Looking for advise on when to convert an 0896ciengine to synthetic.

My indy suggests 5000 miles, to make sure all parts of the engine are fully broken in. Does that sound about right?

 

HD put synthetic oil in the new SE bikes. I let mine go to 8000 kph before adding Mobil 1 v twin and redline gearbox oil.Theres plenty of old wifes tales saying not to use before ?000 miles because they wont run in .

 

Here we go you had to ask a oil question now you did it. [:'(] All the reserch I have ever done suggest you can do it at any time, I broke in my last build with cheap dino oil just because it is that cheeper and then went synthetic. Once broke in I went to syn.

 

The only oil manufacturer that says wait "X" number of miles before using in a new engine is Redline. Every other oil manufacturer says you can use synthetic immediately. H-D ships CVO bikes from the factory with synthetic, as do many auto manufacturers. In their literature for Syn3, H-D says it can be used at any time in the engine's life- even when new.

So to answer your question, you can switch whenever you want.
I did mine when I did my 1000 mile service.

 

Changed to AMSOIL @ 1000mi serviice..

 

There are as many answers to this question as there are responders.

It's you rider, change when the time is right.

We change everything we own; Car, Truck, Bikes, Boat, and etc after 1,500 miles.

Good Luck

 

I changed my 07 SG to Mobil 1 VT 20-50, Redline Severe (tranny) and HD Perf Plus (primary) at 1,000 miles. I now have over 18,000 on it with no problems. I change engine oil every 5,000 and trans/primary every 10,000. Just do it and ride!

 

I pulled the engine apart 0n my 01 to do a build and with 43K on the clock all the parts inside looked like new! Still see the crosshatching on the cylinders. I ran dino for it's life and changed every 3-4K....


Just thought I'd stir the pot a little



Oh yeah, then there's that famous flatspotting with syn....



HAHAHA!!!



Really, JK!!

 

Thanks for all the input. The next oil change will be synthetic. Just in time forsummer.

 

Amsoil at 1000 miles. All three holes.