About Using Slick 50 in Harley Davidson Twin Cam Engines

Video Transcript

"Did you know that using a synthetic motorcycle oil on your motorcycle will prolong the life of your engine and ultimately increase the performance of your motorcycle? My name is Jeff Jannett with South Side Choppers, Harley Davidson certified master technician, and today we're going to be talking about Slick Fifty. Slick Fifty is basically a brand of synthetic motorcycle oil, as is Ams Oil, Harley Davidson Syn Three and V-Twin synthetic by Bel-Ray. As far as choosing a synthetic for your motorcycle it's just as much a decision as choosing where you would like to eat fast food. McDonalds, Burger King or Wendy's. A lot of times it's preferential, a lot of times depending on the bike, if it's a high end performance bike like say it's a Suzuki Hayabusa, you may want to go with something that the company actually recommends, if they have their own synthetic. Again, if you've seen infomercials, testimonials, and it looks good to you, it's not usually going to hurt you to try it once. If you're switching from a standard lubricant, either a 20w50 or a fifty weight oil and you're going to a synthetic, you don't want to do it on an engine that has a lot of miles on it. You can actually run into problems. But again, Slick Fifty is just another brand of a synthetic lubricant, it's been around the longest, and therefore it has a fairly good history. But there are a lot of other contenders out there. Any further questions I would recommend consulting the web and doing some research and finding other folks that have used it or used the other products and get their take on it as well. I am Jeff Jannett, Harley Davidson certified master technician, South Side Choppers, keep the rubber side down."