I’m still looking at oils, very sad I know but I’m stuck in the house baby sitting!
After reading a lot of the information on the board especially the information put up by Shazam I found a couple of other articles, and particularly the article written by MCN (Motorcycle Consumer News) and the one below.
I would say that I have now come to the same conclusion that a motorcycle specific oil in a Ducati is not needed because mainly we don’t have to worry about wet clutch slippage, but motorcycle oils have a harder time because of lubricating the gear box don’t they? Well they probably do but most of the people on here are talking about 3000 mile oil and filter changes or less, so if we are all using a good quality fully synthetic I would think that non of use have to worry about that either.
So as far as I’m concerned that only leaves one issue for a Ducati and that is the one about oil starvation on start up to the rockers and the debate about viscosities, as all other issues are covered in the articles below. (It was particularly interesting to read why some motorcycle oils are priced higher!) but I digress, so after reading the specifics and claims from various manufactures I came to the Esso site and read up on the new Mobil 1 Super Syn ™ and found out an interesting claim that there 15w/50 actually flow similarly to a 5W/30 at start up in cold temperatures, so is this the answer to our problems a 15W/50 that will flow well when cold? This oil was designed for American drag racing that required maximum protection for short periods from start up. Worth a read, I think personally it sounds ideal for a Ducati and I’ll give it a go if it is obtainable.
http://www.yft.org/tex_vfr/tech/oil.htm http://www.xs11.com/stories/mcnoil94.htm http://www.imperialoil.com/Canada-En...ersynStory.asp