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Originally posted by flyguy:
Hello all:
I'm an Amsoil dealer (don't worry I'm not going to try to convert anyone) and I have a question about motorcycles and UOA. I have used UOA on heavy equipment and automotive applications before and have a pretty good understanding about it. This summer we will be sponsoring a local road racing motorcycle team. In the past seasons this team (and the others in the series, I presume) would change their oil each weekend. They were using another syn oil (not Amsoil) and would change just because they didn't have any way of knowing whether the oil was still acceptable or not.
My general feeling is that almost any syn oil should be able to stand up to more than a few hours of racing but this of course brings up the UOA concept. In addition to the regular test items how would you be able to determine if an oil is still acceptable in a motorcycle? In particular the EP/AW aspect of the oil. I should mention that the oil to be used will be Amsoil 10w-40 motorcycle and the testing would be done by a local Caterpillar dealership since it's lab can turn the samples in a day or less.
I understand, of course, that the small sump capacity makes doing the test rather uneconomic. The plan is to try to get some sort of baseline, ie: being able to go two or three races instead of just one.
Thanks for any advice..
flyguy