Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 08/18/12 at 19:56:09: Naw, ship it to Bill, he's the one who likes to drink the stuff, not me.
Glad to see it held up, and even it you tasted it it would taste like Yuckk!! both new and used.
I think the most miles I have ever put on a sump of T-6 was about 5,500 miles and that was over 1 1/2 years of duration time with about 3-4 partial quart top ups due to oil consumption.
You could say I ran a 50% replacement with fresh oil over the period and not be much off the truth. Verslagen is much worse than me, he really doesn't need to drain his oil at all as he does 150-200% replacement in a year's time due to repeated top ups on his much older higher mileage bikes.
Mine was all liquid too every time I drained it, no lumps, no sludge. Definitely brunette though, very brunette.
Now that I saw what drained, I trust this stuff completely. I am impressed, and as long as the formulation stays the same and it is easily available, I'll keep running it. Best oil I ever ran in that bike.
OH, BTW: I still have some pre-T6 bottles of old Lucas 20W-50 in the basement, that I haven't gotten rid of yet, partially I don't know what to do with it. About 10 bottles of old oil. Eight of them had the JASO MA rating on there, and the last two I bought had that removed and said JASO MA-2 on it. So about a year and a half ago they must have changed that, and I'm glad that I only ran that stuff for about 1,500 miles. I did not know about all this back then. I am so glad I switched to T6 after that!
I did not even pay attention to what the bottle said, other than that I saw JASO briefly. To heII with them ba$tards for changing this in secrecy and if I hadn't switched, my motor would be blown to pieces by now, especially with the way I ride at times! I ride hard on the slab, and that stuff woulda killed that motor over time!