Running in. Oil

Right my bike has finally turned just over 500 miles and I want to change
the oil and filter, but which oil?
I presume, as this isn't a high performance sportsbike, standard 10w 40 car
oil will do, I really can't see the justification for £30 specialised bike
oil for a CB500, or is there?

 

Sometime around Sun, 24 Apr 2005 22:31:51 +0100, Drew babbled on about:

I like Putoline Super DX4 in just about everything (apart from the Rotax)
seems OK and is under GBP4/litre

 

Drew scribbled on the back of a napkin:

You may want to shop around a bit - I've just bought a 4l can of
bike-spec Silikolene (sp?) 10w40 dino juice for 12.50.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Timo Geusch amazed us all with this pearl of
wisdom:

Where did you get that? I'm due a change soon.

 

Whinging Courier scribbled on the back of a napkin:

Stafford show - there's always a bloke there doing good prices on
Silikolene oils.

Alternatively the Halfrauds bike specific stuff isn't that expensive
and pretty good IMHO.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Timo Geusch amazed us all with this pearl of
wisdom:

Might be worth a look. I put some v.cheap mineral oil in not so long ago
with no bad effects.

 

It's a little better than running without oil.

 

What he said.