Why motorcycle oil.
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I wasn't surprised to see that one of the first posts was from an Amsoil distributor. Those folks are as dedicated as an Amway salesman with about the same "better" products.
I run castrol GTX 20W50 car oil in my bike. 2.22 at Walmart. think the motor won't last? since I've only got a l ittle under 151k miles on it, you may be right but then again you may not. It doesn't smoke nor use oil and compression is within factory specs. I do change at 2500 mile intervals like clockwork. Do you think I'm hurting the motor?
Bubba
I run castrol GTX 20W50 car oil in my bike. 2.22 at Walmart. think the motor won't last? since I've only got a l ittle under 151k miles on it, you may be right but then again you may not. It doesn't smoke nor use oil and compression is within factory specs. I do change at 2500 mile intervals like clockwork. Do you think I'm hurting the motor?
Bubba
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Is the compression within new or maintenance specs? Have you looked under your rocker covers for sludge? If you change your oil at 2500-mile intervals you should be okay, but you can go 5K with synthetic, so there isn't much if any saving in that regard. Plus, there is no question that synthetic runs cooler and oxidizes much less readily under extreme heat than fossil oil, so I can't see an economic or performance advantage in using fossil oil. That said, in your case I certainly wouldn't suggest changing to synthetic at this point in time.
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Some of what Iclick was talking about can be found here. It changed my mind about the money I was spending on oil.
http://www.nightrider.com/biketech/oiltest1.htm
http://www.nightrider.com/biketech/oiltest1.htm
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I think they figure 90% or more will buy it based solely on the hype, just like we respond to hype every day with other stuff from soup to nuts.
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Is the compression within new or maintenance specs? Have you looked under your rocker covers for sludge? If you change your oil at 2500-mile intervals you should be okay, but you can go 5K with synthetic, so there isn't much if any saving in that regard. Plus, there is no question that synthetic runs cooler and oxidizes much less readily under extreme heat than fossil oil, so I can't see an economic or performance advantage in using fossil oil. That said, in your case I certainly wouldn't suggest changing to synthetic at this point in time.
Bubba
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