Victory dealer without oil

[zif...@my-deja.com]

Well, I'm in dire need to change the oil on my Vic and our dealer has
been out of oil for some time now. I'm about to go to the Amzoil
dealer and put the para-synthetic Amzoil in it. Roadkill, didn't you
say that it was ok as long as I don't use the pure synthetic as far as
not voiding the warranty?
Arnie

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[Roadkill]

> Well, I'm in dire need to change the oil on my Vic and our dealer has
> been out of oil for some time now. I'm about to go to the Amzoil
> dealer and put the para-synthetic Amzoil in it. Roadkill, didn't you
> say that it was ok as long as I don't use the pure synthetic as far as
> not voiding the warranty?
> Arnie

+AMSOIL's technical weenies stated in their response to my query:
>AMSOIL synthetic motorcycle oils are recommended for all V-twin and
other motorcycle engines requiring an API CD, SG-CG of SH-CD oil. They
are wet clutch compatible and contain no friction modifiers. Following
Victory's requirements as closely as possible would indicate that
AMSOIL 10W40 motorcycle oil would be the recommended choice.<

Therefore, I ordered 24 quarts of AMF-01 - SAE 10W-40 Synthetic High
Performance Motorcycle Engine Oil. It's already been delivered (seems
to be a great company to deal with so far) but I've not yet switched
over. It'll be approximately two weeks until I need to do my ~61,500
oil change.

Note that this is a full synthetic, but it meets stated requirements
and therefore will not void the warranty. I'm unsure of its
performance yet though...

What's with your dealer not having oil in stock?

Ride on.
Roadkill

[zif...@my-deja.com]

>
> What's with your dealer not having oil in stock?
>
> Ride on.
> Roadkill
>

Not sure, Roadkill. All I know is they said it was on "rush" and HAS
been for about 2 or 3 weeks now. I stoppped by yesterday to get some
plugs for mine to keep on hand in case I'm in need of them out on the
road cause I've got 13,000 miles on the original plugs and I figured
while I was there that I'd pick up the oil for my bike and also my
girlfriend's SC but no luck.

While I was there I picked up the chrome grill for the oil cooler for
her for Xmas. She's having a hard time deciding what she wants done
with that SC as far as dressing it up but she did mention she wanted
that.

Ride alert,
Arnie
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[tomg...@my-deja.com]

In article <8ujjdh$35$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,

zif...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> >
>
> What's with your dealer not having oil in stock?>

Something must be going on. Tim, remember on our trip we stopped at a
dealer down south. It was Gregory Polaris, they were having a problem
getting oil from Victory. Last time I got oil from Gateway they were
low. Just a thought.

[Roadkill]

+I do recall them scraping up just enough oil for Mike to do his oil
change. I also recall being told by Barbara that Gateway didn't have
oil on two occasions: once when they were supposedly having
delivery concerns, and a second time when it was stacked in droves in
their storage area and she didn't know.

It could be as simple as the dealer running out of stock, but I doubt
that the stock is being depleted quickly enough not to replace it in
timely fashion.

Minor but necessary items like this being out of stock at a dealership
cause the buyer to look elsewhere. In my instance, I needed to obtain
it at another dealership.

Ride on.
Roadkill

[zif...@my-deja.com]

Well, I just got off the phone with the dealer.....reading this post
again reminded me to check....and they finally have the oil in. Think
I'll run over there today before the stock has a chance to run out
again and get the oil for both the C and SC.

Am hoping this is not going to be an on-going problem getting the oil
cause that would be even more of a temptation to switch to the Amzoil.

Ride alert,
Arnie