This is my first belt drive to own and I was wondering if it is good to put a super slick oil additive in the engine? I know you can't do on non-belt drive because of the clutch. Honda's new CR450F has seperate transmission and engine oil just for this reason. Thanks for any help.

 

I talked with a friend of mine that is a dealer(not Kawasaki) about hte same thing and he advised me not to put anything in this machine that did not have Kawasaki on the bottle. His reasoning was that the Kawi oil had additives that auto motoroil does not provide, and if you have an engine failure due to lubrication problems that they will not warranty this. He has told me that he has talked to the manufacturer of his bikes and that is how they all are taking care of warranty problems.

Hope this has helped you with your decision.

 

Thanks for the info I think I will stick with the Kawasaki oil.

 

I've done some reading about the oil issues and have not found any reason that additives would hurt a non-wet type clutch atv. They reason you don't want to use additives in a wet clutch machine is becasue it is too slick and can cause slipage between the clutch plates. If you talk to someone who is a lubrication expert they will tell you all the real reasons you do or do not want to use additives. If you talk to a dealer they are going to cover there own back side and say only use there oil. I personnaly have been putting additives in my oil and crank case since 1984 and have never had a break-down caused by lubrication. Now for the reason I started using additives is because we do alot of water riding and sometime water gets where it shouldn't be and I just thought ( right or wrong ) the extra additives might be enough to get us back to the bunk-house without toasting an engine or transmission.
Good Luck
Prairie 650
QuadMaster 500

 

Did you guys all get an extended warranty?

Some of the yamaha 660 owners have been saying it may not be worth it since yamaha is so hard to get to admit they made a mistake. Others think it is just the stupid dealer (some dealers are dumber than others).

Anyway, is the extended warranty worth it?

 

My bike is covered until Jan. 2004. As far as geting the manuf. to admit to anything is a different story it all comes down to what the service guy tells the dealer and what the dealer tells the manuf.

the only reason that I got the extended warr. is because this is the first year of production and I thought they would have alot of bugs a little later on.

 

[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] I use Mobil V-Twin Synthetic in my Prarie 650. I have done this since first break in Change at 125 Miles. I also use it in the front. Since I was shopping for the 424 for the rear. The way I see it is a V-Twin runs hisorically hotter on the rear cylinder and you only have a little over 2 quarts to keep that engine cool on the bottom end. By the way this oil EXCEEDS every manufacturer requirement with these added bonuses, No stiffening in cold extremes and no dilution in the heat slow crawling of summer. The V-Twin comes in 20W-50 viscocity. One thing to remember however is whatever oil make sure it is motorcycle oil as automotive oils have certain properties stripped to meet EPA guidelines that haven't affected the off road and motorcycle crowd yet. Hope this helps.