mike31270 Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 ive got a 2006 250 sherco ive just brought some new premix oil castrol tts ive noticed it says on the bottle mixs upto 50 to 1. I want to mix it at 80 to 1. was wondering if anybody uses this 2 stroke and will it be ok to mix it at that. If not what premix oil do you recommend. thanks in advance mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1oldbanjo Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 It will probably be fine at 80:1 in your Sherco - but when in doubt email the tech department at Castrol. I think that most full synthetic 2 stroke motorcycle oils mixed at 80:1 are fine in a trials bike. At first I used Mobil 2T in my Sherco 290 and it worked fine - but I was getting more oil out the exhaust than I wanted. I then switched to Maxima K2 mixed at 80:1 as the US national importer for Sherco (Ryan Young) recommends it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike31270 Posted August 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 hi thanks for the quick reply a shop close to me also sells the maxima k2 is the stuff any good and would you recommend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1oldbanjo Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 (edited) Mike: Where are you located? Update your profile to include where you live and you may make some new local trials friends from this site. The discussion of oil is one that is similar to politics.....but most nearly a religion. There can be some very strong opinions from people.....I am very surprised that I have been the only one to comment so far! I switched to Maxima K2 at the suggestion of Ryan Young - the US Importer of Sherco products. It is the only oil they sell for use in the Sherco 2T. Maxima K2 uses an Ester base stock. Ester oils are more expensive base stocks than others and are unique in that the Ester base has a natural attraction to metal surfaces. Here is a link that explains it: http://www.motul.com.au/fact_sheets/estel_oil.html Here is a link to the Maxima website for K2 oil: http://www.maximausa.com/shopping/index.ph...;products_id=14 I have switched to using the K2 in all my motorcycles and chainsaws a few months ago, and it works fine. However it will probably be years before I have to take anything apart for maintenance to report on how clean it is burning. I have never had any oil related failures and my switch was based on the fact that the 5 time US National Champion and US importer of Sherco's recommended that I start using Maxima K2 to eliminate the dirty oil seepage I was getting out of my exhaust when I used the Mobil 2T. Edited August 3, 2010 by 1oldbanjo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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