"On my 748 Italia in Lincoln serviced it with a 10w/50 and said it suited the bike better. " EH !!? What an absolute load of bollox they are talking mate. It seems many dealers are not not up to date on oils and their properties, including synthetic and mineral oils, and just bullshit bike owners..... I remember a great saying.......bullshit baffles brains and its true. Manufacturers spend hours in the design of bikes, test bed monitoring, in order to achieve recommendations for owners. synthetic is great ONCE your bike has been run in, but before that mineral oils should be used, as per their recommendations. stick to what the book says and you cantr go wrong !! |