It’s important to use synthetic motor oil in motorcycle engines.

With some engines producing close to 180hp it’s a no-brainer to use synthetic motor oil in motorcycle engines. Any engine producing such high specific horsepower will naturally also run at higher temperatures; and not only higher temperatures, but higher rotational speeds leading to higher piston speeds.

Under these conditions regular engine oils offer marginal protection making it almost mandatory to

Following this could stop your motor oil turning into black sludge.

Although less common at the moment several have experienced severe problems with motor oil turning into black sludge. Although there are wide ranging opinions about how to prevent or overcome this there are a few precautions that everyone agrees with.

What initiates motor oil turning into black sludge?

Are manufacturers ripping off consumers by switching to 0W-20 motor oil?

Over the past 5 years more and more new vehicles have been switching to 0W-20 motor oil as first fill. As we’ve all found out this black gold is almost as expensive as gold, leading to questions as to why they’re switching to 0W-20 motor oil?

Emissions regulations see OEM’s switching to 0W-20 motor oil.

Around the globe air pollution is being addressed by

You really shouldn’t use regular motor oil under these conditions!

If you’ve always topped up your engine with any old oil, as long as it was cheap, these facts about why you shouldn’t use regular motor oil may disturb you. As with most things in life you get what you pay for and bargains usually have a downside.

You shouldn’t use regular motor oil if you want to save money on oil.

Modern engines are highly sophisticated pieces of equipment that produce high specific power – easily

Most industries believe synthetic lubricants are the latest development in lubricants – but they’re wrong!

Most lubricants are oil based (or synthetic oils), though others use powders, and even metals; and it’s been that way for decades. The world of lubrication is changing as the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials (IWM), Nematel GmbH, and Dr. Tillwich GmbH announce the latest development in lubricants based on liquid crystals instead of oil. According to Fraunhofer, this is the first fundamentally new lubricant developed in twenty years.

More expensive synthetic oil can save money in many areas.

If it costs more than regular lubricant how on earth is it possible that synthetic oil can save money?

Before we even focus on synthetic lubricants we mustn’t loose sight that crude oil is being consumed at an ever increasing rate, and because this resource is finite, the prices are rising quite steadily; thus closing the price gap to synthetic oils.

Add to this the pollutant nature of all lubricants and

What are the drawbacks of using biodegradable lubricants?

Manufacturers and blenders promote these oils based on the importance of biodegradability and nontoxicity but few discuss the drawbacks of using biodegradable lubricants. Performance issues – such as oxidation stability, anti-wear protection, hydrolytic stability, viscosity stability at elevated temperatures and cost factors - are usually not discussed.

There are two primary classes of biodegradable lubricants; vegetable oils and synthetic lubricants, and industrial consumers of these products must be prepared to treat biodegradable lubricants somewhat