Amsoil Best Synthetic Motor Oil for
Harley-Davidson Motorcycles
Amsoil Quality
Impresses Harley Riders

Although
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Company routinely tells its
customers they must use “Harley-specific” motor oils and lubes,
some riders are realizing AMSOIL keeps the popular bikes
running cooler and smoother.
Jim Murphy and Jim White, partners at a Lehman Trike Conversion
business in Martinsburg, W. Va., spread the word that AMSOIL
makes the best products – even for Harleys.
“Trikes are a huge business,” White said. “Our business
increased 200 percent last year.” He attributes that to older
riders and those with disabilities that require modifications
to allow them to continue riding. The shop specializes in those
modifications needed for handicapped riders. (View the website
at www.mjtrikes.com.)
Partner Jim Murphy summed up his feelings about AMSOIL products
recently while talking with a group of customers at the parts
counter of the local Harley dealership.
“If there is any single way to significantly improve the
Harley-Davidson motorcycle, put AMSOIL in the engine and
transmission,” Murphy said.
The partners recommend AMSOIL 20W-50 Synthetic Motorcycle Oil
for the bikes and 75W-90 Gear Lube for the gear box. They’re
also selling a lot of the AMSOIL Shock Therapy Light Suspension
Fluid for the front forks.
White uses those products in his 1993 Heritage Softail
Nostalgia, one of only 2,700 manufactured as a special edition
Harley. The bike is attached to a fullsized sidecar. That’s a
lot of pull on the machine, he said, but AMSOIL makes his bike
run cooler and perform better than other oils or lubricants
ever have.
“My Harley, with a sidecar, is getting 40 miles per gallon. I
think AMSOIL makes a huge difference,” he said.
He’s heard increased mileage claims from some of his Gold Wing
customers too.
Murphy and White opened their shop in 1998. While their
specialties are trike conversions and custom builds for riders
with handicaps, they also service and maintain cruisers and
street bikes of every brand and model.
Harley owners are hard sells, White acknowledged. In fact, he
said, most motorcycle riders tend to stick with products
they’ve used and believed in for years.
He and Murphy are of the same ilk, so they understand. “The
first two customers you had to convince were us,” White said.
“The products that we sell are the result of satisfactory
testing on our own motorcycles. We do not sell
products that we do not totally believe in.”
White first used AMSOIL motor oil in the 1970s when he was a
semi-professional go-kart racer. In January 2002, he met Direct
Dealer Ralph Graul at a bike show and remembered how well the
AMSOIL product performed in the karts.
He installed AMSOIL motor oil in his 1993 Harley-Davidson FLST
Cowglide that was running hot, 220 to 230 degrees in the
summer, and had a “klunky” transmission. “I changed the engine
oil, primary and transmission oils to AMSOIL and immediately
noticed a smoother shift in the transmission and a temperature
drop of 20 to 30 degrees,” White said. “I was impressed, but I
still hadn’t done my own testing. For the next 2,500 miles the
shifting got better and better.”
Murphy tested AMSOIL lubricants in his 1994 Harley-Davidson
FXLR, with 60,000 plus miles on the engine.
“This motorcycle has been meticulously maintained throughout
its entire life,” Murphy said. “The transmission was making
some gear noise and was getting harder to shift, and the engine
had a whining noise in the updated cam and breather gears.
“Immediately, the transmission shifted like butter and no more
gear noise . . . and the persistent gear whine in the engine
also miraculously disappeared.”
They stock other brands of motor oils in the shop, for the
hard-to-convince. “But AMSOIL outsells it all,” White said.
Educating customers, according to White, is one of their most
important jobs.
AMSOIL literature available in the shop often gives his
customers the information they need to make informed
choices.
“I’ve never had one customer come back and claim that AMSOIL
lubricants don’t do what the company says they will do,” White
said.
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Harley-Davidson Confirms To AMSOIL That The Use
Of Synthetic Motor Oils Other
Than
Harley-Davidson Oil Does Not Void Warranty
Coverage
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Harley-Davidson Motor Company
3700 West Juneau Ave., P.O. Box 653, Milwaukee, WI
53201 414/342-4680 |
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January 31, 2003
Aaron Scanlon
AMSOIL Building
Superior, WI 54880
Dear Mr. Scanlon:
Thank you for your recent letter requesting
information on Harley-Davidson's one-year,
unlimited mileage warranty when Synthetic
Lubricants are used.
Until now, the Motor Company has never
supported the use of synthetic products in our
vehicles because there had never been any test
validations completed on the numerous
formulations in HD/Buell motorcycles to
determine the viability of using these products
on Harley-Davidson products until now.
We have developed a specially formulated
synthetic fluid called SYN3. This fluid can be
used in Harley-Davidson engines, transmissions
and primary chaincases. This product had been
exclusively designed for Harley-Davidson and is
the only synthetic product tested and certified
by Harley-Davidson engineering for use on
HD/Buell motorcycles.
The
use of a different brand of fluid does not void
the one-year, unlimited mileage warranty
unless it can be confirmed that the use of such
products was the cause of the failure.
Thank you, Mr. Scanlon, for taking the time
to write to Harley-Davidson and allowing me to
answer your questions.
Sincerely,

Lisa Sagen
Powertrain Customer Service
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