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I remember a thread a while back about Mobil changing the oil that you guys were using for the KDX trannys. Which color cap is now the correct oil? I remember red and gold but can't remeber which one is the correct one. Is memory really the first thing to go??

It's Gold now...

I don't worry about what color, As long as it is not energy conserving you are ok



I don't really like running synthetic in my tranny, dino seems to shift better, so I use Mobil Clean 5000

Any oil marked energy saving is going to give you some clutch issues.

I have recently (4 litres ago) changed from Valvoline to GOLD cap Mobil1. Both seem to have very good shifting and both come out after 2 rides relatively clean still. As hard as it is for me to compare tranny oils the 2 I mentioned above are head and shoulders above the Castrol ATF type F I tried. My bike hated ATF, rough shifting, false neutrals etc...

KDXer wrote: Both seem to have very good shifting and both come out after 2 rides relatively clean still.

After TWO rides??

Yep.... By 'ride' I mean a weekend out covering upto 200kms.

I musta had my last oil in mine for about 2 years, but prolly only had 3 or 4 rides on it!

I typically change it on my DR around 4,500 miles or so

I change mine about every ten to twenty gallons of fuel (a good enough nemonic device). About every five rides/weekends.

Rick

KDXer wrote:Yep.... By 'ride' I mean a weekend out covering upto 200kms.

That's about 4 rides at Quartz Creek

No friggen way I'm changing my oil that soon, seems like quite a waste

As soon as my oil starts to change greyish in colour in the sight glass, it is changed. What can I say ?!? I like to keep my engine oil as clean as possible. Waste ?? Possible, but the couple of bux it costs is cheap insurance and piece of mind in my paranoid view.

gray? mine always turns green

I used to change mine more frequent, but I don't any more, I guess I forgot my reasoning