Hey fellas, I was wondering if I can run synthetic oil in the engine? Being the clutch , tranny, and engine are all using the same oil. Will the clutch slip? If I can use it , what kind of synthetic oil are you using?                                                  Thanks, Rich

Just like oldfeller's pic, I'm running Rotella T6 in both my bikes and unfortunately, the secret's out - It's always out of stock at the local Walmart! That should be your first clue...

What ever oil you decide to use, make sure that it meets the JASO MA standard for motorcycle use. Unfortunately what oil to use can turn into a very heated discussion around here. There are quite a few of us that do use Rotella T without any problems.

I didn't have any clutch issues with the amsoil I used.  but didn't use it beyond a couple of changes.

Thanks guys!!!!
                 Rich

As the folks have mentioned, the Savage doesn't really require the high temp characteristics of a synthetic oil, although many here (including me) do use it as "bulletproofing" on an air cooled engine in case of thermal abuse.

Biggest thermal abuse cases have been folks idling the bike at a standstill for over half an hour, btw, which isn't where you would think that you would find the most terrible thermal abuse cases.

Use any JASO MA or MA2 rated oil, most of us tend to go with Rotella as it has a good rep as bike oil on many many motorcycle sites.   And since a lot of us use it (and abuse it) the collective knowledge is that is is "good oil".

It has been proven in our many many oil wars as being as good or better than Amisol or Klotz in our simple motorcycle's engine (which is the only test bed that counts for us).

Rotella is less expensive than the big ticket boys stuff by about half and it does "as good or better" in our own oil war testing.


                            Bill, are your fingers broken, or what?   Whut ails you, where is you?


Now, before any of you go volunteer to do any testing, do you have the thermocouples and test devices to do live temperature recording of head temperature and sump temperature and ambient temperature?

Verslagen, we may need a Tech Index listing that points back to that "oil war of all oil wars" so we can simply point each new person back there to review the information instead of hobbling out here in our crutches time after time after time again.    

Especially if Bill has done quit holding up his other side of things .....  telling the newbie that spending over double for Amisol is "well worth the money" as if it was his money that would be getting spent.   Bill is a Klotz man (always has been) and had never ever used Amisol in his Savage ever.

Hey Bill, Amisol publishes lots of data, you can at least tell what's in it and it IS good stuff by both ingredients, testing and specifications (unlike Klotz which publishes bupkiss).  

You might have a fighting chance oil warring with Amisol (mebbe)

 
Consider the one leg, crutches, no ears, completely blast blinded -- and those were the people that won the last oil wars .....

Think of what shape Bill must be in after losing each war, time after time.


Plus, he can't ever plug Klotz without supporting facts ever again (that was his sentence).



(but he could say lots of factual things about Amisol -- data exists on Bob is the Oil Guy and other sources as well)

But I go one step up from Amsoil to Klotz Racing oil,Its 0 wear oil.