My 1000 oil change is coming up, im looking at just useing Mobil-1 ( gold cap) 20w50. From the threads iv read there isnt to much difference between Mobile-1 and Mobil -1 V-Twin. Im also looking for a regular oil filter to use to.The only one iv read about is the fram ph-6002 for my 2007 Dyna. Any words of wisdom would be appreciated. Guess i would use the same oil in my primary and Mobil-1 gear oil in the tranny.

 

Use the v-twin in all three holes. There is a difference in the regular mobile 1 and the mobile 1 v-twin. Do a search on oil.....there is a TON of info. out there in cyber-land.

 

I guess you can use what you want but for me, I don't believe in spending the bucks to get a nice ride and thentrying to save moneyon the fluids at time of service. Regular maintenance using good products is the cheapest insurance going. JMHO.

 

I do. I'll let you know how well it worked in another 42k miles or so.

 

Mobile 1 V twin has always had good review on the forum. I will be trying it in all 3 holes next month.

 

I've got Mobil 1 15/50 in the motor and primary and Mobil 1 70/90 synthetic gear oil in the tranny.It works fine and can cost a couple bucks less per quart than the 20/50 Vtwin and 3 bucks less than Harleys rip off semi synth.I changed the oil every 2k mi with whatever was handy in my last bike for over 40K mi and it's still going strong, and by what ever was handy I mean any quality name brand oil in the right viscosity Mobil 1,drive clean,Castrol,Chevron whatever I think clean oil is more important than fancy expensive oil.

 

I run mobil 1 15w50 in my engine and primary. All I can say is I just passed the 97,000 mile mark and have had no problems. BTW I run castrol synthetic 80W90 in the tranny

 

i switched to mobil1 month ago from hd dino oil mainly for heat concerns.27k seems to run cooler even? but i like the idea 300 degrees before meltdown. 19.94 5 qrt jug walleyworld sale.i am using the 5 mic filter hd offers

 

97k miles! I wish I had the time to ride that much! (besides my daily commute) What year is your bike?

 

Motorcycle oils were designed for bikes that have a wet clutch sharing the same oil with the motor.Modern synthetics in the 30wt range that most cars use have friction modifiers that "may" cause your clutch to slip.Since most bikes use oils in the 10-40 to 20-50 range this is likely not an issue.Actually some reseach has sugested that heavy duty oils designed for diesel trucks may be even better than special motorcycle oils.Now here's the kicker, Harleys don't share oils between the motor and clutch so there's no real reason to need a special oil unless you just want to spend special money.I will spend the extra money for a proven high quality oil like Mobil 1 but I'm not going to spend extra dollars on a special "motorcycle oil" that I don't need.