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Originally posted by penzdude:
thanks for the reply medic. i would never call you a low to middle class person though! i might try the amsoil 20 -50 in the bike when the warranty runs out, or as jelly sugested, a good 15-40 dino or syn like delvac. how about pennzoil 20-50? do you think there is a issue w/ the moly and the "wet" clutch?
Hehehe, if I told you how much I
don't make a year, you would call me low class. I'm a single guy and have very few toys, but I need my bike to keep my sanity. I have owned a older Suzuki & Yamaha, but alway wanted a Harley. I bought a '90 Sportster about 7 years ago, rode it for a few years, sold it for what I paid for it, and went bigger. I slowly worked my way up to my Softail Custom.
Now, back on topic. Amsoil is a good oil. It has very high zinc levels and no moly and I think it is very resistant to shearing. You'll find many diesel oils are similar. Redline has low zinc levels for a bike oil, but has more than enough moly to make up for it and with my bike moly doesn't matter because the clutch is not in the engine oil.
The moly and the wet-clutch are a whole different debate. Some people use oils with moly and have no problems, other complain of slippage. The good news is that the slippage went away with a change to a no moly oil.
I know a guy with a '82 Yamaha 750 Maxim. He has well over 50,000 miles and the bike looks like it has 100k miles. He just uses whatever 10w-40 is on sale (mobil drive clean currently), runs it for a year and has never had a problem with anything. He forgot to dump the oil this last spring and only changed the filter, putting in another 4 quarts of oil. He rode it all over for about 300 miles. There was oil in the air box, the air cleaner, and dripping out of all sorts of places. He finally realized what he did, drained the oil and refilled with the correct amount. He never put another air cleaner in it or anything. Occationally he'll get a fouled spark plug, he just pulls it out and takes it to the bench grinder (wire wheel), and the puts it back in. IMO, the bike should've quit years ago, but it still runs great. I guess this proves that we're all just paranoid for no reason.