Oil choice for Bandit 1200-Finally found it

[IcyChaos]

Did someone say cold winters in Birmingham, AL? Ha! You don't know cold til you've been to Moose Factory.

Good point, I am an ass.

I was just meaning I ride regardless, and really cold ( compared to not real cold in alabama )

[B6mick]

Oops, Ive been a screaming fan of Motul and Elf products, but I must admit to a change.
Reason, a customer on our courier run is a oil distributor, who happens to be based a few doors down the road from my favorite dyno tuner.
He, the dyno tuner now uses these oils and no longer sells 4 big name brands, and I trust this dyno tuner, without reservation. even if he is a yank
This Oil distributor has offered me excellent prices on oils for the bikes and the working vans, as long as I buy it in 20 litre drums, which to me is no big deal. And it works out at $2.75 per litre. as opposed to $7.50 per litre, in 4 litre containers. 20w-50 for the bikes and 30w-60 for the vans.

[Daytona]

="B6mick"]Oops, Ive been a screaming fan of Motul and Elf products, but I must admit to a change.
Reason, a customer on our courier run is a oil distributor, who happens to be based a few doors down the road from my favorite dyno tuner.
He, the dyno tuner now uses these oils and no longer sells 4 big name brands, and I trust this dyno tuner, without reservation. even if he is a yank
This Oil distributor has offered me excellent prices on oils for the bikes and the working vans, as long as I buy it in 20 litre drums, which to me is no big deal. And it works out at $2.75 per litre. as opposed to $7.50 per litre, in 4 litre containers. 20w-50 for the bikes and 30w-60 for the vans.

Ok Mick So you found your nectar from the oil god. What TBN? 30w-60 gees does your engine still have leather bearings!!! How long have you used it? Does it come in say 15w-40? Is this like having a family member in the booze biz, where you can get that 300% stuff before its watered down?      

[B6mick]

Yep they sell the whole range of oils synthetic, mineral, and mineral based synthetically fortified, and in a whole host of weights, and multi grades. Fork oils brake fluids etc,
Yes it’s like having a family member in the local bike shop.
The vans run the 30W-60 for the simple reason of being run on LPG fuel, and the extra heat it produces. And for the other factors of, in 1 day shift the van is on the road from 6.45 am and gets shut down at 5.15pm. During the day it gets shut down 5 times for depot unload and load ups, at ¾ hr time periods. For the rest of the time 6 ¾ hrs it’s either running or idling. 20W-50 just can not cut the mustard, with this kinda torture