What is the best transmission oil for a 2001 banshee 350?

Best?





My opinion,,,Belray Gear Saver,75w #93150





It's Gear Oil made for transmissions,


clutches,gears,shift mechanisms,etc.





Not Engine Oil,,made for valve tappets,plain bearing crankshafts,rocker arms,etc.


Motor oil is a fine compromise,,zillions of bike transmissions work as they are supposed to while running oil that isn't designed for transmissions.


So ya can't Really knock it,but...........





The junkiest swill you can pour thru the hole will work surprisingly well,,,to a degree....for a while.





If you really want something that will make a worthwhile improvement in Temp,Noise,Shift Quality,Wear Reduction,etc....


There's actually a variety of Excellent TRANSMISSION SPECIFIC oils out there,,,as well as additives.





Even automotive Automatic Transmission Fluid beats the living daylights out of ANY Engine Oil in a M/C gearbox.





Lots of people have never heard of that,,,thus it sounds Stupid to them.





They just never stop and think about the 2 different environments,and their components and operating requirements.





In Recent Years,,,Engine Oil has become so limp-wristed the Mfgrs have had to implement New components to their additive packages to keep engines from eating theirselves alive.


One result of that is SEVERAL Engine Oils have actually become ';Dangerous/Destructive'; to M/C gearboxes %26gt;Wet Clutches actually.





Bike/ATV Clutches are same materials as Auto Trans' have





Auto Trans run for 100,000 Mi without an oil change,,10,20.30 years or more.


Their Operation causes them to Run so Hot,,they Exchange Their heat with Engine radiator to COOL DOWN.


The entire time engine is running,,the TorqueConverter is Crushing the Oil.


The Gears are so small in even a 1 ton Truck ,,you can hold them all in your hand.


And the Clutches are not much bigger than an average 250cc m/c.


And after all that abuse,,,the ATF has to perform in Valves that function on 'Breath-weight'; pressure differentials thru a valve system with Less that .001'; Clearances,,,,and thru pin-hole orifices.


An Auto Trans wouldn't LIVE to get across Town on Engine oil.


Yet they work so reliably for YEARS on end with little or no maintenance,,,we often ';forget about them';.





A Substantial Degree of that Reliability is due directly to their use of ATF.


Nothing much Special or Exotic in their parts,materials.


It's simply a matter of Superior Lubrication,,,ie ';plain ol' ATF';





Anyway,,,for Motorcycle-Specific Trans Oil,,,


My prefference is Belray.


If you cant find it conveniently in your area,,,





I'd strongly Suggest to at least find %26amp; chose


a Motorcycle Transmission-Specific ,Synthetic lube.





One outstanding exception to ,';Why Pour Engine Oil into a Gearbox when Real Gearbox Oil is available?';


is Mobil 1 V-Twin 20w-50 oil.


It does an outstanding job in that application.


Mobil's 10w-40(Motorcycle Oil) is OK,,but I wouldn't deliberately chose it for a gearbox.


The 20w-50 is much better in that app.





Again,,,';bike'; gearboxes are Not real finicky about Oil.


And on top of that ,almost NONE are ridden/owned long enough to truly experience Full Benefits of Superior Lubes





So in reality,,almost Anything is ';good enough';,,,,and the Premium ,Specialty Lubes could be considered Overkill.





But I'm with You on wanting to know ,,';What's BEST?';


The $2~3~4 Extra Cost buys a Bunch of Cheap Insurance,,and a Lot of Peace of Mind.


And the last thing ya gotta worry about is whether your Lube is Up To any task you can put to your ATV.





$2 for ordinary stuff,


vs


$6~8 for ';as good as it gets'; ???


In a Transmission /clutch that costs $100's++ to Repair?





So while Premium TRANS Oil may not be totally Necessary...


Overkill is OK with me,,Gimme the Good Stuff.What is the best transmission oil for a 2001 banshee 350?
you can probably find a million opinions on this subject but really, any good motor oil will work. just change oil at the recomended intervals.