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'''A''': You've probably had friends tell you that you have to run motorcycle-specific oil in your bike. You've likely also seen that $12-a-quart stuff at the dealer's. Riders usually use these oils because they are worried that non-moto oil will be detrimental to their [[Wet clutch Q & A|wet clutch]].

What they are really worried about is oil that is labeled [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_oil#Clutch_lubrication Energy Conserving]. Energy conserving oils are made to be more slippery than conventional oils, and ~~your~~ clutch ~~may not like this fact~~. ~~However~~, ~~there~~ is an [http://forums.ninja250.org/viewtopic.php?t=56989 ongoing discussion] on this board concerning this subject. One of our motorcycle mechanics has 100,000 miles of riding on ~~energy-conserving~~ oil. A couple of our daily riders used it for over a year without any negative effects. But we're going to assume that, if you are reading this, you are a relatively new rider. As such, we recommend that you play it safe and stick to the non-~~energy-conserving~~ type.

What they are really worried about is oil that is labeled [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_oil#Clutch_lubrication Energy Conserving]. Energy conserving (EC) oils are made to be more slippery than conventional oils. In some motorcycles, this can cause the clutch to slip. If you put EC oil in your bike and do feel clutch slippage, just change the oil to non-EC. That should make the slipping go away, as long as you haven't let it go on for a long time.

There is an [http://forums.ninja250.org/viewtopic.php?t=56989 ongoing discussion] on this board concerning this subject. One of our motorcycle mechanics has 100,000 miles of riding on EC oil. A couple of our daily riders used it for over a year without any negative effects. But we're going to assume that, if you are reading this, you are a relatively new rider. As such, we recommend that you play it safe and stick to the non-EC type.

That doesn't mean you have to use oil that is labeled for motorcycles, though. When you're out buying oil, look on the back of the bottle for the [http://www.api.org/aboutoilgas/motoroil/api-quality-marks.cfm American Petroleum Institute's] "donut". Oil that is energy conserving will say so in the bottom half, as in the first two examples here:

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 '''A''': You've probably had friends tell you that you have to run motorcycle-specific oil in your bike. You've likely also seen that $12-a-quart stuff at the dealer's. Riders usually use these oils because they are worried that non-moto oil will be detrimental to their [[Wet clutch Q & A|wet clutch]].
-What they are really worried about is oil that is labeled [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_oil#Clutch_lubrication Energy Conserving]. Energy conserving oils are made to be more slippery than conventional oils, and your clutch may not like this fact. However, there is an [http://forums.ninja250.org/viewtopic.php?t=56989 ongoing discussion] on this board concerning this subject. One of our motorcycle mechanics has 100,000 miles of riding on energy-conserving oil. A couple of our daily riders used it for over a year without any negative effects. But we're going to assume that, if you are reading this, you are a relatively new rider. As such, we recommend that you play it safe and stick to the non-energy-conserving type.
+What they are really worried about is oil that is labeled [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_oil#Clutch_lubrication Energy Conserving]. Energy conserving (EC) oils are made to be more slippery than conventional oils. In some motorcycles, this can cause the clutch to slip. If you put EC oil in your bike and do feel clutch slippage,  just change the oil to non-EC. That should make the slipping go away, as long as you haven't let it go on for a long time.
+There is an [http://forums.ninja250.org/viewtopic.php?t=56989 ongoing discussion] on this board concerning this subject. One of our motorcycle mechanics has 100,000 miles of riding on EC oil. A couple of our daily riders used it for over a year without any negative effects. But we're going to assume that, if you are reading this, you are a relatively new rider. As such, we recommend that you play it safe and stick to the non-EC type.
 That doesn't mean you have to use oil that is labeled for motorcycles, though. When you're out buying oil, look on the back of the bottle for the [http://www.api.org/aboutoilgas/motoroil/api-quality-marks.cfm American Petroleum Institute's] "donut". Oil that is energy conserving will say so in the bottom half, as in the first two examples here: