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Oct 29, 2009 | 10:16 AM

bergluke

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Stage III

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HD Oil

What's the best oil to use in HD bikes? Is it synthetic?

Oct 29, 2009 | 12:20 PM

Haywire

Cruiser

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From: Manitoba, Canada

Yup. Syn for sure in the motor and trans.

Oct 29, 2009 | 01:29 PM

yump

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Not trying to be a smartass, but the sticky above has 44 pages of response to the question, "what oil do you use in your bike?" There's a ton of info on that thread and other threads about pros and cons of various oils. Try the search function and you can read all day.

Oct 29, 2009 | 10:30 PM

KBFXDLI

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From: USA

Quote:

Originally Posted by yump

Ok, you have 7 posts and he has 2....which means you have 2.5 times as much experience on here.

cut the guy some slack.

Nov 2, 2009 | 11:57 AM

flipbel

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From: RIO GRANDE, TEXAS

Quote:

Originally Posted by KBFXDLI

Ok, you have 7 posts and he has 2....which means you have 2.5 times as much experience on here.

cut the guy some slack.

Nov 4, 2009 | 03:58 AM

bergluke

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Stage III

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Quote:

Originally Posted by yump

I'll use search function next time before asking questions. I'm sorry for being new here.

Nov 4, 2009 | 06:05 AM

BigGdawg

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From: Georgia

I used H-D dino for many years, the weight specified for the motor and recently put in H-D Synthetic 3, Screaming Eagle. Seems to work OK.

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Nov 4, 2009 | 06:52 AM

Notgrownup

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From: Snow Hill, NC

Welcome to the site...If you change your oil every 2500 miles don't waste your money on Syn....iF YOU GO 5000-7000 then syn might be better...depends how hard you ride too...I went with syn in the crank and primary and inthe tranny but at 20k miles i changed the tranny to severe gear??? can't say i felt any difference..i will use a 75w140 next time and regular primary fluid. Mobile 1 15w50 car oil at walmart for $22 a 5qt container is a pretty good deal. You will get a lot of opinion...read throught the search response and make your own mind up...it's really not that complicated...Like i told somebody else...look at your owners manual.