There is a bit of talk on Dbw on it being a recipe for engine trouble, but lots of people use it with no problems.
I wonder if Gas Gas will form an alliance with a oil supplier like the big brands have?
There is a bit of talk on Dbw on it being a recipe for engine trouble, but lots of people use it with no problems.
I've been using Maxima Premium 2 since I bought my bike last year. Since then I have run the bike completely out of coolant, burned it down while climbing a steep return road in the top of fifth gear. The bike died. Melted the piston, melted the spark plug turned the o-ring on the head to dust and started melting the head but didn't sieze. Everything still had a sticky film on it upon tear down. So, even though it doesn't smell as good as the other oils, I'm gonna stick with it.
come on - you need a more convincing reason!
Haha! You got me. Okay. Real reason. My great grandad used to use it to clean his old hunting rifle. Well, he ran out! So he used some worthless gun oil. Well, he couldn't hit anything after that. He went hungry for a week trying to git some beaver. Nothing! Well, finally he figured, "Must be the oil!" So he picked up another container of trusty Premium 2 from his honest and reliable local Maxima dealer. Well, long story short, after that, he was drowning in beaver!
So what it comes down to is, if you wanna get the beaver, use premium 2.
...and that's good enough for me.
So when the time came for wide open throttle all the extra oil was getting pulled into the combustion chamber creating an extremely rich condition. The Motul would probably work well on a motocross track or in the desert but in the tight slow stuff with a fat and slow rider on board it just didn't work.
Correction, I believe it would actually create a LEAN condition... lots of premix oil means less fuel (gasoline). Less fuel to air ratio is lean. A lean condition typically results in more unburned oil out the exhaust pipe (spooge) because oil has replaced properly metered fuel. That's been my experience anyway!
And Motul does make a great low flashpoint oil for your/our riding style... Motul 710. Flashpoint of 190 degrees F. Been very happy with it since the lightbulb came on for me re: high vs. low flashpoint oil and spooge. Might give it a try if Amsoil isn't available.