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Engine Oil

PanAm Oil SAE 50
PanAm Oil SAE 50
Our traditional single grade lubricant for engine and transmission for heavy thermal and shear loads. Complies with H-D recommendations up to 1984 for Big Twins and Sportsters up to 1981. This high performance lubricant complies with API CF.
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PanAm Oil SAE 60
PanAm Oil SAE 60
Seems it never rains in Mexico … PanAm SAE60 - the official oil of the El Diablo Run 2019 on Baja California, where temperatures above 30 degrees are standard and requirements for the engine lubricants are demanding. But thanks to global warming in Europe, too, the thermometers literally point far north in summer. For our old air-cooled machines this spells significantly more strain, which has to be considered when selecting your engine oil. PanAm60, developed by PanAm Oils in Ohio/USA, meets the increasing demands of vintage and classic bikes, today and in the future.
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PanAm Oil SAE 20W-50
PanAm Oil SAE 20W-50
Our traditional multigrade engine lubricant for all year round usage, suitable for heavy loads. This high performance lubricant complies with API SL.
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PanAm Full-Synth Oil SAE 20W-50
PanAm Full-Synth Oil SAE 20W-50
Our premium multigrade engine lubricant. 100% synthetic. For unrestricted usage in engine, wet clutches, primary drives and transmissions. Better engine protection, more positive clutch action and smoother shifting. Less friction and reduced wear. This high performance lubricant complies with API SL.
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Bel-Ray EXL Oil SAE 20W-50
Bel-Ray EXL Oil SAE 20W-50
Bel-Ray's top seller among motorcycle enthusiasts throughout the world. It is a premium multi-grade petroleum oil with highly effective additives. It provides excellent wear protection and outstanding performance properties for engine.
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Bel-Ray EXP Oil SAE 20W-50
Bel-Ray EXP Oil SAE 20W-50
A premium semi-synthetic blend motor oil specifically formulated for 4-stroke performance motorcycles. It combines high quality mineral oils with state-of-the-art synthetic formulations. The results are high shear- and oxidation stability with superior anti-wear and deposit control for premium lubrication and engine protection.
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Bel-Ray EXS Oil SAE 10W-50
Bel-Ray EXS Oil SAE 10W-50
A racetrack descending, fully synthetic multi-grade engine oil, specifically formulated for high performance powerplants utilizing a wet clutch. Its properties, i.e. shear-, oxidation- and viscosity stability, film strength and high Viscosity Index, are only attainable with synthetic products. Bel-Ray EXS Synthetic is the most effective product for premium lubrication performance and engine protection.
EXS oils are not recommended to be used in pre-Evolution engines and not during break-in.
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PanAm Oil Slide
PanAm Oil Slide
Oil change without a mess! This rubberized aluminum alloy sheet allows you to form an individual funnel or trough to direct your waste oil from the hard-to-reach oil tank drain hole or oil filter plate to any suitable container. Of course, you can also use it to fill fresh oil into your tank. Tapered at one end so it can be shaped to reach tight spots. You can reshape and use it a thousand times and on different bikes. With suspension eye so you can hang it up for drip-off. Easy to clean.
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PanAm Clean-Funnel
PanAm Clean-Funnel
A good funnel is a must have in any workshop when it’s time for an oil change or a refill. The annoying part of these jobs was to stow away the oil dripping funnel into a dark corner where you would find it a few months later contaminated inside-outside with dust, bugs and other debris. The PanAm funnel puts an end to this problem because it features screw-on caps at the top and bottom which can be removed for action and which keep the inside of your funnel perfectly clean during storage. The flexible spout makes it more versatile as it allows to direct the funnel tip in tight spots.
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PanAm Oil Pads
PanAm Oil Pads
This oil pad soaks up to 2 l of fluid, i.e. oil, gas, etc. A reinforced top and an anti-slip foil on the bottom side make the PanAm oil pad a useful helper in the workshop, garage or living room.
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How often should I change the engine oil in my Harley-Davidson?

For the very oldest of our motorcycle treasures - with loss lubrication - this question hardly ever arises. They want to be topped up as required. For Harleys with a closed oil circuit, which are operated with monograde oil, the engine oil is changed according to the season. Thicker oil for the summer, thinner oil for the winter. The later Harley-Davidson motorcycles run on 20W50. This is changed according to the manual specs or once a year, whichever applies first. The 20W50 is not only available as a mineral engine oil, but also as a fully synthetic full-synthetic oil.

Our PanAm oils are carefully matched to their intended use and are of the highest quality.

Does a Harley-Davidson need special engine oil?

In principle, yes. The recommendation for the older models is monograde oil anyway, i.e. SAE 50 or SAE 60. And even for the later models, which run on SAE 20W50, it is better to use an engine oil that is tailored to the large individual engine displacements and is designed for higher temperatures. The JASO-MA2 specification, on the other hand, is not necessarily required. This is because Harley-Davidson's classic V-twins traditionally have separate oil tanks for the engine and clutch/transmission.

How much oil does the Harley need?

If you have a manual, it will tell you how much engine oil is required and what type of oil to fill in, or we will be happy to answer your question in our Tech Tips or, of course, live using the contact details below. Whether and how much you need to top up in the time until the next oil change depends on your driving style and your engine.

Air-cooled engines like your Harley consume oil in any case, that's the way it is. However, if you warm up the engine carefully before you tear open the throttle, the Harley will need less. It will definitely need more if you've been beating it for hours on the highway. So it's definitely worth checking the oil tank after 500 and 1000 km on the highway, even if you've noticed that the Harley hardly seems to need any oil on the country roads of your after-work trips. And unfortunately, our good old Flatheads, Knuckles, Pans, Shovels and Ironhead Sportsters need more oil than Evos or Twin Cams. This is certainly not due to the rumored lousy quality of our old treasures, no, an air-cooled engine with cast iron cylinders and/or heads simply has a higher oil consumption. This is due to the poorer heat dissipation of cast iron.

The "engines with cast iron content" also need oil for better internal cooling. And this is exactly where quality oils such as our PanAm oil prove their worth, regardless of whether they are 50 single-grade or 20W50 fully synthetic. Pouring inferior and cheap oil into the cast iron engine because it will "only be burnt anyway" does you no favors in the end.

Have any questions?

Our service team will be glad to help out: Mondays - Thursdays 08:00-17:00 CET, Fridays 08:00-16:00 CET, Phone: +49 / 931 250 61 16, eMail: service@wwag.com