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[QUOTE="jmics19067, post: 473465, member: 27963"] I believe that there are way too many variables too come even close to be able to make a well informed decision without any experience in the particular application. If you find something that you like stick with it ,if you find a problem try and figure it out ,then guess which direction you need to go. I am assuming < and you know how to break assume down> that bike manufactures build there bikes with the idea of an average rider using an average oil. Then I also assume that average oil manufactures figure you are going to be putting it in an average engine and putting average loads on the engine. But if you read the bottle of oils there are different oils for different applications, take a look at some castor oil and it tells you 20 to 1 in high rpm racing engines only, take a look at some hardware store oil and safe at 100 to 1 for your weed whacker. And everyone wants to make sure that they are protecting their own butt for when certain things just don't line up the way they should and yet somehow tout their stuff at being the best that is out there. High heat, high rpm, and high loads recquire more oil for it to do its job correctly. If you are racing an 80cc in the expert class up sand hills you are going to recquire more oil than a guy that is idling his 500cc bike down a hard pack hill for adequate protection. This is probably the hardest fact that you can rely on in this general topic unless someone who is a lot better at being a mechanic than me knows how you ride ,where you ride and then tears down the motor and inspects it. In my wacky opinion oil ratios are along the lines of octane ratings of your gasoline. Too much is basicly a waste but too little and you waste your engine. So too err on the side of caution for your needs may hurt the wallet a little every time you go riding but it wont hurt your wallet big time and you can't go riding until your bike is fixed. Making sure you are jetted correctly for whatever your conditions are plays a vital role also. [/QUOTE]
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