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FEIBI Motorcycle Oil: A Legacy of Craftsmanship—From 1978 Chinese Roots to German Engineering Excellence
1978: Birth of an Industrial Awakening
Amid China's Reform and Opening, FEIBI's predecessor—Shanghai Hongqi Chemical Plant Workshop No.3—quietly began production. Here, China's first mineral-based motorcycle oils were born, formulated in rudimentary saponification reactors and hand-filled to keep iconic domestic bikes like the Xingfu 250 roaring. Technical Director Wang Jianguo penned in his notebook: "Oil is not a petroleum byproduct—it is machinery’s lifeblood." Copied by workers across generations, these words became FEIBI’s earliest quality creed.
The 1980s: Technological Breakthrough in the Motorcycle Boom
As Japanese four-stroke engines entered China, FEIBI pioneered 10W-40 formulations:
Replaced Soviet paraffinic base oils with Daqing hydrocracked crude
Innovated zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP) anti-wear additives
Became Jialing-Honda’s first domestic lubricant supplier (1987)
The workshop’s slogan—"Surpass Japan in five years"—was realized by 1992 when FEIBI’s "Iron Rider" series achieved JASO MA certification, marking its Southeast Asian export debut.
1999: A Pivotal Moment at the Berlin Wall
German magazine Motorrad, while testing Chinese oils, discovered FEIBI outperformed European brands in BMW R1100GS wear tests. This sparked collaboration with Bavaria Chemical Group:
2003: Joint R&D center established in Ludwigshafen
Adopted Rheinmetall’s sulfur-phosphorus purification
2008: Full TÜV certification achieved
2010s: The Evolution of Dual Heritage
Today’s FEIBI motorcycle oils carry a hybrid industrial DNA:
Chinese Ingenuity: Shanghai R&D preserves the 1978 formula archive, refined via 1,000,000+ km of road tests
German Precision: Robotic titration systems on the Rhine ensure ±0.001g dosing accuracy
2023: A Dialogue Across Time
When riders pour FEIBI full-synthetic oil into their KTM 1290 Super Dukes, few know:
Anti-wear formulas trace back to 1985 Chongqing mountain trials
Ester base oils undergo molecular reengineering in German labs
Every batch still bears the 1978 "Hongqi" wax seal as authentication
For 46 years—from Yangtze River reactors to smart factories on the Rhine—FEIBI has honored Wang Jianguo’s fading notebook entry: "Oil is machinery’s lifeblood." This transgenerational dedication may well be the cipher to China’s manufacturing metamorphosis.
