Best oil

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"best oil" is always a debate. As someone else stated, there's probably not a lot of difference in the top quality brands. Some are even made by the same company.

I've spent some time researching to find the one I thought would be best for use in my motorcycle and PWC. Following is some good information to share:

Mobil is the big name but surprisingly there's not a lot of quality data from Mobil promoting their sythentic oils.

Spectro has been around for a long time and has a good reputation. Here's their comparison chart.
http://www.spectro-oils.com/oilcomparison1.htm
Strange which brands they elected to show for comparison. Harley Davidson and Penzoil??? Why not Mobil, Amsoil, Red Line, Motul, etc.?

Here's a ball bearing wear comparison that puts Amsoil and Spectro head to head with surpising results.
http://www.a1lubricants.com/moreform.html

Amsoil appears to have the most and best comparions. Or at least they do the most promoting with lots of good data.
http://www.oil-tech.com/motoroil-comparison.htm
http://www.1st-in-synthetics.com/redline.htm
http://www.bestsyntheticoil.com/amsoil/printable/snakeoil.html

Here's a link with a lot of good discussion about the "best oil" comparions.
http://www.nwlink.com/~vdb/vw/FAQs/faq.oil.2

FAQ's about oil. Another good link.
http://faq.f650.com/FAQs/OILFAQ.htm

All you ever want to know about high qualitiy oils. Read the part about energy conserving (mainly conserns wet clutches in motorcycles). The commercial oils mentioned in the previous posts are also discussed here.
http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/Oils1.html

So the debate will go on but at least you have several good options, of which either should be great oils to use.
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Jim Longwith
Longwith's Trim & Accessories
Rock Hill, SC
 
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