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Old Sep 22, 2009 | 10:07 PM
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i am sure this has already been discussed here somewhere but i am gonna ask again what kind of oil is everyone running in their stock 88's i am tired of paying the harley shop to change oil so gonna do it myself thought abou tgoing to something else other than harley oil thanks for any info
 
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Here you go. Have fun. https://www.hdforums.com/forum/oil-a...ted-topics-30/
 
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Amsoil 20W/50 in all three holes. Plenty of threads around with about 3 million different opinions.
 
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Oh boy! Another oil thread!!

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