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#181417 LokoTripper (User) No officer it's street legal . . . I promise Expert Boarder Posts: 515 Re:oil ---- dont shoot me 2 Years, 10 Months ago   DocShadow wrote: It looks like it's SG so it should be OK. Doc Thanks Doc . . . one last question , on a scale of 1 to 10 this will be ??   Logged     E-Mail : LokoTripper at Gmail.com Cash , Gas or Ass . . . Nobody rides for free   The administrator has disabled public write access. #181422 Pop Rivet (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3123 Re:oil ---- dont shoot me 2 Years, 10 Months ago   It is Motorcycle specific API SG, SH/C Car engine oil will be API SL,SM Oil companies blend stuff for API SG oil that is good for motorcycles like zinc ..and blend API SL/SM oils that are good for car engine catalytic converters and the environment.. for example Mobil 1 V-Twin 20W-50 API SG,SH/CF JASO MA contains 25% more anti-wear and anti-oxidation additives than the equivalent traditional Mobil 1 API SL,SM automobile oil. Higher performance engine oils such as API SJ thru SM will contain some level of friction modifier. While the friction modifier improves fuel economy, it is not compatible with wet clutches used on motorcycles. The friction modifier causes the wet clutch to slip. This is especially true if the motorcycle manufacturer recommends using only engine oils carrying API SF or SG Service Categories. API recommends following the Original Equipment Manufacturer's (OEMs) oil recommendations. Typically an API SJ through SM engine oil would include some friction modifier. Only if the [motorcycle's] OEM indicates that higher performance engine oils such as API SJ, API SL and API SM it is possible to use these engine oils in these motorcycles. Most oils rated as "energy conserving" are 5w&10w-30 there is a least one 10w-40..they contain friction modifiers   Logged     Last Edit: 2009/04/04 13:50 By Pop Rivet.   2009 Ultra Classic HD...2005 Silverado Road Star MY WEBSITE HOG HEAVEN Listen to the Road Star   The administrator has disabled public write access. #181480 DocShadow (Admin) Hmmmm .... send beer Admin Posts: 17482 Re:oil ---- dont shoot me 2 Years, 10 Months ago   LokoTripper wrote: .... on a scale of 1 to 10 this will be ?? OK Never seen that brand before so I googled it. It's a motorcycle specific oil .... it exceeds API SG/CC proposed JASO-MA M/C specific 4T Specs. What Pop and I are saying is that you're good to go with that oil. What the thread is about .... people's recent experiences running auto oil. Doc   Logged     My Bike Website   The administrator has disabled public write access. #181486 Musky (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 15137 Re:oil ---- dont shoot me 2 Years, 10 Months ago   Royal Purple Synthetic 20/50 CF/SJ   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #181489 silvasilv (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 1004 Re:oil ---- dont shoot me 2 Years, 10 Months ago   Mobil 1 Red Cap 15W-50 API Service SL/CF Rotella T non-synthetic 15-40 Rotella 5w40 Synthetic **although 5 seems a little low i may stick to 10-20 Caltex Havoline 20W-50 SL/CF Royal Purple Synthetic 20/50 CF/SJ   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #181528 Roadkill1962 (User) ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Platinum Boarder Posts: 3108 Re:oil ---- dont shoot me 2 Years, 10 Months ago   DocShadow wrote: Mine is kinda tan in color...comes in a silver bottle...it's slippery... In all seriousness, this whole Rotella T synth thing is sounding pretty good. I've got 2,000 miles left before I need to worry about it, but hey, I'm up for something new. FWIW, currently Mobil 1 V-Twin 20/50. I hear it's gone up in price drastically, but I haven't done an oil change since it was $8.92/qt. at Wally World... RK   Logged     Last Edit: 2009/04/04 16:56 By Roadkill1962.   “To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” - Thomas Jefferson   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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