Man fellas... I have been a Rotella lover for years and all my bikes up to this point have been, crazy happy with it poured in the sump.
Until......
Last weekend I found and purchased a mint condition 2011 Victory Vegas with only 11k on the dial. As I do with any used bike I purchase, I promptly dump the oil and filter, screw on a new filter and pour in new oil... always Rotella. For this Victory, it calls for 20w40 semi-synthetic. I poured in a 50/50 mix of T4 and T6, 15w40. The initial ride seemed really good on Saturday afternoon and on Sunday morning, the wife and I head out on a 2-up for lunch and some cruisin...... shifting is the classic notchy.. but easy and smooth. Then on Monday afternoon, I need to run an errand and decide to ride the bike.
For goodness sakes, I have trouble getting the tranny to shift into 1st.... into Neutral.... into 2nd. Everything above 2nd is just fine. The two days before, whatever oil was in the sump, helped the tranny/shifting to function just fine.
Victory's aren't anything like Harley's.... Victory needs one oil in the shared sump.
Has anyone else encountered this????? Any thoughts and ideas?
Honestly, T4, 15w40 has always given me the smoothest shifts in any transmission and I am thinking I might just try.... straight-up, T4 Dino in this dude.
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Until......
Last weekend I found and purchased a mint condition 2011 Victory Vegas with only 11k on the dial. As I do with any used bike I purchase, I promptly dump the oil and filter, screw on a new filter and pour in new oil... always Rotella. For this Victory, it calls for 20w40 semi-synthetic. I poured in a 50/50 mix of T4 and T6, 15w40. The initial ride seemed really good on Saturday afternoon and on Sunday morning, the wife and I head out on a 2-up for lunch and some cruisin...... shifting is the classic notchy.. but easy and smooth. Then on Monday afternoon, I need to run an errand and decide to ride the bike.
For goodness sakes, I have trouble getting the tranny to shift into 1st.... into Neutral.... into 2nd. Everything above 2nd is just fine. The two days before, whatever oil was in the sump, helped the tranny/shifting to function just fine.
Victory's aren't anything like Harley's.... Victory needs one oil in the shared sump.
Has anyone else encountered this????? Any thoughts and ideas?
Honestly, T4, 15w40 has always given me the smoothest shifts in any transmission and I am thinking I might just try.... straight-up, T4 Dino in this dude.
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