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Misdirection doesn't really do much.
Base oil + additives = product
Does product meet requirements of use?
Those are the questions here. JASO / API certifications can help answer the second question.
Where an oil meets standards that encompass those required by a specific piece of equipment, and has the appropriate additives, then it will work for that equipment.
Racing oil just doesn't seem necessarily ideal. If indeed it's real racing oil. Generally has more oil, less additives, and gets changed immediately. At least that's what we did - run a race, change the oil & filter at a minimum. We'd still have problems with bearings and cams at times. Of course, when one takes an engine that's supposed to redline here, but you run it way up there, things will wear!
Klotz V twin API-SH/CG-4 Rotella Syn API SL, SJ, SH/CI-4 PLUS, CI-4, CH-4, CG-4, CF-4, CF
On bare specs, Rotella looks pretty nice. It's superior to the usual.
But they both look OK to me. Suzuki shop guy showed me another today he said worked better than Rotella Syn (which he was using before) in his bikes. Don't remember the name, but it was $35/gallon!!
While this isn't an oil shootout, I tend to suspect Shell has more money for oil research than most entities.
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