Data wrote:Paul, everything sounds like it's going swimmingly. If I may make a suggestion...and it's only that because it's your bike and you can do what you want to do...but personally, I would avoid the fully synthetic oil until around the 6k mark. You engine won't finish conforming (fully running in!) until around then. It's the same for virtually all mid to larger size four stroke engines. To some degree this mileage may vary slightly depending on how the bike is used and how you ride it. Fully synthetic will not enable the engine to finish conforming and you may eventually end up using oil as more miles go on her. It's a common problem on engines not designed to use fully syn from new when owners switch to fully syn much too early. Burgman 400's should only have it in from 5- 6k too. Fully syn is so good at reducing engine wear to virtually zero that it stops the engine fully running in if used too early. I can send you an interesting article written by someone who is an engine scientist if you are interested which covers this very point. Let me know if you are interested.

XMax400Paul wrote:So its back to the Halfords Motorcycle semi 10w/40 then...
The 5w/40 fully will have to gather dust in the garage for a year - oh well - should keep...

XMax400Paul wrote:So its back to the Halfords Motorcycle semi 10w/40 then...
The 5w/40 fully will have to gather dust in the garage for a year - oh well - should keep...