What oil do your all recommend? I have been using 20/50 Kawasaki motor cycle oi. Is there better? CG

 

I use 5W-30 Mobil-1 on my 2001 Prairie 300. Never had an issue yet.

 

Any motorcycle specific oil that is rated API SG/JASO MA is a good place to start! Beyond that, the synthetics are a big improvment over petroleum oil and the Group V ester synthetics, a big improvement over the Group III and Group IV PAO synthetics.

For a basic inexpensive petroleum oil, I like Maixma Premium. For a full-synthetic for that machine, I like Maxima Extra, but most folks balk at the high price. Personally, I run Redline which is a very slick performance oil (JASO MB...yet wet clutch safe!), in all my quads.

Some required reading on oil:

ThumperFaq: 4-Stroke Oil

Oils Well That Ends Well, Part 1 - Sport Rider Magazine

http://www.maximausa.com/technical/l...beNews2002.pdf

Run whatever viscosity your owner's manual recommends for the outside temps this time of year. 20W50 is going to be to thick for winter, in most of the country. http://forums.atvconnection.com/hond...ight-oils.html

 

Many thanks to both of you! CG