Fri Nov 7 18:35:01 1997 - Message No. 1628
From: Phoebus Katsanos

Subject: Re: Motor oil




Jorge Pereira wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a question to do: the dealer's garage where I bought my @ RD07, told me that I should change the motor oil each 6000 km, but in the owner's manual says to change it each 12000 km. Personaly I think that I'll change it each 10000 km (I use 100% syntetic Castrol RS). Am I proceeding right? What you do? What oils do you use?
> Another question is what's the best tyres for use in city traffic with rain? I have to change the rear tyre and I'm thinking about Michelin T66.
>
> Good time with your @ for all
>
> Jorge Pereira (Oporto - Portugal)
>
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About motor oil my experience is that here in Greece only the most brave change oil every 10.000 km. Maybe it's the heat or maybe it's the dry summer when we have a lot of dust, but all mechanics suggest changing oil every 5.000 km or so, and that's what I do.

As for the Michelin T66, I know that here the Germans and the Italians may disagree, but here in Greece, T66 is absolutely useless!
All those that used them throw them away as soon as they had money to get something else. Because it was advertised as the first radial on-off tire, many even used it on older models or even other bikes, like Super Tenere, but it was so bad that now even the official importer brings @'s with Bridgestone TW tyros instead of Michelin
T66 (not all of them though). I suggest Metzeler Enduro 3 if you are thinking about some off roading and Metzeler Enduro 4 or Bridgestone TW for onroad use.




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