Fuzzbuster
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The blue coloured tastes the best! Blue/ raspberry I think!Nah I stick to antifreeze
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Motul vs Repsol synthetic?
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Fuzzbuster
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After reading the response for the repsol I decided to go with the Motul. I like the fact that it is red and is a quick visual indicator for a leak and where it originated. I also get a fairly good price at riders choice. As for coolant I switched from the yellow Motul to blue engine ice. The reason for this was I like that it comes in a bigger bottle but more importantly I can see the blue in my reservoir and note the level easier than the yellow. I don't remove panels to see this I look under the tail, interestingly the markings for F and L on the reservoir are on both sides of the bottle so I assume this is for convenience when viewing under the tail. I will throw this out there too, I prefer my brake fluid crystal clear and use Belray, I found the Motul to have a slight golden tinge. I realize this doesn't support my theory on quick visual check but the reservoir is right in my face so crystal clear it is and I just make sure it is between F and L and not closer to F. I want to see the fluid moving around in there.
This thread had me curious, so I thought I would support both F9 and Repsol by trying it out. Well I'm probably never buying it again thanks to the very annoying integrated "funnel" design, will provide a photo soon
Basically the nozzle is like the built-in straw on a cheap travel mug. The main problem compared to the built-in nozzle on like a bottle of Motul is that it is WAY too narrow - air can't go back up at the same time and it resists the oil going down. So to get the oil out you gotta slowly milk it like a plastic bottle of honey. You can't just rip off the nozzle and use a normal funnel either - I had to crush the neck of the bottle with a pair of vice grips to get it off, so doing that with a full bottle will probably shoot oil in your eyeball. And if you re-use oil containers to store used oil like... most people, you will HAVE to rip the nozzle assembly off. If I had to give the designer credit for anything, they designed the assembly in a way that lets you get 99% of the oil out (i.e. it's not wasting oil)
Funny enough, when I ordered these I noticed x4 1L was cheaper than x1 4L - I wonder if this was why
Liqui Moly uses the same spout, so I guess you'll want to avoid that, too.
I like the spout on the Repsol and LM bottles. Filling the sump on my Guzzi is quick and easy, no mess.
Genuinely appreciate that warning
Fuzzbuster
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When are they gonna have to switch to the cardboard straw!
I used the Liqui Moly for the first time and was pleasantly surprised that it had a spout , never experienced that before. The 4 (or was it 5) litre container has the wide spout and I didn’t have to use a funnel.
