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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 12:31 AM
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syn to win
 
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 12:46 AM
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All I read on this forum is how bad Syn3 is but gee wheez I have yet to hear somone say they had an engine failure due to Syn3. I think regular oil changes with any synthetic oil and you will probably be okay. If I am wrong then please give me some hard facts that can be documented and not by some independent payed off lab working for some oil company. Synthetic oil is better because it will take longer to break down with heat. Regular oil would probably work just fine if you changed it every 1000 miles.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2008 | 06:07 AM
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Changed to Amsoil and the bike runs a bit cooler and is not as noisy! Go figure?
 
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