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Fortunately, it's not a "what's the best oil for my bike" question. I was riding around today for a few hours. The weather has been quite hot here, in the 30 degrees celsius area (that's in the 80s in degrees farenheit). Anyways, everything seemed to be running normally, until I got stuck in traffic on the way home. The temp reading on the bike was at a steady 106-107 (about 223 farenheit) for quite some time, until I was able to start moving again. I noticed though, that after it had stayed that hot for so long, the shifting seemed to get pretty harsh and clunky.
I'm using just regular dino oil, the Honda stuff, 10W30 (I think? can't remember.. It would be whatever it says to use in the manual anyway). It's been in there for only about 1000kms, but it's been a few months. Haven't been able to ride much lately.. Do you guys suppose it's possible that the oil has degraded from thermal breakdown due to the high temps? Who knows how hot the oil tempuratures were... I'm planning to change it anyways, but just curious if maybe anyone else has experienced this.
I'm using just regular dino oil, the Honda stuff, 10W30 (I think? can't remember.. It would be whatever it says to use in the manual anyway). It's been in there for only about 1000kms, but it's been a few months. Haven't been able to ride much lately.. Do you guys suppose it's possible that the oil has degraded from thermal breakdown due to the high temps? Who knows how hot the oil tempuratures were... I'm planning to change it anyways, but just curious if maybe anyone else has experienced this.