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Old 06-26-2009, 10:30 AM   #1
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Well that is atributed mostly to the synthetic above all else
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Old 06-26-2009, 10:44 AM   #2
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Well that is atributed mostly to the synthetic above all else
True...but HD doesn't make a synth primary fluid, do they?
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Old 06-26-2009, 11:17 AM   #3
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Yes... Screamin Eagle oil is their syth
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Yes... Screamin Eagle oil is their syth
Yeah that was in the crank case before the Amsoil. No thanks. Haven't heard of any issues with 20w50 in the primary. Amsoil says it's safe for primary and wet clutches. The only issues I hear is using gear oil in there...kills the stator.
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Old 06-26-2009, 04:07 PM   #5
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Old 06-26-2009, 05:47 PM   #6
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Yeah that was in the crank case before the Amsoil. No thanks. Haven't heard of any issues with 20w50 in the primary. Amsoil says it's safe for primary and wet clutches. The only issues I hear is using gear oil in there...kills the stator.
Yeah allot of guys do the gear oil thing... just not my thing.
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Old 06-26-2009, 07:27 PM   #7
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Yeah allot of guys do the gear oil thing... just not my thing.
Besides, Screaming Eagle Syn-3 is 20w50 oil...so I'm using essentially the same thing.
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Old 06-26-2009, 10:14 PM   #8
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Besides, Screaming Eagle Syn-3 is 20w50 oil...so I'm using essentially the same thing.
I think they have a SE version of the forumula x
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Yeah that was in the crank case before the Amsoil. No thanks. Haven't heard of any issues with 20w50 in the primary. Amsoil says it's safe for primary and wet clutches. The only issues I hear is using gear oil in there...kills the stator.
Exact same thing the guy at the shop I have been frequenting for a while said to me today. I was looking for some 10w30 or 20w40 because I couldn't find either, in the brand(s) I want, anywhere... I asked him what he ran in his, and he runs in both his street bikes (both over a few years old), and it was 20w50. He said I may want to so to the 10w30 for the winter months though...
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