Oops, I done woke Bill's fingers up before he had his first cup of coffee -- my bad.

Bill is trying to say if your bike doesn't regularly use any oil you don't need to consider the side stand method yet.  

But he was trying to personalize it some jest to take some of the sting off the last oil comparison done on his favorite oil during the big oil war right before the last little one, during which time it was found his favorite synthetic really didn't offer any advantage over several other cheaper synthetics it was tested against.

Same data actually made most of the rest of us into oil agnostics -- pick a brand you like then KEEP SOME IN THERE.  

Paying $13.99 a quart does seem sorta steep for same-same performance against $4.99 a quart synthetic oils (and with regular oil changes the $2.99 a quart dino oils begin to look very reasonable too since on a standard bike syn oils are not really needed).

Dunno, can't say that I have a diesel personally.

My XV535 turns up to 9,500 rpm before the tach hits the little red line and my recammed Savage regularly goes over 7,000 rpm so yes I do invest in that little extra protection that is offered by synthetic oils as I deem it prudent.  
I think I need it ....

Standard Savage engines never really see 5,000 rpm as the stock cam flat lines you about then and the highest temperatures we saw on Verslagen's test data shows that standard dino oils such as white jug Rotella would be good enough for normal Savage interstate temperatures and rpms.   Hey, as a matter of fact stock Savage engines do run in the same rpm range as open road diesel engines -- ain't that a hoot.

However, the diesel engines are much more stressful engines than gasoline engines anyway, the Savage engine runs a compression ratio of 10:1 while diesel engines start with compressions of 20:1 and go up as high as 25:1 in some versions.  The bearing loads in a diesel engine are quite extreme compared to anything gasoline driven.  

Top fuel engines are closer in oil performance demands to diesel engines than our Savages are, so you are buying an oil that is performance overkill for the Savage when you plunk down $2.99 a quart at Walmart for that big white gallon jug of Rotella T .....

$2.99 a quart with known good for a Savage performance -- JASO MA rated and approved for motorcycle use.





Ahhhhh ....

Earl, can you hear me buddy?

Over the road diesal trucks only turn an average of 1800-2500 rpms @ 70mph with a 13liter motor hauling an average of 39 tons or 78000 lbs. When I owned my truck all I ever put in it was rotella and now all my bike gets is rotella