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Re: oil and gas



Right, the synthetic comes later.  When I first got my bike I was concerned
about what type of break-in oil the dealer had used (if any at all), but
later found out that the bike came with factory-installed break-in oil. It
gets replaced with synthetic oil at first service.

As for fuel octane, not too long ago someone listed the URL for a site that
desricribed RON.  Not sure if it was this e-mail list or the T5 list.  I
apparently didn't save the URL.  Maybe someone else has it.  I read the
article and seem to remember concluding that I should use at least
'mid-grade', if not 'premium' unleaded.  I think "R+N/2" corresponds to the
numbes you see on many gas pumps in North America.  Having said that I don't
recall seeing 95 EVER (in Canada), so maybe that's why I settled on premium.

hmmm, I hope that helps
Neil


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Fox" <pgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: October 19, 2000 12:20 PM
Subject: oil and gas


> what kind (weight) of oil is used during break-in?  the manual doesn't
> mention it.  i assume it's not the synthetic that's used later.
>
> and, just for peace of mind -- i assume the 95 RON octane level mentioned
> in the manual corresponds to "regular", in "(R+N)/2" terms?



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