RE: Mobil 1 MX 4T

["Soosalu, Grant" <soosalug@xxxxxxx>]

Erik,

Take a look on Eric's ST site, under the FAQ section. The following is from
the Oil/Filter section:

Subject: MX4T oil 
I would like to know what the difference is between Mobil's MX4T oil and the
Triumph branded Mobil 1 oil for motorcycles. Thanks, Richard D. White
 
Response: 
 
Dear Mr. White,
 
Thanks for your interest in Mobil's new line of Mobil 1 Motorcycle Oils.
Your question on the differences between Mobil 1 MX4T and Mobil 1 for
Triumph is a good one. 
 
First of all, both products are premium quality fully synthetic motorcycle
oils that will provide exceptional performance in all 4-stroke motorcycles.
There are a couple of small differences in the products, as part of their
expected application and target market segments, but the core high
performance additive system is the same for each product. 
 
Mobil 1 for Triumph is a SAE 15W-50 grade product, based on Mobil's European
Mobil 1. This product was fully tested by Triumph in-house and therefore is
fully approved and recommended as the preferred product for Triumph
motorcycles. 
 
Mobil 1 MX4T is an SAE 10W-40 viscosity grade developed for the US market,
where a 10W-40 grade is preferred for 4-stroke motorcycles, particularly
Japanese sport models 
 
In addition, we offer Mobil 1 V-Twin, an SAE 20W-50 grade, targetted for
hot-running V-Twin powered bikes, particularily those that are air cooled. 
 
As mentioned above, all three products will provide excellent performance
and durability in any 4-stroke motorbike. However, we offer the different
grades to target the needs of different customers and different motorcycle
manufacturer's recommendations. 
 
Please let me know if you require any further information, and again, thank
you for your interest in Mobil 1 Motorcycle Oil. 
 
Ray Bergstra Automotive Product Manager 

- -----Original Message-----
From: Erik Miner [mailto:axeis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, 4 November 1999 11:20 AM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Mobil 1 MX 4T


Well after doing a fair bit of calling around I've decided to use the Mobil 
1 MX 4T. From everything I've been able to find out it is the same as the 
Triumph branded stuff except it is less expensive. The Triumph big jug is 
about $46.00 some dealers a bit more some a bit less. The MX 4T is $7.13 to 
$7.95 a quart or $28.52 to $31.80 a gallon (all prices are plus your state 
sales tax, if you have any) Of course the Triumph jug is 4 liters or 4.22 
gallons so one does get a bit more . I really doubt that Triumph sells 
enough to have Mobil do anything different to it than what Mobil sells ( 
and I really doubt that it needs any tweaking, I'm pretty sure Mobil knows 
what they are doing! ) of course I could be wrong. Anyway I feel confident 
that I am certainly feeding my ST as Triumph recommends using the MX 4T, in 
fact in my conversations with TOA the one thing that they were very 
emphatic about was the use of a full synthetic motorcycle specific oil. The 
only discrepancy I can find is that my owners manual calls for a 15-50 
weight oil, the Mobil 1 MX 4T is 10-40. Again in my talks with TOA this was 
no problem. Also I believe that the Triumph oil is also 10-40 although I 
can't verify this since the Triumph jug does not state the weight! But 
everyone I spoke with thought that it is 10-40.

Erik

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