Which oil?

Help I need some oil - which one do I need to buy and where do i put it?

I like bertoli extra virgin olive oil, and i put it in lots of different places - over my tomatoes with basmalti viniger salt and black pepper, in the frying pan with sausages, in the oven for roast potatoes etc.

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presuming this is for an SV, for the curvy (pointys might be the smae)

oil : 10w/40 part synthetic 4 stroke

location: half*rds (although its there own brand but i do use it) and any motorcycle shop

if you going to change the oil get your self a new filter aswell

10w/40 motorbike oil, available at all good dealers and auto/motor shops.



On the right hand side (when you are sitting on the bike) the is a cap which looks like this on the clutch cover (round shaped engine case in front of footpeg), you poor it in there. Best to change the oil filter too, if you do not feel confident I advise you find a mate that knows or get a mechanic to do it.

Right I'm on it now - just a top up for now, but intend to change the filter too next week.

Done it bought - Gastrol GPS 10w-40, bloody expensive compared to normal car engine oil!!! £9.99 for 1 litre.

Also managed to lube and tighten the chain, used Holts universal chain lube - greenish sticky foam stuff - is this ok?

.....and even got round to replacing the broken indicator from my off in Nov. I'd really like to learn how to do more but just have no idea. As you can probably tell from this post and how pleased I am about filling up with oil.

Originally Posted by krhall

Right I'm on it now - just a top up for now, but intend to change the filter too next week.

Originally Posted by krhall

Done it bought - Gastrol GPS 10w-40, bloody expensive compared to normal car engine oil!!! £9.99 for 1 litre.

Classic mistake. As you were gonna change the oil anyway, you should have just bought that forward or purchased 4 litres of the stuff which would have worked out far cheaper than 10quid a pop.

Well done on getting hands on though.

Yeah you're right gives me some breathing space though until I buy a Haynes manual and some cheap tools.

I looked for the sump plug this morning but wasn't sure where it was!!!

If you look caefully you can see a goldish coloured bolt at the bottom of this engine, below the rectangular flat panel. This is the sump bolt. Make sure you have a large container underneath it when you undo it!

So it is a bolt, I'm not too sure what I was expecting to see. What size is it?