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Old Jul 27, 2012 | 08:23 PM
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I changed from Syn3 to Mobil 1 V-Twin. After 3 oil changes, the bike is quiet.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2012 | 09:20 PM
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Changed from amsoil to valvoline vr1 50w. Much quieter.
 
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Old Jul 27, 2012 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by feguy1
Changed from amsoil to valvoline vr1 50w. Much quieter.
The oil breakdown is so close to the spec's of Brad Penn oil its almost the same. Aside from the green color . Got 4-500 miles on the change and Im liking it.

Side note after 2k miles.....what I thought was going to be a quieter running valve train turned out to be incorrect, but I had to try it for myself. I'm going back to a good quality 20/50 synthetic oil.
 

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