Originally Posted by KneeGrinder
I didn't say he was riding the bike on a track and neither did he, most that buy these types of bikes don't, but most also don't really realize the bikes potential. I think you know as well as I do how close it is from a competitive super stock race bike, not much work, you pretty much destroy the resale value, but off the show room floor with a professional rider it will do 0mph to 100 to 0mph before any super car can do 0mph to 100mph.
And, I'm sorry to disagree with you, but I used to be able to feel the difference between other oils and Motul 300v, but I thrashed the day lights out of my bikes, hence the reason I stopped racing in 2008. UOA won't tell you about shift quality, neither will reading, seat time will, and maybe how many transmissions you have destroyed!
$400.00 for a set of tires that last one day on the track, $50.00/$70.00 for fuel, the cost of motor oil is not a big concern. When I used to buy it, it was jut under $40.00 a gallon. Real sport bikes are not cheap by any means. Crash= minimum 2/3k to the bike, your body? My last crash was 40k. Insurance!
Originally Posted by Bonz
I didn't catch that he was using this as a track bike? Proper suspension setup goes without saying on the street as well.
I don't think 300v is any better on the street than a variety of other oils. Look at used oil analysis and read about shift quality. Many oils bring that without living in the rarefied air of $17 a quart.
Sorry if I wasn't clear, I was saying we can read about the good shift quality that many oils bring that many guys talk about. In general I think folks are fairly knowledgeable about what good shifting is and what it isn't, so the information gathered can come from sources besides just riding the bike. In conjunction with that, UOA's won't be any better or worse than what 300V brings to the table. With that said, the most shear prone oil probably would return a good uoa other than feeling like dog poop at the shifter.