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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5837 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: rotella Reply #15 - 10/02/16 at 19:36:58 I've got near 30,000 miles on mine using T-6 , and can still do Wheelies !
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rl153 Serious Thumper Offline S40 Just right! Posts: 906 Bloomfield,CT Gender:	Re: rotella Reply #16 - 10/02/16 at 19:42:02 I ran t6 for 5 years and my clutch was fine.. I don't want to start an oil war or anything, I don't know.
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Reply #17 - 10/02/16 at 19:48:19

rl153 wrote on 10/02/16 at 19:42:02:

I ran t6 for 5 years and my clutch was fine.. I don't want to start an oil war or anything, I don't know.

We recently saw a guy talking about the 600 mile
Tune Up.
He has a Three Year Old Bike, and six hundred miles,
So, your Five Years and no clutch problems are really meaningless.
How many MILES did that trouble free clutch take you?
300? Or 30,000?
I have never seen a report by anyone that a Rotella oil caused any problem.

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rl153 Serious Thumper Offline S40 Just right! Posts: 906 Bloomfield,CT Gender:	Re: rotella Reply #18 - 10/02/16 at 20:17:56 I've only put 4k mi on my bike in the past 5 years. you got me there.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: rotella Reply #19 - 10/03/16 at 04:32:25 I put 12,000 on a Savage one year. That was year round riding, and I don't see another winter of that kinda determination. Heck, I don't leave the place enough to go 1,000 miles a month any more, counting all forms of transportation.
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: rotella Reply #20 - 10/03/16 at 04:43:46 MMRanch wrote on 10/02/16 at 19:12:03: I call BULL on T-6 and clutch slippage (stock motor). It was Oldfeller that believed he was having clutch trouble from T-6, and he switched over to Rotella T. His motor isn't stock, and he does ride pretty hard. He thought the T-6 recently got an increase in the amount of Moly in the oil.
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Reply #21 - 10/03/16 at 05:50:20

Hate to spoil a budding oil war with real facts, but I started experiencing the mild start up slip, that "on cold start up" slip, which is the symptom most people get when clutch slipping begins.

Changed to Rot Dino and the cold start slippage issue stopped, which is in line with what others have posted about contamination issues and using Rot Dino to clean it up.

Rot Dino has no moly oil in it, Rot Syn has 60+ PPM of moly oil in it now (and the amount seems to go up each new Sl SN type SAE formulation change).

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So, if you have no slippage truck on with T6 as it is the better formulation. If you get some cold start up slippage, switch over to Rot Dino and see if it stops. Do this before doing a clutch replacement exercise as it is in essence a free fix.

Abused clutches will likely show the issue before normal use clutches will show it.

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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5837 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: rotella Reply #22 - 10/03/16 at 06:58:57 How-a-bout-that ! I found my old-favorite fa lay knife last week and was just sharpening it this morning ... Think I'll put it my bike trunk now before I loose it again . no oil wars going on here , me and T-6 are getting along just fine .
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12673 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: rotella Reply #23 - 10/03/16 at 07:43:28 Oooooooo ..... no, no, please no, please put me back in the bucket .... get your fingers out of my eye sockets -- that HURTS OUCH!!!! AIEEEE !!!! NOT MY FILLETS !!! AAAAAAUGH < fish moans and croaks as MM slices away at him>
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Reply #24 - 10/03/16 at 07:47:46

Considering retiring this early spring, might well be up for a bike ride off to somewhere new next year.

Not interested in anything beyond two lane roads though, I think you see a lot more on the two lane jobbies and the interstate just sucks on a long bike ride.

..... as the interstate goes ka-thump, ka-thump, ka-thump, ka-thump, ka-thump, ka-thump all the silly time, endlessly no less

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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2217 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: rotella Reply #25 - 10/03/16 at 11:09:53 Congratulations Oldfeller. I wish you a very happy retirement. I am thinking another 7 years or so before I retire, but who knows. Best wishes to you my friend.
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12673 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: rotella Reply #26 - 10/03/16 at 13:26:05 I'm not so sure about a "happy retirement" as it only takes me about 2 days at home to start looking something to do. But my health says TAKE IT NOW OR JEST KEEP ON AND DIE WITH IT SITTING OUT THERE IN THE FUTURE FOR YOU.
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Reply #27 - 10/03/16 at 15:17:48

OF...I say take it and enjoy as much as you can if that's the case. You'll get more money if you wait but what good will it be if you're not around to use it?

If you do get to go on a nice trip, take your time see the sights and enjoy every minute of it. If you happen to come through Spartanburg and I can get away, I'd love to buy you a cup of coffee or something. Sorry I've got no spare bed or camping space that I can offer.

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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5837 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: rotella Reply #28 - 10/03/16 at 16:55:18 Congratulations OldFeller !!! YeeeeHaaa , retirement is great ... if ya get stir--crazy you can always start a lawn-mowing business or something . A cash business is part of retirement ya know ! I do try to keep my knife sharp so the fish cleaning goes easy and quick on me and the fish !
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12673 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: rotella Reply #29 - 10/04/16 at 11:50:07 I am going to paint a house (mine) and if I like doing it, that might be my niche. so far I never have liked painting, so I don't think that is going to change much .....
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