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Dougal

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A few weeks ago Motorex completed acquisition of Spectro oils USA.

Not sure what this will mean for Spectro brands longer term. But it gives Motorex a lot of capability in the US market:

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MOTOREX USA inc acquires Spectro performance oils

MOTOREX USA INC, the US-affiliate of Swiss-based MOTOREX GROUP, has agreed with Intercontinental Lubricants Corporation from Brookfield CT to acquire the SPECTRO PERFORMANCE OILS business.
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vizcarmb said:
No, Im not. I've used both oils and didn't noticed any difference when I used it on my motorcycles. Both overpriced. Maxima makes good stuff. The Spectro brand has been out for over 20 plus years.

Let's not turn this into an Oil thread
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You've just turned it into an oil thread. Why stop now?

What oils were you using? Engine, chain, suspension?
 
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ARider said:
Nothing smells better that Golden Spectro 2 stroke premix oil coming out of the dirt bike.
Mmmmmmm.....

I use both brands quite often, looks to be a win in my book.
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I beg to differ, nothing smells better than Bel Ray premix coming out of a two stroke dirt bike. 🙂
 
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Did anyone actually ever buy Spectro oil? I've lived my entire life (yes, embarrassing as it is, I've never been outside the country despite having lived just half a day's drive from the border for the past six years) in the US and literally never seen a Spectro bottle in person before. And my entire life has been spent around motorcycles too. Still no Spectro.

GH28 said:
I've had guys deliberately ride behind me for long periods of time when I was mixing Castor 927 with 50/50 AV gas. That's just crackhead ****.
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It was the lead poisoning from the avgas fumes. I just mix my 927 with premium pump gas. All the good smellz, with less heavy metal poisoning. And it's significantly less expensive than mixing with avgas.
 
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nmxtrdr said:
Motorex 4wt is a closer viscosity match to Spectro. Unless you are seeking lighter damping
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It's only a 1.5cst difference so don't really think it'll make a noticeable difference imo but we'll see. if I remember right full shimmed dampers are not very sensitive to viscosity as long as you stay around a 15cst fluid, I've asked @Dougal about it before and he says they are pretty much identical fluids and I already have 3Qts of the 2.5w
 
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