ATV Florida Forum

hey guys i need your feed back & personal experinces with this topic..a buddy  came by with his honda xr650l for me to do an oil change on his bike, he bought me 3qts of Valvoline 10w40 4stroke motorcycle oil..has anybody in ever used this oil? & if so how did your bike run with it? ..his ran smooth,peppy & shifted nicely after the oil change...

I use to run my z400 on it no problems with it never had any problems used it for years

thanks pal i appriciate ur feed back. ;)

Been using it for years, z400s, ltz250s, foreman, ranchers, you get it....

For years in my Can am's Honda's and never had any issues.

thank 2 u guys and other reviews ive been reading,i might change the oil on all my bikes to valvoline 10w40..i didnt think this oil was'nt all that due to its price,my friend got it at advanced autoparts for $5.00 a quart.

I hate Walmart but with 5 quads which two of them hold 4 quarts each I found it at Walmart for $3.98 a quart!!!! ::)

$3.98 a qt.thats a great deal,im gonna have 2 go by wallmart,,im in the same situation as u pal.between my off road & streets bikes i have 6 bikes.each holds from 2 to 4 qts..so $3.98 for motorcycle oil sounds  kick ass..i wish wallmart also sold the oil filters hahaha

Rotella! Good, cheap!

would u recommend ROTELLA more then the valvoline? the ROTELLA kinda scares me a bit its not made for motorcycles,motorcycle oil have chemicals so that it doesnt foam up in ur crankcase,which happens alot with bikes due to all the gears of the tranny..i used penzoil once on a street bike rode it for 1hour came back and drained the oil it was all foamed up,thats reduces the protection on ur whole motor.

They have a Valvoline ATV 10w40 as well. I accidentally got a quart of the motorcycle oil that honestly looks the same to me. But I got some at Wal Mart too, then bought a case of 12 from Amazon for about $60 since the store only had 3 or 4 in stock. I drive a '95 Yamaha Moto 4. It seems like a real good oil that has good wet clutch protection and is approved for ATV use. Yamalube by comparison was about twice as much per case.

I can take pics of them to compare if anyone wants.

thank u ( nukacola ) i really appriciate ur help ,,,a local pepboys here had a special on that oil saw it 2day $36bucks for 12 quart case, at $3.beans a quart,i bought 2 cases,so ill be using valvoline for a while now haha

I too started using the valvoline atv oil.  We'll see what it looks like after tomorrows oil change. Maybe 20hrs of use. With some hard riding

im sure it will eventualy turn dark like any oil with usage, & wet clutch dirty the oils alot more..1 thing i love about this oil, is it doesnt (foam up) when riding hard.ive used regular car oils in bikes n after they heat up n oil foams up i can hear the internal parts more..(not a good sound to hear)..ive used valvoline 10w40 & castrol 4t as well.they r both great but ive found valvoline at a cheaper price.