Wow, an oil thread. 🙄 I’ve used Rottella regular and synthetic oil for decades and never had a problem. $50 a gallon?
No thanks.
No thanks.
A warm THANK YOU to Motul, from a happy Vulcan Owner: over 20 million engine revolutions this season!
I use Motul 10W-40 100% synthetic motor oil in my '05 Vulcan 750 with 19k miles and just wanted to share how happy I am with it.
Thank you, Motul, for the engine and transmission protection for over 20 million engine revolutions this year! I calculate this number from ~4,000 miles riding given a very rough approximate engine speed of 35mph (I do a lot of back-road crusin' here in PA), and approximate engine speed of 3K RPM. This is a conservative estimate, so in reality my motor most likley turned over more than 20 million times this year!
How do I know Motul is actually different? Well firstly, it's red! So that right there has to count for something, right? But seriously, over the summer I had my local dealership replace the stator. In doing so, they needed to drain the oil and refill. I don't know what oil they gave me, probably some regular 10W-40 stuff. Maybe regular Kawi oil? But one of the first things I noticed when I got my bike back was how much WORSE it shifted. I found that it had a very tough time going thru the gears, both up and down. It took quite some force to get the gears shifted...and it lasted like this for several hundred miles. Eventually, I just couldn't take it anymore and without spending much more time/money troubleshooting, I'd figure a good ol' Motul oil change could help. I wasn't really expecting much, but what I got blew me out of the water. The bike shifted significantly better! Not brand new, but truly much better and much smoother. It's still on my bucket list to troubleshoot this further in 2022, but holy cow was the improvement noticeable and much needed.
Amazon Link for Motul Oil
Looking forward to even more riding in 2022. For now, my Vulcan is winterized and asleep in my garage until next year. Cheers all!
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Thank you, Motul, for the engine and transmission protection for over 20 million engine revolutions this year! I calculate this number from ~4,000 miles riding given a very rough approximate engine speed of 35mph (I do a lot of back-road crusin' here in PA), and approximate engine speed of 3K RPM. This is a conservative estimate, so in reality my motor most likley turned over more than 20 million times this year!
How do I know Motul is actually different? Well firstly, it's red! So that right there has to count for something, right? But seriously, over the summer I had my local dealership replace the stator. In doing so, they needed to drain the oil and refill. I don't know what oil they gave me, probably some regular 10W-40 stuff. Maybe regular Kawi oil? But one of the first things I noticed when I got my bike back was how much WORSE it shifted. I found that it had a very tough time going thru the gears, both up and down. It took quite some force to get the gears shifted...and it lasted like this for several hundred miles. Eventually, I just couldn't take it anymore and without spending much more time/money troubleshooting, I'd figure a good ol' Motul oil change could help. I wasn't really expecting much, but what I got blew me out of the water. The bike shifted significantly better! Not brand new, but truly much better and much smoother. It's still on my bucket list to troubleshoot this further in 2022, but holy cow was the improvement noticeable and much needed.
Amazon Link for Motul Oil
Looking forward to even more riding in 2022. For now, my Vulcan is winterized and asleep in my garage until next year. Cheers all!
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I paid $28 for five quarts of the Mobil 1 synthetic, think I was paying $14-17 for four quarts of Rotella conventional. Bad part was finding a leaking front and rear seal on the truck, wasn't like that last oil change.
If there was a 2022 Vulcan calendar, this could be one of the pics. Nice shot!
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If there was a 2022 Vulcan calendar, this could be one of the pics. Nice shot!
Would be nice to be paid, but nah this came out of pocket. And thanks, the garage floor is interlocking plastic tiles from garageflooringinc.com. I love working in my garage. Just wish I had more time to do it.
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