Oils: Synth versus mineral
- Advrider Older Magazines
- August 29, 2023
- Fit Out
- Checkout
- The dream with Karen Ramsay
- How To Ride with Miles Davis
- Adventure Rider Magazine off- road training
- Andy Strapz
- Oils: Synth versus mineral
- It’ll never happen to me
- SWM RS500R Adventure
- Greatness enjoyed
- One thing at a time
- The Riding Reporters
- Ural Ranger Sahara
- Masterclass
- Yerranderie
- A roommate, a rally and a ride to remember
- 2018 Triumph Tiger 1200XRT
- Slow bike to China
- It’s What We Do
The technical aspects of engine oils are as intricate and generate as much myth as just about every other technical aspect of the modern motorcycle. Adventure Rider Magazine has decided to have a look at oils, one slippery point at a time. This issue we ask, ‘What’s the difference between synthetic and mineral oils, and which should we be using?’ It’s not as complicated as you might think.
Anything with moving parts will need some way of reducing and controlling friction, and in a motorcycle engine, lubricants – we’ll just use the generic term ‘oils’ from now on – are as basic and integral to the bike’s function as the wheel.
