| Author | Message | ||
     Wikid_intent |
I just bought my first buell its a 2000 x1, its been well taken care of and i love it and want to keep it a long time. My HD buddies all swear HD oil only, but they make bikes not motor oil. So i was wondering what my best choice might be? | ||
| Cyclonemduece |
Harley 20-50, regular old dino juice, Just to make sure you know how to check the oil and change it right, do it wrong and you are going to have an oil geyser. | ||
| Chasespeed |
I am going to piss people off(what else is new).... I use ONLY Mobil 1, 20-50 or Royal Purple.... The X1 has seen nothing but M1 since April 05... Chase | ||
| Bad_karma |
I use Mobile 1 Vtwin synthetic or Amsoil 20-50 racing oil. Joe | ||
| Wikid_intent |
Thanks for the advice guys, the guy i bought it from is a really good friend and multipul buell owner so as far as over filling the oil and such i have already learned alot from his mistakes.lol | ||
| Phelan |
Amsoil 20-50 here. It lowers oil temps about 20*. | ||
| Preybird1 |
Hhhm really, I will have to check that out i use Redline with shock guard in the tranny and a mix of hd 20-50 and redline in motor. (Message edited by preybird1 on September 30, 2008) | ||
| Chasespeed |
The Royal Purple lowered temps in my sporty 10-20* depending on how I am riding it, over the HD oil... Been running M1 in the Buell since day 1, so, I dont know.. Chase | ||
| Kalali |
I switched to Royal Purple 20-50 last weekend and I can now barely get it hot enough to do TPS rest, etc. I had to let it idle for quite a few minutes to get to 100% cold enrichment for the TPS reset. The engine temp (via ECMSPY) right after the ride was around 130C. This is with the ambient temp of around 60-70 and after 20-30 minute mostly highway ride. | ||
| Preybird1 |
Hhhmm i thought it didnt matter if bike was warm when doing tps reset! Wow thats not bad do you like the oil better now? or did you like the oil before the change? And if so what you using? | ||
| Mrsinister |
I put syn 3 in mine top and bottom. I would bet ya that any of the ones listed here so far will do you just fine. I knew mine had been run with synthetic in it so I went with the syn 3 from my local harley dealer. | ||
| Kalali |
Sorry about the diversion here.. Preybird1, The engine temp HAS to be at least 150C-160C (cold enrichment @ 100%) before you do TPS reset. Otherwise ALL your fuel map tuning will be out of whack. Trust me on this. Now as for the oil, like Mrsinister said, all of the synthetic oils will do fine specially since most of us change them way too soon...In my case, I really can't tell any difference in engine performance just "feel" a little better if I get stuck in traffic with motor running. | ||
| Djkaplan |
You should only use the oil I use because it is the slipperiest and coolest running oil in the known universe. I'm not saying what oil it is though... but I will say it has essence of 'snake' in it. | ||
| Xldevil |
You should only use the oil I use because it is the slipperiest and coolest running oil in the known universe. I'm not saying what oil it is though... but I will say it has essence of 'snake' in it. You took the words right out of my mouth maid. | ||
| 00nastym2 |
Amsoil 20-50 is a nice oil runs cooler and it deosn't blow through my breather any more as well | ||
| Eshardball |
I believe that HD synth 3 is made by Amsoil. I prefer the Amsoil but any of the good synthetics, Mobil, Castrol etc all offer great protection. With all the Royal Purple accolades floating around, it would be interesting to see some comparison data to back it up. | ||
| Rich |
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| Scott_in_nh |
A TPS reset synchronizes the throttle blade position within the ECM. It actually does nothing to the TPS itself, instead it resets the ECM to read zero % open at that TPS reading. The engine has to be warm if you are going to data log and make changes to your fuel maps it does not have to be warm to do a TPS or AFV reset! You can download the ECMSPY Buell tuning guide here; http://www.ecmspy.com/tuning_guide.shtml please refresh your memory or gain new knowledge by referring to it before commenting on the FI system! The less misinformation posted the better! I use Mobil 1 20w/50 v-twin in both the primary and the engine.... I doubt Amsoil makes Syn3 oil, it came in 6th in their testing, Royal Purple came in 8th. Mobil 1 v-twin came in 2nd. Good read even if Amsoil put it out.... http://www.amsoil.com/lit/g2156.pdf (Message edited by scott_in_nh on October 01, 2008) | ||
| Ebutch |
I use mobile V formula 15-50.last summer on my S2T about 112,000 miles early july in Chicago got stuck in traffic 95 deg.4 hrs numerus road construction jobs in mich.accidents more hrs slow travel.Dont think don,t think reg oil could stand up to this!Plus motorcycle oil has sulfur in it car oil does,t important to air cooled engines!120,000 miles now doesn,t use oil sounds quiet great power.Cant Beat That!!!!Pull Some GGGGGGs Butch | ||
| Ebutch |
Redline High impact Trans sin oil,120,000 mls strong!!!  | ||
| Ebutch |
Oh 700 mils one way trip July 95 + degrees at times 80,90 mph and pulling a wagon to East Troy.2007http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r200/ebutch/P10 10058-1.jpg (Message edited by ebutch on October 01, 2008) | ||
| Eshardball |
Nice filler cap Rich! | ||
| Joesbuell |
I run Penrite HPR Diesel 20w-60 mineral oil in my old tractor!  http://www.penrite.com.au/html/s02_article/article _view.asp?id=106&nav_cat_id=127&nav_top_id=55 | ||
| Bully |
mobil 1 20w 50 in the primary and in the engine. | ||
| Preybird1 |
Tractor? I like redline! |
