Different engine builders/tuners/spanner monkey's recommend various, BUT what do you ride and what is the lube (fnar) of choice. If you really feel like it tell us why you use it? My engine man is telling me Motul 500v (nips to see bank manager about mortgage extension) he tells me i NEED it. Bike: 1098 engine'd 999
Alas I didn't build it... But the airbox looks to be a straight fitment.. The tank has had a complete new base fabricated into it though to accomodate the larger item. Airtubes needed to be manufactured, rear manifold also needed to be fabricated as the "angle of the dangle" on the rear cylinder is different to the 999. Ill whore some more images when the dymags are in ( saved over 2kg on the front and over 4kg on the rear in comparison to the marchesinis)
sensible words figaro Bottom line is; Any oil is better than no oil. Halfords oil (which is made by Comma) regularly changed is better than any hyperblend super oil changed once every death of a pope. Most oil chat is done like many things by armchair experts - lets consider riders who seriously abuse their bikes - couriers lets ask a courier how often he changes his oil and what he puts in. Racers aren't allowed to join this (professional, not your trackday warriors) notwithstanding as they're oil is sponsored and dumped at the end of a race anyhoo.
Sev, I'm an ex-courier, so getting value for money with oil and other bike stuff is ingrained in me. I've put in many miles on Halfords oil, and subjected it to a pretty stern life, and never had any issues. On the other hand I change bikes regularly, so am unlikely to have a bike long enough to see any measurable difference between using cheap or expensive oil. But Halfords works for me, that's all I need to know.
Off the brand subject Ducati have now changed the spec of the later superbike oils (and coolant) from 10 40 to 15 50 so with that in mind I now run a good qual fully synth 15 50
I was once a courier,and would change the oil once and sometimes twice a month with a regular halfords oil,but riding the duke is very different.It will often get hours of continuos hard top third of the rev range used the majority of the time on the open road,as a courier I would short shift tryin to be frugal with engine parts and fuels and rubber etc.The worst part of a couriers job as far as the engine is concerned is probably the constant engine starting.
You were a very different courier to me michel, I used to rag the tits out of every bike all of the time...
