TimothyPilgrim wrote: > > Good question. I'll have to look it up. > > The dealer that sold me the bike tried to tell me that synthetics were > bad for the wet clutch because of detergents. I -told- him that Mobil > 1 15w50 doesn't have detergents and is fine for bikes.
I'm pretty sure that just about any motor oil intended for use in a filtered environment has detergents in it. They suspend the dirt so the oil can carry it to the filter. W/O the detergent additives, the dirt would just form a slurry on the bottom of the sump.
