2017 Triumph Trophy SE 5k UOA 10w40 castrol

[kingofthecrate]

Here is the UOA I had done earlier in the year, I had since changed with the same 10w40 but I didnt like the shearing. I have considered 10w50 or perhaps 15w50.

Triumph recommends 10w40 or 10w50 only so I have had concerns about T5 or T6 rotella even though I run that literally in all of my dirt bikes and pretty much every other motor.

Considering Maxima 10w50 oil thats built for motorcycles, or Motul, or perhaps M1 10w40.

I ride and live in so cal so the weather is warmer per region so I dont see why I would need to stick with a 10w40

 

[Mackelroy]

Flash point looks bad , metal count is up there, oil is out of grade.

I think it done, I would not run it another 5000 miles

 

[kingofthecrate]

Flash point looks bad , metal count is up there, oil is out of grade.

I think it done, I would not run it another 5000 miles

I changed it and have put 3k on it since. I’m considering moving to a 10w50 grade next service, I was t impressed with this result

 

[sunruh]

a flash of 440 is pretty darn good. i mean very very good. i have less than a dozen uoa that are above that...out of a sample size of 94.

ha i was just in New Schlitterbraunfels yesterday!

the metals are all from breakin. you should have changed at 1000mi not 5000mi for the 1st. oh well.

 

[Bonz]

For sure trying to understand the comment that flashpoint looks bad? That's dang near new oil flashpoint.

At some point, yes, try Mobil 1 10w40 4T and see what you get for viscosity after 5000 miles. My experience with 5000+ mile UOA's from a ZRX1200 4 cylinder shared sump show it does decently better on retained viscosity than the above Castrol 10w40, all with flashpoints in the 410-430 range. Or M1 20w50 V-Twin, see those results in the thread right below this one.

 

[Mackelroy]

For sure trying to understand the comment that flashpoint looks bad? That's dang near new oil flashpoint.

At some point, yes, try Mobil 1 10w40 4T and see what you get for viscosity after 5000 miles. My experience with 5000+ mile UOA's from a ZRX1200 4 cylinder shared sump show it does decently better on retained viscosity than the above Castrol 10w40, all with flashpoints in the 410-430 range. Or M1 20w50 V-Twin, see those results in the thread right below this one.

I agree the 440 is great, not sure where I was looking. Might even have been looking at a completely differnt post before hand.

 

[Bonz]

I agree the 440 is great, not sure where I was looking. Might even have been looking at a completely differnt post before hand.

Lol, I can appreciate that! We get analysis on the brain around here sometimes.