LGB is one of the largest motorcycle chain makers in the world. As an environmentally conscious effort, it is policy for each overseas customer to plant a tree. On their most recent visit to LGB in Coimbatore, India, the TOP 1 Oil management team of President Joseph Ryan and Vice President Francis Ryan ...
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Photo Exhibit of Women Who Found Self-Worth
The San Francisco based Homeless Prenatal Program (HPP) is displaying a photo exhibit honoring 28 different woman for the month of May. The women honored in the photo exhibit, all homeless and pregnant at one time in their lives, and many of whom also had to deal with drug addictions, rose from despair to ...
TOP 1 Oil Named ‘Exporter of the Year’
TOP 1 Oil Products Company has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Commerce as the 2012 Exporter of the Year. “We at TOP 1 Oil Products Company are extremely proud to be awarded the prestigious ‘Exporter of the Year’ award,” said Joe Ryan, President. “For 38 years TOP 1 Oil Products Company ...
Causes of Grease Dry-Out, and how to fix it
Over time, average grease has a tendenecy to cake and dry out. This is because oil has a natural tendency to drain out of the grease thickener, and this process is only expidited when the grease is subjected to heavy loads. As grease becomes dry, frictional forces escalate, causing concentrated heat within the bearing. The elevated ...
LPG – a fuel of the future?
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is becoming an increasingly more popular form of fuel for automobiles because it burns so much cleaner than petrol or diesel. It is by far the most widely available, environmentally friendly alternative to conventional petrol gasoline. Even though LPG does have a lower energy density than either petrol or ...
Low Viscosity Motor Oils Are Here To Stay!
As petroleum resources continue to be used at astounding rates, the use of lighter viscosity motor oils has become a necessity in the automobile industry. The American Petroleum Institute (API) now calls low viscosity oils that meet their latest API SN designation as “Resource Conserving.” European OEMs like BMW and Mercedes-Benz only recommend using ...
Many Factors Involved in your Oil Change Interval
It is important to always first refer to your automobile’s owner’s manual and follow the oil change interval guidelines outlined in it. Lubricant suppliers should not offer engine oil service interval recommendations only on the strength and reputation of their engine oils, but should always provide customers with the right information so that they can make ...
Ack Attack in Guinness Book of World Records!
WE DID IT!!! The TOP 1 Oil Ack Attack is featured on pages 172-173 inside the 2012 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. In the book the excerpt reads: "On September 25, 2010, Rocky Robinson (USA) achieved an average speed of 376.693 mi/h (605.697 km/h) in his Top Oil-Ack Attack streamliner ...
New JASO 4T Motorcycle Engine Oil Standard
Because Japan has been and continues to be the premier motorcycle manufacturing country, the Japanese Standards Organization (JASO) has led development of four-stroke (4T) motorcycle oil standards. The three major requirements of JASO’s 4T motorcycle oil specification, introduced in 1999, are physical properties, engine performance, and clutch friction performance. JASO MA is the ...
How to Distinguish Between Mineral and Synthetic Oil
The only definite way to distinguish between mineral and synthetic oils is in the laboratory. Laboratory tests can distinguish synthetics from mineral oil by looking at a combination of physical properties including VI, flash point, pour point, and aniline point. There also may be different elemental chemistry. Unfortunately, color is not a way ...