Synthetic Oil

[Bax]

Mobil has 20W-40 dino, wet clutch compatible, oil released. Not my flavor and not too much test data available but it's getting back out into the market.

---Bax

[Bonz]

Amsoil has a good oil, and hopefully more 20w40 oils keep showing up.

[Bax]

Amsoil can market it to V-Twin owners all they want....... it's just 20W-40, wet clutch compatible, synthetic oil to me.

Bax

[jetmechmarty]

I have used Amsoil in my XS11. It was just fine. Expensive, but just fine.

[Radioguylogs]

Just want to make a shout out to the engine designing engineers at Indian and Victory for creating a recent demand for 20W-40 motorcycle oil...... Amsoil stepped up to fill the need. This XS owner is riding this wave to the beach sands.


Bax

But that's V Twin oil !

[madmax-im]

For many yrs I have used 10w40 Dino..When that became unavailable i went with the 20w50 Dino oil..Super Tech from Wally world..This in my XS and XJ1100s...and in my XS650 as well...
MY ST1100 on the other hand has been taking Shell Rotella T6..The same oils used in diesel engines...My oil and filter change interval is 12K miles...On the XS1100s i would go 5000 miles before changing...and my XS650 is 1500 miles..or once a year whichever happens first...

[Bax]

Just want to make a shout out to the engine designing engineers at Indian and Victory for creating a recent demand for 20W-40 motorcycle oil...... Amsoil stepped up to fill the need. This XS owner is riding this wave to the beach sands.


Bax

[thebottle]

Yeah, Greg. I'm with you on running Super Tech from Walmart. Never saw any harm. Auto Zone has Castrol 20W50 for $4/qt. I was just curious.

When I had a leak out of my CCT (there was actually a crack) and was out in the middle of the country traveling I bought regular auto oil to top off more than once ), and the clutch started slipping badly. I was putting down 500-750 miles a day and had to add a quart like every 200 miles, was ridiculous.

I either use syn-blend or a good quality dino. One of the Rotella’s is supposed to be rated for bikes. Maybe it is the T6?

Yeah, there are a few diesel oils that will work for wet clutches. Any oil with the JASO MA specification. Just check the back of the bottle. Rotella T4 is the one I use, cheap and spec'd for wet clutches.

This is a good little read on oil standards for motorcycles.

[Bonz]

Yeah, that's about the best humor I've seen in awhile!

[MaximPhil]

They're synthetic prices, Mike, the conventional ones will be along shortly.
(ducking)

Good one Scott.

Phil

[Bonz]

Anybody who is worth a salt on their motor oil knowledge, knows that most of the synthetics you will buy in the store are made from the same oil pulled out of the Texas Hillside as conventional oil. The oil is synthesized, thus the name, so only molecules of uniform shape and size are used. This gives it better cold flow properties and much more stability and resistance to shear.

Redline and some others use fully synthetic oil that is made in a laboratory, per se, however they do provide long oil change intervals if you are willing and the bike doesn't consume oil.

[3Phase]

News reports that oil barrel prices are less than a case of Pepsi? Gas here in Georgia is 1.39/gallon and steadily headed further down. Predictions say under $1.00 eventually.

They're synthetic prices, Mike, the conventional ones will be along shortly.
(ducking)

[Bonz]

Yep, they keep pumping it out of the ground, there's no place to put it. Folks aren't sticking it in their gas tanks that's for sure.

The futures are for June and July so we know prices will stay low throughout a lot of the summer. Unless when things come around (hopefully sooner rather than later) folks start charging the prices we had before this disaster.

[MPittma100]

Gas Prices

News reports that oil barrel prices are less than a case of Pepsi? Gas here in Georgia is 1.39/gallon and steadily headed further down. Predictions say under $1.00 eventually.

[3Phase]

The lowest gas prices in Simi Valley today were $2.69, $2.79, $2.89.

I didn't buy my Heritage and have it built up for economy.
A weird coincidence is that the Heritage gets the same mileage as my XS and XJ:
240 to 260 miles per tank
High 30s to low 40s normal riding and down into the 20s if I'm really laying on the throttle.


Beautiful day today! I am so glad I was able to go ride!