Engine oil plays a key role in ensuring smooth running and maintenance of the bike. What blood is to humans is basically what oil is to engines. Understanding your bike’s engine and how to maintain the same can make a major difference to its performance. Oil serves various important functions in engine mainly cooling, lubricant, anti-rust agent, efficiency, protection, etc. This means engine oils are formulated to clean, cool and protect your bike, improving engine life.
For a high-performing engine, you need to check the engine oil level and oil leakage regularly. Running the motorbike on dirty engine not only increases fuel consumption but also reduces the engine’s life. Choosing the right bike oil is essential as it can make various positive changes including enhanced performance, reliability and protection. There are various bike engine oils available on the market. Given below is the list of 5 bike engine oils in India. These are ready to meet the stresses and requirements of a new era of engine technology.
Top 5 Engine Oil for Bikes in India
Castrol Power
Castrol is a premium manufacturer of automotive and industrial lubricants. It provides a wide range of oil and greases including car engine oils, 2-stroke & 4-stroke engine oils and multi-grade diesel engine oils. Castrol’s motorbike engine oils offer excellent protection under diverse driving conditions and temperatures. They help in avoiding overheating of the engine, thereby cooling the same. Castrol Power1 is designed to promise thrill by giving super acceleration at a touch of the throttle. Castrol Activ ensures continuous protection of your bike from stressful daily commute in the city. Castrol Go! offers a trouble-free ride, ensuring that your vehicle stays in good running condition.
Options for Castrol Bike Engine Oil
- Castrol Activ
- 4T 20W-40
- 4T 20W-50
- 4T 10W-30
- SCOOTER 10W-30
- Castrol POWER1
- 4T 10W-30
- 4T 20W-50
- 4T 15W-40
- 4T 15W-50
- RACING 4T
- CASTROL GO!
- GO! 4T
- GO! 2T
ELF
Designed with latest and advanced technology, Elf Engine oil is high performance oil that enhances the fuel economy, acceleration, horsepower and combustion. It is a genuine performance enhancer as compared to other engine oils and suitable for all types of engine. ELF product catalog includes car oils, engine oils, engine coolant, greases, gear oil, brake oil, etc. This bike engine oil ensures active prevention of friction for a smooth ride and superior performance, gear protection during gear change and prevention of clutch slippage. ELF engine oil is available for motorcycles like TVS Apache, Honda Shine, Bajaj Discover, Hero Splendor, Bajaj Pulsar, etc.
Shell
With more than 75 years of excellence in developing & testing engine oils, Shell is one of the most preferred brands when it comes to the best engine oil. Oil is developed on the race track and engineered with RCE technology. Shell Advance has been designed keeping in mind what bikers want from motorcycle oil – maximum cleanliness, reliability, and performance. The oil is a special mix of high-quality mineral base, synthetic and semi-synthetic oils.
To ensure that every motorbike gives it to peak performance, Shell Advance has designed multiple products for different types of bikes as well as riding styles. Shell’s product line is very innovative that the buyer can easily decide on his choice. Their product portfolio includes Ultra 15W50 (fully synthetic suitable for all types of bikes), AX7 10W-40 (semi-synthetic designed for high-performance bikes), AX5 20W40 (premium oil suitable for standard bikes), 2T (for 2-strokes) and AX3 20W40 (for small engine motorcycles).
Gulf
Specially designed to give superior performance and protection even under extreme conditions, Gulf engine oils are known for their uses in cars, motorcycles, light commercial vehicles and some small boats. Gulf oils are engineered to meet the demands of latest technologies and specifications of the automotive industry. Products for this brand are Gulf Pride, Gulf Syntrac, and Gulf Green, available for all bikes including Discover, Pulsar, Shine, Apache, Karizma and some other bikes.
Honda
Honda Genuine Engine Oils are premium quality engine oils developed keeping in mind diverse & difficult driving conditions of Indian roads. They provide maximum protection to Honda engines, along with a prolonged lifespan. It is recommended to use Honda Engine oils only to meet the complete lubrication needs of Honda motorcycles and scooters. Honda oils not only lubricate but also clean your bike’s engine and cool your bike’s engine under extreme heat conditions. They prevent your bike engine’s metallic parts from corrosion and also offer better fuel economy.
Apart from these, there are a lot many imported engine oils for Indian motorbikes. However, you need to remember that foreign bikes, as well as riding conditions, are different from Indian ones. So, the best oil for a bike would be the one recommended by the manufacturer. Do let us know the brand of motorcycle engine oil you use on your bike.
14 Comments
I am always use shell 10W40 fully synthetic oil for my 1.5 years old Honda Dreamyuga Bike I got very nice performance by using this oil but our local Honda dealer told me to not use this oil for 110CC bike it’s harm engines. Is it true. Pls help.
Can I use Honda high performance synthetic engine oil for Honda hornet 160 r
I was using Castrol power and previously TVS oil.. Castrol was better for apache.
Now this time using gulf on seller suggestion. See how it performs. Its semi synthetic…
dont use gulf itz lacking the performance and drop of mileage
Hi,im used GRO oil for my 220 and the dealor has demand and i need to w8,so i changed motul 7100 is that ok?
Castrol 4t oil bad not good
Hi guys, I used shell AX7 first time for my bike after finishing all free services of my Dio and I’m quite satisfied and now thinking to go for shell Ultra. Please give suggestions, if any one would have used.
Hi I am using shell advanced Ax7 to my bike apache 160 rtr its give smooth and speed efficency grater pickup so I am satisfied with shell …
I use elf moto gold in my yamaha and it is the best.
It very help full for me I always became confuse what I buy for my bike now I am worry free
I’m using Shell Advance for my 4 years old Discover 125 DTS – i and I crossed speed 105 Kmph. So I believe Shell Advance is best engine oil for boost firespeed race of your bike.
I use shell advance for my Activa deluxe and i marked the speed of 100 kmph 5 times 4 times alone and 1 time with a friend coz no one believed me on that 100 kmph speed…
Shell is the best if ur a speed freak
For one time atleast my friend should use Repsol for ur bikes engine ,U feel like marvelous ,thats gurantee from my, U forget all .
im using shell its best now for race bikes