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.
The Following Letter is from Harley Davidson to alleviate the worries that the use of
non-Harley-Davidson synthetic oils will NOT void the manufacturers warranty.
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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 |
| January 31, 2003 Aaron Scanlon 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,
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