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4 strokes, what engine oil do you use?
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<blockquote data-quote="cleonard" data-source="post: 103585" data-attributes="member: 21"><p>Shell went out of their way to get the JASO MA rating because of the off label use of the oil in the motorcycle world. Recently they must have decided that the $$$ for the rating would be made back. Purely a business decision and I really doubt that they made any changes to the formulation to get it.</p><p> </p><p>If I remember correctly one of the JASO MA ratings is a high temp sheer rating. You know the shear that happens in a motorcycle transmission.</p><p> </p><p>I had a long drawn out debate with a racer that carried across a couple of different forums. He was dead set about the MC oil thing like you referenced with the engine builder. He sort of relented and did agree on one point. The machine is an important component to winning, but so is the riders mental state. Saving a few $$$ is not worth the possible tiny amount of doubt that could be in the back of the riders mind. You don't want any possibility of worrying about the oil to interfere. In that case I'd call it money well spent.</p><p> </p><p>I'm not some oil evangelical. I have Rotella in the transmission and a high end ester synthetic in the engine side of my new Beta.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cleonard, post: 103585, member: 21"] Shell went out of their way to get the JASO MA rating because of the off label use of the oil in the motorcycle world. Recently they must have decided that the $$$ for the rating would be made back. Purely a business decision and I really doubt that they made any changes to the formulation to get it. If I remember correctly one of the JASO MA ratings is a high temp sheer rating. You know the shear that happens in a motorcycle transmission. I had a long drawn out debate with a racer that carried across a couple of different forums. He was dead set about the MC oil thing like you referenced with the engine builder. He sort of relented and did agree on one point. The machine is an important component to winning, but so is the riders mental state. Saving a few $$$ is not worth the possible tiny amount of doubt that could be in the back of the riders mind. You don't want any possibility of worrying about the oil to interfere. In that case I'd call it money well spent. I'm not some oil evangelical. I have Rotella in the transmission and a high end ester synthetic in the engine side of my new Beta. [/QUOTE]
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