Royal Enfield first service cleaner than European and Japanese Brands

vamsi.kona · 18th July 2021, 21:24

Firstly let me make it clear that I know nothing about the technical aspects of automobiles. With that cleared, this is what I found and just wanted to know if this has any significance at all. Does having less particles in oil, as measured in the test, have any impact on the engine wear and tear??

A small test done by Fortnine (A Canadian bike retailer who seems to have decent online presence on social media) revealed that Royal Enfield returned the cleanest oil at first service.

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FortNine’s Ryan F9 got small samples of first service engine oil from 12 motorcycles from the Indian manufacturer, major European and Japanese brands, and also a Chinese one. With the help of Ryan’s friend, who is a cleanliness technician at a car company, the team put together results relating to particles in the first service oil. The results were based on micrometre of particles – 5, 10, 15.

The brands in question include KTM, Ducati, Royal Enfield, Harley-Davidson, Triumph, BMW Motorrad, Yin Xiang, Kawasaki, Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha and Aprilia

In his video, Ryan explains that the oil from the Chinese bike was so bad that ‘it broke the microscope’. While most samples reflect particles in a few lakhs, Yin Xiang had over 1.1 crore The only other bikes with such surprising results are unsurprisingly the Italians.

The Chinese is a lost cause, the Japanese and European ones seem to be fairly good except the Italians which are in the danger zone, Harley-Davidson is walking a thin line, but Royal Enfield is the cleanest. These results are based on a small sample size but speak for plenty. The samples were collected from new motorcycles offered by volunteers from FortNine’s audience.

Link for the news

Youtube Video Link

windrider · 19th July 2021, 06:50

I too was surprised to hear that. Now if only they could bring that quality to their bread and butter model the 350. The quality of the 650 twins are at a different level compared to the cheaper models. The quality control and poor service that RE offers in India wouldn't fly anywhere else in the world. They would get fined and sued till bankruptcy.

Rehaan · 19th July 2021, 09:37

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Link (Royal Enfield 650 Twin engine build quality on par with German makes | Scientific Comparison)

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