CK-4 HDEO in Motorcycles

[Spur]

Well I now have Shell T4 in the CK version in the Chieftain. It feels good and shift quality is good. The engine seems to sound a little quitter, but it might just be psychological. Will run a UOA in a few thousand miles.

 

[ArcticDriver]

Originally Posted By: KevinP64
Funny thing was Honda was touting the use of moly in big letters on their top tier branded oil and that turned out to be a big mistake. Gotta love it.


I thought the Honda oil with Moly was great for engines with dry clutches...you just don't want to use it for wet clutches?

But I am just going from memory...don't take that to the bank.

 

[KevinP64]

Originally Posted By: ArcticDriver
Originally Posted By: KevinP64
Funny thing was Honda was touting the use of moly in big letters on their top tier branded oil and that turned out to be a big mistake. Gotta love it.


I thought the Honda oil with Moly was great for engines with dry clutches...you just don't want to use it for wet clutches?

But I am just going from memory...don't take that to the bank.

Yes the moly was bad for wet clutches which are the norm for metrics now. Hilarious, as I recall the bottle had an image of a GW on the bottle. I never used the stuff or their lower tier either. Of course, 3-4 yrs after this became known the local Honda shop still had it on the shelf for sale.

 

[KevinP64]

Originally Posted By: Spur
Well I now have Shell T4 in the CK version in the Chieftain. It feels good and shift quality is good. The engine seems to sound a little quitter, but it might just be psychological. Will run a UOA in a few thousand miles.

I bet the UOA will be just fine. I would have more choices but the 2yr unlimited mile warranty is not something to sneeze at and from my subjective experience I want to run 20-50 which makes it problematic.

 

[Pattywagon]

BUMP

I have been running the new Rotella T4 (CK version of now retired Rotella T triple protection) in my 2003 Honda CBR600RR for a few oil changes in a row now, and I am digging this oil. Bike runs smoothly and the clutch grabs strong, which is to be expected from Rotella T dino oil. I have heard mixed results from the synthetic T6. Unless you are somewhere it gets cold I would stick with the thicker 15-40 of T4. Also, T4 is cheap! [censored], at $14 a gallon I go ahead and change it every 2k miles or so.

Anyway, if you liked Rotella T3 aka Triple Protection, you will love the new and improved T4!