've been told too many times they put too much pressure on seals & gaskets.

 

Scoot averages 15,000 miles per year.

[Doug Hare]

I've heard of bikes that have just gone around the block, to ones that have gone 300,000 plus miles. As for my 99 RSV, 90,000 miles. Going a littlel faster adding up the miles compared to my 83 Venture that I bought brand new and had for 16 1/2 years, it only had 106,000 on it when I sold it. Oil wise, just use regular GTX car motor oil as its been proven that motorcycle oil isn't any better. "Now, watch all the arguments that come up".

 

At one time I worked for Shell Canada in lubricant research. Because motorcycles cycle their motor oil, in most cases, through the transmission, they require an oil that is very shear stable. If the oil is not shear stable you will not get the hydrodynamic protection from the oil as it will shear out of grade.

 

Most passenger car engine oil is not shear stable. If you changed your oil frequently you could still use a passenger car oil (maybe every 1500 miles depending on driving conditions).

 

Synthetics is another issue.

 

There is a lot of info on this including postings on this site in the past.