[dsn_klr650] kawasaki oil nklr

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In a message dated 05/30/2000 8:27:41 PM Mountain Daylight Time, msfaul@... writes: << I don`t trust you Gino, but you asked for it, so I`ll bite. The Kawasaki oil in`t API SJ, it doesn`t have the API donut. It DOES meet and exceeds the requirements for API SJ,EXCEPT for some additive differences they chose not to comply with, some of which is to retain the SH zinc and phosphorus levels. Because of this, API will not allow the compliance donut to be displayed. If you were fishing, you got me. >> Nope, it was a serious question. Believe it or not, I'm switching to back to MC oil (I still refuse to do the synthetic thing) after my W650 shifting got real sticky. So I picked up a couple of gallons of the Kawi oil and noticed the forbidden "SJ" on the label. So I put it back and grabbed the Honda oil instead. It's also a couple bucks cheaper to boot. Drained the Castrol GTX oil out of the W, put in the Honda oil and it shifts smoother then ever. Gino