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Old Apr 19, 2021 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Danall
After many years of Harley-Davidson telling me I need to run only Synthetic oil in my Roadglides, now they tell me I should run regular Dino oil. What happened to changed their mind?
I was told the same thing by several HD techs. However it was in relation to top end noise.
 
Old Apr 21, 2021 | 12:56 AM
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Valvoline VR1 dino in my 103. Spectro HD Platinum 6 speed 75W140 in the gear box. B&M TrickShift in the primary.
 
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Any decent oil off the shelf will be just fine. It's not a rocketship and if you use the correct viz and change regularly you will be just fine. More important is a good filter. 👍
 
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Originally Posted by HDFORM
oh Boy another oil tread
An oil thread is exactly what most people would expect to find in the OIL section of the forum.
 
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Originally Posted by Dan89FLSTC
An oil thread is exactly what most people would expect to find in the OIL section of the forum.
 
 
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