My bike is a 2014 HD Road King, miles on the bike at time of UOA is 6,880. Miles on oil was 2,870. Time oil was in the bike, a few days less than a year.
Report done by Blackstone, their comments: Wear-in materials are washing out nicely, as seen by the lower copper and silicon. Copper still has a little way to go before we remove the highlight, but it's headed in the right direction, so you're still on track for highlight-free reports. You'll notice sodium is much higher, but that's because Valvoline uses it as a detergent/dispersant additive. The viscosity was thick for a 20/50, but that didn't cause any trouble that we can see. TBN was strong at 5.7,so try up to 5,000 miles next. Copper should still continue to wash out.
Aluminum 3, previous report 5
Chromium 0, previous report 1
Iron 9, previous report 12
Copper 33, previous report 83
Lead 1, previous report 3
Tin 3, previous report 6
Moly 29, previous report 106
Boron 279, previous report 303
Silicon 16, previous report 25
Sodium 385, previous report 5
Calcium 1857, previous report 744
Magnesium 232, previous report 840
Phosphorus 1003, previous report 899
Zinc 1251, previous report 1158
SUS @210 94.4, previous report 86
cST @100 19.04, previous report 17.02
Flash 480, previous report 435
Fuel TBN 5.7, previous report 5.2
The "previous report" oil was HD Syn 3, 20w/50, it was in the bike for 3,022 miles, also a few days under a year.
It appears to me the bike is trending downward on wear, I am thinking all is well, and that the Valvoline Motorcycle Oil, Syn 20w/50 did a good job. I bought the oil at Walmart for $6.00 per quart.
The negative was the viscosity went above 50w; perhaps a shorter change interval, maybe 2,300 miles to 2,500 before changing it out might help?
Thoughts?
RevRider
Report done by Blackstone, their comments: Wear-in materials are washing out nicely, as seen by the lower copper and silicon. Copper still has a little way to go before we remove the highlight, but it's headed in the right direction, so you're still on track for highlight-free reports. You'll notice sodium is much higher, but that's because Valvoline uses it as a detergent/dispersant additive. The viscosity was thick for a 20/50, but that didn't cause any trouble that we can see. TBN was strong at 5.7,so try up to 5,000 miles next. Copper should still continue to wash out.
Aluminum 3, previous report 5
Chromium 0, previous report 1
Iron 9, previous report 12
Copper 33, previous report 83
Lead 1, previous report 3
Tin 3, previous report 6
Moly 29, previous report 106
Boron 279, previous report 303
Silicon 16, previous report 25
Sodium 385, previous report 5
Calcium 1857, previous report 744
Magnesium 232, previous report 840
Phosphorus 1003, previous report 899
Zinc 1251, previous report 1158
SUS @210 94.4, previous report 86
cST @100 19.04, previous report 17.02
Flash 480, previous report 435
Fuel TBN 5.7, previous report 5.2
The "previous report" oil was HD Syn 3, 20w/50, it was in the bike for 3,022 miles, also a few days under a year.
It appears to me the bike is trending downward on wear, I am thinking all is well, and that the Valvoline Motorcycle Oil, Syn 20w/50 did a good job. I bought the oil at Walmart for $6.00 per quart.
The negative was the viscosity went above 50w; perhaps a shorter change interval, maybe 2,300 miles to 2,500 before changing it out might help?
Thoughts?
RevRider