Drinking the Amsoil Kool Aid
 

I have been using Rotella T6 synthetic in every 4-stroke engine I own, from cars, to lawn mowers and motorcycles for a good long time with good results.

I have always been skeptical of claims that certain oil brands were somehow superior to others and operated under the rule that if you keep fresh oil in things, in the grand scheme of things, what brand you use doesn't matter much.

My Husky is notorious for a difficult to find neutral. Shifting has always been good. Not "buttery smooth" or anything like that, but I had nothing to complain about in the shifting department.

The reason neutral was difficult is because of the resistance you encounter while shifting gears. Once you overcome the resistance between 1st and 2nd, you jump right into the next gear. The only way I could reliably get into neutral was shifting the lever with my hand.

I have heard stories of Amsoil giving a smoother shifting tranny in bikes, so I hit up GasMan for a gallon.

I changed my oil over the weekend and played with the shifting & clutch action in the garage and noticed much smoother shifting and an easier to find neutral.

Today, I rode to work. Shifting gears has never been smoother and I can get right into neutral without any fuss.

The Rotella that was in my bike had about 300-350 miles on it. So I'm comparing fresh oil with fresh oil here.

I have enough Amsoil on hand for one more oil change. I'll make my official decision once I put some miles on this oil. But, right now, this might make an Amsoil user out of me.

I've been using it in my Buell for years. It's great stuff.

or about one year of normal riding :lol

or, six months...

Why do I post on this forum?

:lol

For the same reason I did when I didn't have a bike...the company. The only difference is that you have a bike. And when I didn't have a bike, I still probably rode a Buell more than you because I borrowed my brother's. :lol:

I use it too... In both the DRZ and now the Dakar. good shit


Oh yeah and the Pickup. :lol:

I have it in everything. Didn't notice any major changes in the cages, but huge improvements in the bikes!

yep me too.... *knocking on wood* I've never had an engine problem of any kind since switching to Amsoil. Real talk!:lol: Although I do admit that when I'm in a bind, I'll also use Mobile 1 bike oil.

Hmm, maybe I'll hit up GM when it's time to change my oil.

I'm sorry Marko... you're a great buddy of mine.. but I almost fell out of my chair reading that... :lmao:

I'm glad it is working well for you Jesse. Much like Cutty said... I have seen good improvements on the cycles but not as much in the cars. I will say that when I did change the oil the last time... drained used Amsoil out, new in... I did get a rise of about 3mpg in the wife's car. So that is something... but just from freshing up the oil.

Your nuetral issue sounds exactly the same way it is in all my HDs and I believe the same as the Buells (duh right).

I hope the purchase was easy for ya. It could be easier by just clicking the link in my sig but then you'd pay more per unit and I'm trying to help you save $$. Let me know what else I can help you with.

well i've gone from Agip 15w-50 to M1 20w-50, now w/ only 1 day commute on it, the bike had a harder time starting and the shifting has gotten worse.

i'll give it some more time, but i may be trying amsoil, as AGIP is hard to come by

gas can you PM me a price for 4 qt to 77407

20w-50 m/c oil

No, certainly not the company. I really don't like any of you.

Youre still upset I drank all your beer.

The purchase was painless and the shipping was ridiculously fast. It came from Kansas City, only about 400 miles away from where I live.

Once I go through this gallon, I'll make the official decision and probably just become a preferred customer through you, so I can just place my own discounted orders.

Thanks again!

The only reason one oil shifts better than another oil is because it has a different additive package with different friction qualities.......Not because it's a better oil.

Also, did it affect your clutch? If it helps you shift better, then it seems like it might have more friction modifiers, which might be bad for the clutch.

All I'm saying is that different oils meet different objectives, but that doesn't make them better or higher quality.

In your case, switching to Amsoil was a success, since it acheived a specific objective you had. But the typical Amsoil buyer who only buys it because his friend says it's great is wasting his money unless it's actually solving a specific problem, like it did with you.

It's Amsoil's motorcycle specific oil, good for wet clutches. Clutch action seems to be the same as before.

The reason Rotella T6 works well in bikes is because of the lack of friction modifiers. Some auto synthetics will make your clutch slip.

With the rotella the shifting doesnt seem AS smooth but it doesnt seem to bother me much. I will also be putting it in the buell so i will see how it shifts in there.

I use Rotella regular petro for my car, since 90% of my driving is warm-weather highway driving, so I don't need the extra protection of a synthetic. But if I were living in the Midwest, or just did city driving, yeah I'd switch to the synthetic.

As for my bike, I figure the synthetic is better for high RPM's, especially since it's 5W-40 instead of 15-40 like the regular Rotella

This is generally the cheapest, if you are not local to a "friendly" dealer and aren't purchasing great quatities.

Since I got my dealership, I've found that shipping less than a case of anything the shipping cancels out the savings I could give them.

Considering the distance to ship for me I wiould def order in bulk, plus with 3 bikes it will def get used

That works then, either Gas or I can order and have it shipped directly to your address, so no additional shipping charges.

It's when a guy just wants a couple quarts that it gets spendy.

I hear ya, I always try to order in bulk, plus its not like it will go bad any time soon. Couple of local shops sell it but at a rather jacked up price, but thats par for the course in this area.

Yeah, for the people I sell to that I "mark up" the price, my final price is still below listed price at the stores BEFORE tax.

I have been jonesin' to switch to Amsoil products. My mom has a higher mileage Nissan Altima that I have heard from a ton of altima forums that Amsoil 0w30 is the way to go....

I have never had to change the oil on the 500, and I probably wont before I go to sell her. For an old engine, she is very easy on oil.... Might go the Amsoil way on my next bike though, because I hated how Repsol made my R6 sound mechanically.


Dont lie.... you know you love us.... :wink:

$37 for product + ship & tax = $50.62 total

As said below shipping sucks on smaller orders... I usually always order by the case my self.

Cool, just let me know.

Yeah but they do base everything on weight.

Yeah I order by the case... I have 2 bikes but lots of others going through my lift all the time and most of them run Amsoil (by their choice and nothing to do with my opinion).

Yes Cutty has a dealer membership behind me as well. And he's right, it's always best to ship straight to you.

Well let me know and I can price out whatever you want. My store front link is in my signature but I can get you discounted rates if you just email or pm me.

Castrol and Rotella for me thanks...

Ive been using repsol for a while with gold results, I went out on a limb and used mobil 1 recently because I couldn't find enough repsol for the bikes in my area, sp day I really have not noticed a difference.

But I did see a difference when I started using repsol exclusively a while back, switching from the generic oil that the store always sold me

I didn't see any performance difference switching from Yamalube dino to Repsol synthetic in the R6. Just louder mechanical movement.

Nice to see so many other people are using Rotella in there cars and bikes. I have been using it in my car for years and every time I take the used oils to a shop or disposal they smell it while pouring and get on my case that it is"diesel" oil and point out my car isn't a diesel....thanks. I'm not an idiot. The shit works just fine in gas cars.

I do have issues finding neutral on my bike. Wonder if switching oil would help. I currently use Mobil 1.

not to mention that it cleans better than most

I always get the "what kinda truck you got?" questions when I buy Rotella. When I tell them what I'm using it for, they look at me like I just grew a 3rd arm.

I'd had a third arm my whole life.


Been using Rotella T6 in the bikes for a few years now with no problems and R T5 in the vehicle. Plan in using it for many more years.

Oh BTW someone mentioned Mobile 1 which I just put in my bike... Why? You might ask well since it was under$20 OTD with a filter..... I don't know if my particular store manager is nuts or screwed up but he gave me the MC synthetic oil and a filter.....

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/

This.

I run Mobil 1 or Motul, whichever CycleGear has for $1 cheaper that week. The KX is getting broken in and finding neutral is a pain in the pits.

Do we need to put a specific code or anything in for Gasman to get the sale or are all sales off that site specific to him?

Well you can either use the link in my sig and pay retail price. Or PM me what you want along with your info & payment info. I can quote you and process the order for a discount.

Gas Man Hooks it Up...Def worth the PM!!!

I'll soon be drinking the same Kool Aid.

Yep. Let me know when you get the oil. So I know all is ok.

Thanks Man I def will.

I just looked at the Amsoil website. Really who needs a 275 gal tote of oil? If you were wondering what a tote of oil is:

http://www.arizonabarrels.com/images...ote_large3.jpg

A Dealer or shop??

harley owners....lolz

had to GM

The dealerships that I have worked with or known all use either qt bottles or 5 gallon tubs. I dunno, maybe a truck repair shop or a factory?


Hehehehehe, point taken, message recieve, confirmation given

I could see someone (factory/plant) with large motors needing it, actual motors, not engines. We had huge tubs of oil for the nuke plant motors.

I wonder if I can get 5 gallon cans with a manual pump that has a meter on it. No more measuring oil!

Anyone that has a large useage of oil.
Larger the bulk size, larger the discount.

Yeah... filter alone for the Buell is $20 retail...

Quart, gallon, or 30 gallon, 55 gallon, or 275 gallon tote are the options for oil... sorry.

Hmm, 30 gallons might be a little excessive. :)

With multiple bikes it should last you afew seasons, or get a friend or 2 to go in on it.

We use one about that size to store bulk coolant. Our oil tank is either 2000 or 2500 Gallons.

well if all my veh. used the same weight oil..........i have 4 veh. i could go thru alot of oil.

Yeah isn't that always the bitch of it all.

Yup, 2 cars, a pickup, and 2 bikes = 5 different weight oils on hand...

Plus the 0W-30 for the snowblower and 2 stroke for sleds!

They would probably all do fine with a good Diesel oil.