Originally Posted By: Jaybird
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I vote for HM m1 10w-40. As long as moly is under 100 it should not matter. Even Honda hp4 dino has that amount and both 4t and HM M1 are under 100 ppm.
Can you back up the 100ppm limit on moly? Or are you simply seeing that Vtwin and 4T have ~90ppm moly, and making your judgment based on that?
Redline oils have ~700ppm moly and no reports of clutch slipping problems at all.
As I've stated before, some of us refuse to see past dealerspeak mumbo jumbo and bike shop mechanics ulitmate wisdom and warnings that get listed in dubious bike mags.
The truth is that the moly scare was brought about because some ancient formulas were actually using moly disulfide in the mix. The soluble forms of moly used in today's PCMOS, HDEO's, and the so called motorcycle oils, have not been reported to cause any sort of problems with wet clutches.
Yet the ridiculous controversy continues. And why? Because many folks seem to give a lot of weight to what dealerships, mechanics, and moto mags tell them. Even when there is plenty of evidence of what their telling us to be full of dung.
I replied to this post weeks ago.
Where did it go??
