My 07 m109r Suzuki had a second gear shifting problem, a lot of the guys were tearing down the transmission and angle cutting the second gear to make it shift better. All I did was change from Suzuki's regular oil to Castrol Actevo 10W40 semi synthetic, the tranny started shifting better, and with 2000 mile oil changes improved to a point where my shifting problem no longer existed. So the right fresh oil is definitely an improvement, and that Castrol fixed my problem completely. When I sold the bike for my F6B it didn't have a shifting problem at all. Remember their slogan,"ITS NOT JUST OIL ITS LIQUID ENGINEERING"
I bet that Belray oil poured out of the bottle fast which makes it a better oil to run thru those small 1800 oil passages-LOL sorry I just could not help myself
Did you know that if you changed your oil at a high sea level location, the lower atmospheric air pressure will allow it to also flow more freely? And the best part is that the oil will continue to retain that free flowing characteristic once it's in the engine, and sealed up in the crankcase; regardless if you are in a low sea level location...
They don't call it "Rocky mountain high" for nuth'in....
21 years Army (retired)
...been everywhere, seen everything, done almost everything.
IBA 80537
Let me tell you what the best oil is, hands down.
HA! Gotcha....