Oil
 

I thought I'd top up my oil, so went to a local Halfords - all the bike shops around here seem to be closed on Sundays.
Anyway, they had quite a good choice, tho mainly Halfords own brand, or Castrol. However, none of the Castrol oils said they were semi-synthetic - just "Synthetic technology" on the side (it was Magnatec oil). I was a little surprised by that. I guess I'll go to a bike shop on Monday, but I kind of expected Halfords to stock what I wanted.

Anyone else find this surprising?

Oh, I suppose it could be that they've just sold out with the good weather, people are getting their bikes back onto the roads for the summer?

i agree with you. halfords seem to mainly cater for car owners. theres only a small section of bits for bikes at the dartford one i go to.

The Castrol oil is in the motorbike specific part of the store. "Castrol GPS 4 stroke Motorcyle Oil" . Can't miss it cos the label says "Motorcycle" :wink:

:-)

Thanks (and feel free to laugh at me to yourself) but does that mean it's semi-synthetic?

just get the halfords own brand 10-40w semi synth. its in the car section.

the castrol stuff is way overpriced in my opinion 35 quid for 5L

It was £25.99 for 5L yesterday at Halfords :?

damn.

18.99 for the own brand.

I use a Vauxhall-branded 10W-40 semi-synth. £10-50 for 5 litres.

GPS is semi-synth. Read the small print ;) It's also a pretty colour.

Still not convinced about using car oil in a bike, although I know a man who will know :P

Keith come on down!