Oil for old Duke

Got a friend's Pantah 600 (1982) for a few months while he's overseas
with the army.
He had it serviced before he gave it to me but told me to change the oil
every 1500kms, oil filter every 5000km but didn't tell me what type.
Anyone know what I should use, it's due now!

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:18:34 +1000

Any good quality 10W50 or so mineral oil.

It doesn't need 50 weight and it is unlikely he's spent the money for
synthetic. (Unless he's really silly!)

1500 is a bit silly for a Pantah (I might do that on my loopframe but
that has no oil filter) but if it's what he wants...



Zebee

 

Thanks, he is meticulous about it, the bike is all original and runs
like new so I don't mind forking out for the frequent oil changes.

While waiting for an answer I found this article:
http://www.ducatimeccanica.com/oil.html

Is motorcycle specific oil just a hype? It seems many Ducati owners use
(cheaper) automotive oil and change it more often.

 

In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:49:27 +1000

I can't remember what I used for my pantah.

I suspect I used Agip because my bike shop used that.

But it isn't as if Agip is a miracle liquid, nor are you going to
break a bike using good quality automotive oil. Penrite or
Mobil mineral should be fine. If you feel worried then buy bike
specific but 1500 km in a rubber band bike you can use anything.
Especially something as understressed as a 600!

I used to use Agip 50 weight in my Ducati single but when that got
hard to get I used Penrite straight 50 and it was fine.


Zebee

 

I remember a comparison between normal oil and Bmw , the bmw oil had
some extra elements added and provided specific extra protection

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Wow. 16 years since I've been in aus.moto.

If you have a dry clutch, anything will do but car oil with friction
modifiers is a no no
for wet clutches which are more common by far.

Cheers,
Tony.
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Wow. 16 years since I've been in aus.moto.

If you have a dry clutch, anything will do but car oil with friction
modifiers is a no no
for wet clutches which are more common by far.

Cheers,
Tony.
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This would be one of the worst topics you can bring up on a lot of bike
boards with so much arguing going on about it. Overall you just need a
non friction modified oil, temp would be the next consideration.

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