Mobil Delvac 1 5W-40 94 ZX-11 1579 miles

[nicrfe1370]

This is Mobil Delvac 1 with 4 ounces of Lube Control at the start, and with maybe .25 quarts of Rotella T synthetic as top up. This oil seemed to work great right up to the end, shifted nicer than an other oil I've tried. Lab is OAI.

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Miles on unit 34544

Miles on Oil 1579

Iron 18

Chromium 1

Lead 1

Copper 6

Tin 0

Aluminum 11

Nickel 0

Silver 0

Silicon 6

Boron 55

Sodium 5

Magnesium 468

Calcium 2375

Barium 0

Phosphorus 1163

Zinc 1400

Molybdenum 0

Titanium 0

Vanadium 0

Potassium 0

Fuel
Visc@100C 11.72

Water 0

Glycol NEG

TBN 8.92

Oxid 3.0

Nitr 7.0

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Even the mighty Delvac 1 gets chewed down to a 30wt in a motorcycle. Frankly, as long as it feels good and protects well, I don't care if it shears down a grade. I've even been toying with the idea of running GC when it gets cooler! Currently I am running the new Amsoil 10W-40 motorcycle oil which I plan to sample at 700 miles and 1500 miles.

 

[sunruh]

iron and copper are pretty high for this few a miles on the oci. with Al of 11, i have to guess you are slipping the clutch a little every once in a while too. silicon of 6 means your air filter is doing pretty good too. when was the last time you changed the air filter? whose oil filter are you using?

 

[nicrfe1370]

The oil filter is Kawasaki. I'm not sure about the air filter, but it is probably also a Kawasaki piece. I don't know when it was last changed, I bought the motorcycle this May and haven't changed it yet (though I will probably do so in the off season). My basic practicehen driving any manaully shifted transmission is to slip the clutch as llittle as possible, but with my Kawasaki I might slip it a bit more than is necessary.

 

[rg144]

LC will bring the vis. down. And at 11.7 (starting at 14), that's only 18%.