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Leave engine oil changes to the store.
I'm not really interested in playing with bikes, and I'd rather have someone else do the maintenance except for washing, cleaning and simple lubrication.
If you don't change the filter, you can't change the oil (on the Ninja 400/650, it's behind the cowl. (The Ninja 400/650 is located behind the cowl, behind the exhaust pipe, so changing the filter is quite a hassle...) It's an easy job, but it's something I do every couple of months and I consider it part of my relationship with the bike shop, so I basically leave it to the store.
The quality of the product is one thing, but it is more important to replace it regularly and as soon as possible, right? But when I was at Kawasaki Plaza, I asked them to put in a good one, and they put in a Saeki-speed or Saeki-strength one......
My current bike shop told me that they put in standard oil and didn't even check the brand/grade.
However, you may want to be particular about the type.
Once in my Ninja 400 days.I put WAKO'S oil in the 2 rinkan.I've had some problems, but it's only right after the exchange that I've been able to get the job done."Smoother and better than stock."But the oil seemed to go bad pretty quickly, so I didn't add any more.
The Ninja 650 is currently undergoing a "Take Care of Your Ninja 650" campaign, so I thought I'd take a look at the engine oil .... I've been thinking about it.
However, there are too many types of oil. It's hard on my wallet and I'm sure it's a waste of money on my Ninja 650, which is used for touring and riding around town. I'd like to know if you have any recommendations for oils that are well-balanced in price and quality and don't degrade much until you change them every 3,000km.......
Partially synthetic oil? Chemical synthetic oil?
The classification of oil is also complicated to begin with. I was a liberal arts graduate with a gung-ho liberal arts brain, and I went to a university that had a separate science campus, so I had no mechanical engineering(?) friends. I have no mechanical engineering(?) friends. I don't have the ability to choose my own kind.....
It seems that engine oil is roughly divided into three categories depending on the processing method: mineral oil, partially synthetic oil, and chemical synthetic oil."100%Synthetic oil is the ideal condition, right?"I thought it would be a good idea, but there is some information here and there that seems to indicate that this is not the case.
If you don't want to change your oil for several thousand kilometers in general use, you should choose a high quality partial synthetic oil because general 100% synthetic oil has a high viscosity change. This seems to be the general view of oil shops (as far as I have seen on many websites).
The most important thing for me when choosing an oil.
Engine protection > Performance
From the point of view of this, it seems that oil with a high performance is not suitable........
I'll also take a look at the instruction manual.
What kind of standard recommended oil is it to begin with? I thought, so I looked at the manual. According to Kawasaki's 2015 manuals for both the Ninja 400 and Ninja 650, the recommended oils for the Ninja 400 are these two types.
Yes, it is. It's a full-bodied, partially synthetic oil. The reimported Ninja 650's owner's manual does not list a genuine Kawasaki oil model number, but all other grade information is the same as for the Ninja 400.
The recommended standard for both cars is SG or higher, so you should have no problem getting the SN grade, which has the strongest durability.
Engine Oil Standard (API) |
| symbol |
Description. |
| SA |
Pure mineral oil without additives. For engines with light operating conditions that do not require additive oil. No special performance is required. |
| SB |
Additive oil. For light operating conditions that require some additive action. Must have anti-scuffing, oxidation stability and bearing corrosion protection. |
| SC |
For gasoline use only in U.S. passenger cars and trucks from 1964 to 1967. For gasoline engines, requires high and low temperature deposit protection, wear protection, rust and corrosion protection. |
| SD |
Gasoline only for 1968 and newer U.S. passenger cars and trucks.
Requires SC-class or better performance, from deposit protection to corrosion protection; can also be used for SC-class applications. |
| SE |
For some 1971 and newer and 1972 and newer U.S. passenger cars and some gasoline trucks. Requires higher performance than SA and SC oils in the prevention of oxidation, high temperature deposits, rust and corrosion. |
| SF |
For 1980 and newer U.S. passenger cars and some gasoline truck models.
Requires even higher performance than SE in oxidation stability and wear resistance. |
| SG |
Applicable to gasoline passenger cars, vans, and light trucks operated under the engine manufacturer's recommendation since 1989, including the performance of API Service Classification Class CC (for diesel), which requires higher performance in the prevention of deposits, oxidation, wear, rust, and corrosion than the previous grades. |
| SH |
For gasoline-powered vehicles operated under the engine manufacturer's recommendation from 1993 onward, with performance exceeding the minimum performance standards of SG and replacing SG in terms of deposit resistance, oxidation resistance, wear resistance, rust resistance, and corrosion protection, e.g., DID-CID-A-A-52309 and ILSAC/GF-1. Conforms to the sequence test performance requirements of the engine manufacturer's standard. |
| SJ |
Applicable to gasoline-powered vehicles operated under the engine manufacturer's recommendation from 1996 onwards, with performance exceeding the minimum performance standards of SH and replacing SH in terms of black sludge resistance, oxidation resistance, wear resistance, rust resistance and corrosion protection. Conforms to the test performance requirements of engine manufacturer standards such as ILSAC/GF-2. |
| SL |
Applicable to gasoline-powered vehicles operated under the engine manufacturer's recommendation from 2001 onward, with performance that exceeds the minimum performance standards of SJ, improved durability, cleanliness, and oxidation stability of oil at high temperatures, and an environmental standard that has passed a severe oil volatility test. |
| SM |
This is an environmentally friendly oil that improves fuel efficiency, reduces harmful exhaust gases, and improves the durability of engine oil compared to the SL standard. In addition, a test to measure the low-temperature viscosity of degraded oil, which has not been tested so far, has been added, and it is necessary to use a base oil with excellent low-temperature fluidity and oxidation degradation. |
| SN |
Improvements in fuel efficiency, oil durability, and catalyst system protection performance are required over the SM standard, which has been the most stringent standard to date. Fuel efficiency must be improved by at least 0.5% compared to the SM standard. For oil durability, deposit generation must be improved by 14% or more compared to the SM standard. For improvement of catalyst system protection performance, phosphorus evaporation, which adversely affects the catalyst, must be controlled to 20%. |
Hmmm. I wonder which oil has all the skills for engine protection.......
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