Re: Opinions on this oil

Posted by sgtslag on Nov 25, 2011; 9:53pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Opinions-on-this-oil-tp3536882p3537055.html

Some basics on oil:

1) conventional oils break down at temperatures above 250 F, into carbon sludge; synthetic oils break down at temperatures above 450 F;

2) synthetic oils have a pour point around -10 F, while conventional oils pour points are around +10 F;

3) conventional oils have long polymer molecule strings that get sheared to pieces in the bike's transmission, which reduces their viscosity to the lowest, where they stay, until changed out with fresh; synthetic oils do not have such long polymer molecules, so they suffer markedly less sheer in bike's transmissions, and they will retain their multi-viscosity much longer.

Any synthetic oil is far superior to any conventional oil, in every respect.  After that, it is mostly sales hype.  Check the Internet, and if you really want to know the truth, spend the money on oil analysis.  Cheers!