RE: [Honda-C70] Re: Motorcycle Oil

Since you stated you ride in high temperatures & slow speed traffic . A 20W50 would be less likely to get hot break down & burn . I had a motorcycle in the 60`s that needed 80w air craft oil. Good Luck! Baby Huey

To: Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com
From: ak6666666@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:46:45 +0000
Subject: [Honda-C70] Re: Motorcycle Oil

I still cant make up my mind.
Consider Arizona heat, or better still, Sahara summer heat.
I'm torn between 10W40 fully synthetic and 20W50 API SM.

When I poured in 20W50 (API SG), it was red. Now it is brown after a thousand km.

10W40 will save be fuel. My piston is new so it can take the thin oil. But the heat and snail pace.

I can easily get 20W50 in API SF and SM even.

20W50 SM (or SF) and 10W40 fully synthetic. Cant decide. Cant.

Is an engine flush addative a great idea?

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> If the plain 30 weight oil is lawn mower oil ,that may be as close to what our c70 used new as we could find now. Baby Huey`s 2 cens
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> I run plain 30 weight on mine. No abnormal effects noticed, except that upon deceleration the clutch whines louder than usual (sort of like what a hybrid sounds like when braking). The original Supercubs from the 50s called for 30 weight, so I don't see any reason why ours can't.
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