..one more post on OIL
#371
702 replies, 3755 votes. Last relpy was same day as your question, so it's still fairly current.
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#375
red line is an excellent oil. All there products are top notch. Red Line, Amsoil, Mobil 1 are all excellent. I hear Royal Purple is good too but have never used it.
#377
That's one way to drum up business, promote Dino oil. I bet you would not recommend oil coolers on 88s,96s, 103s or any mild to wild built motors also. If you ride your bike put synthetic oil of the proper grade in. If you trailer your bike you probably could get away with a lesser oil.
#378
I've had Harleys since the 60s and back then there was no such thing as synthetic oil for motor vehicles. We used the same oil as was available for autos, with no negative results. The big twin Harley engines ran just as hot then as today and the oil did not break down. We has wet clutches then too.
All the hype about buying synthetic oil is "bunk".
Anyone that would pay $10 to $14 per quart for oil is either uninformed, ignorant of the facts, or just too skeptical to believe that the "old stuff" was any good at all!!
Bob Nisbet
All the hype about buying synthetic oil is "bunk".
Anyone that would pay $10 to $14 per quart for oil is either uninformed, ignorant of the facts, or just too skeptical to believe that the "old stuff" was any good at all!!
Bob Nisbet
#379
I used to use Amsoil in my Sportster, but the Dyna doesn't like it so much. Amsoil suggested using the 20w50 in all three pots, but that didn't work out so well. The engine was probably fine, but the trans and the primary didn't like it at all. I went back to the HD formula + in the primary and Belray 85w135 in the trans and Screamin Eagle 20w50 syn in the engine. It feels better to me running on these.
#380
This is one of those forum topics without end! I also have owned Harleys for donkey's years and have two at present, plus a Buell, which makes three. What oils did each come with from the dealer (I bought each of them new, in 1990 2008 and 2011)? Good ole fashioned stuff. If it is good enough for the latest Harleys it is still good enough.
I have an S&S motor in my old bike and they recommend using synthetic, so that is what goes in that nowadays, so my dynosaur uses synth, while my new kids on the block use dyno. They each work just fine thanks!
I have an S&S motor in my old bike and they recommend using synthetic, so that is what goes in that nowadays, so my dynosaur uses synth, while my new kids on the block use dyno. They each work just fine thanks!