I used cheap oils for around 4 years until i bought a 2 stroke road bike that i decided to keep.
2 stroke gear oil grey.
If you are a heavy clutch abuser change your oil regularly.
Use a good gear lube made for motorcycles your bike will shift better and last longer and your clutch will love you.
Thay generally means no molybdenum teflon or other friction reducers in it.
Two stroke oil also referred to as two cycle oil 2 cycle oil 2t oil or 2 stroke oil is a special type of motor oil intended for use in crankcase compression two stroke engines.
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Gray gear oil help.
In my crf i run higher quality oil in the top end side just to be safe.
I use rotella in the white bottle for all my 2 strokes rated same as all motorcylce specific oils cost alot less i chane my oils every 1 2 hrs on all my bikes.
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We recently changed the gearbox gear oil in our 1989 yamaha 2 stroke street legal dirt bike motorcycle.
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I have an 03 yz 250 2stroke and im.
I have gone back forth in my 2 strokes between rotella honda gn4 cannot tell the difference.
Unlike a four stroke engine whose crankcase is closed except for its ventilation system a two stroke engine uses the crankcase as part of the induction tract and therefore oil must be mixed with gasoline to be.
The 2 stroke typically has a wet clutch so the oil must be wet clutch compatible.
If it is coming from the engine coolant then you will show a loss of coolant fairly quickly and the oil will keep coming out gray white sticky gooey mess is bad for the bearings.
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And if you disagree tell it to vic krause mr know it all he just rips on guys using pennzoil in their bikes.
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When i started riding dirt bikes as a kid i used a lot of cheap 2 stroke oils.
Iirc your buell has a dry clutch inside the primary case so you can use oils with friction modifiers if you wish as there s nothing but gears and bearings inside the transmission.
Why is my tranny oil gray.
I also changed my bike every 6 months so i had no idea what these oils were doing to my engine in the long term.
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For the first two changes that i mentioned above some clean used motor oil will suffice.
Why i stopped using cheap 2 stroke oil.
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