Think the owner of my bikke before used Mobil One, but myself I like Rotella.

Never used it. I only use mineral oil (currently Shell Helix 20w50).

Can you feel the smell of burned oil from the upcoming oil flame war ? :twisted:

It's big with some of the endurance crowd, so I'd say it's well tested.

Hard to find a better dino oil, at a better cost. (Rotella T 15W-40) Mobil's Delvac 1300 is a similar 15W-40 dino oil. Both work great in a wet clutch environment. I ran both Mobil One 15W-50 synth, and Mobil Delvac 1300 dino....in my ST1100 and could not tell a difference in terms of shifting and rideability.

I would love to see test results that show viscosity retention compared against other synthetics; that's one of the biggest advantages of synth, giving you extended drain intervals.

I just changed out the Rottela T Synth that I had in for 4500 mls. It was dirty but given the riding I did with it, hot weather and hard use, I think it did fine. I am running the Mobil 1 now only because Wal-Mart was out of the Rotella.

Is it anything like Nutella---???????? :lol: :lol: :lol:

I was itching to do this one (but I still have an ounce of self respect :grin: :grin:).

Hugo

The Sport Touring newsgroup seems to like it for their bikes (synthetic type). I could only find the dino version so I'm using Castrol Syntec. The engine feels smoother then when using synthetic blends or dino. Just over 10k miles.

Been using the 5W40 Rotella Syth for couple years in bikes and cars--no complaints so far. Seems to work as well as Mobil 1. Walmart has the Rotella for about $13/gal--a steal!
MikeG

Yep, using RotellaT 5w-40 syn and plan to keep using it. Like the weight for those cold MN starts that coming all too soon. What change intervals r used guys doing using the RotellaT? Are any of u going out to Honda's recommended 8k or is your rotation the more typical 4-5k? I just switched over to RotellaT 5w-40 (from Honda GN) and have about 4k on this rotation and trying to decide what to do. Thanks in advance.

I did the Mobil 1 at 5k miles this time. I think I'll do 4k from now on with the color that came out and the harder shifting I got.

After all I want to keep this bike a long time. 100k miles at least. Since it hasn't been improved or maybe discontinued. :cry:

I do 4k changes, generally have been using Mobil One 15W-50 red cap to this point.

If I used dino oil, I would judge the change interval by shifting quality....if it deteriorated, then that would be the signal that the viscosity point has changed. But in any case, no more than 4k unless it was continuous mileage.

I used Rotella in my V65, did changes at 1500 miles. The hot summers here is tough on any oil.

Were/are you a SABMAGGOT?

If so, I'm doing a dinner ride with Phil Ross tonight, that name may mean something to you.

severdog..yes I was and still go there..great place for info and very nice people there. I hope to add what I know which is not much at this time about the Bird to this forum. Ah...yes that name rings a bell.
Be safe and have fun!