What did I start here!!!
Well might as well put in my input...
I am always the type to listen to the masses and make my own mind up on such subject depending on responses and oppinions.
In Demon's defence, he was a great help with the manual thing and the initial replay (also info on a local bike I was gonna buy), so cheers for that, also amount of posts can't go against someone... Sure the person with the most posts may have been aroung the forum longer and picked up more knowledge and expirience but hell, what heppens if the MD of Ducati's R&D dept registered themselves up? Not likley I know but stranger things have happened and I wouldn't like to question their knowledge... You never know (esp on the net) someone's backround knowledge (unless ya know them obviously).
As for the debate over oil...
I have no quarms over spending top dollar if it is recomended and I know the bike will bennefit off it as I'm sure most people on here do the same. The mineral / semi / fully question's beased on cost firstly are irrelivent in my oppinion as anyone who ownes a Duacti is not gonna skimp on price of such a vital thing.
It all comes down to personal expirience, advice and (in some cases), confidence in the product (as in I always prefer castrol for oil). I have found people swear by one product (in this case oil) as their machine (whatever they have) has never let them down, yet other's who would spit on the said product because their machine chucked a bearing or rod etc (but who's to say it wasn't a faulty bearing / rod or a prob with the machine before the product was introduced into the equation)?
Whatever is decided on in one person's mind, isn't going to guarentee a 'bomb proof' machine or one that will disintergrate 10 mile down the line... In my expirience what's gone on before hand is generally the cause of the fault (e.g. I changed the oil in a Subaru Impreza I owned to the said 'best if the best' and with-in 2 weeks the engine was gone. Reason, bad oil in the past (and riving by previous owner) and the introduction of new oil uncovered the fault... But I blamed the oil until I found this out).
But in all, nothing wrong with a healthy debate... I'm just more confused than ever at the mo...
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At least have I got the weight of the oil correct? Anyone?